CoreScanWP v1.4

Find the theme behind
any WordPress site.

Paste any URL. CoreScanWP reads the theme slug from the HTML, then confirms the human-readable name, version, author, and parent theme by fetching the theme's style.css header.

How theme detection works.

Two steps, both passive : nothing more than what the site already serves to any browser.

  1. 1

    Read theme paths from the HTML

    CoreScanWP scans the homepage for any /wp-content/themes/<slug>/ reference : stylesheet links, script src attributes, image URLs. The first slug found is treated as the active theme.

  2. 2

    Confirm via style.css

    The theme's style.css header block carries the canonical metadata WordPress relies on. CoreScanWP fetches that file and parses the Theme Name, Version, Author, Theme URI, and Template (parent theme) fields.

What every theme report includes.

Everything a developer, agency, or competitive researcher actually wants to know about an active theme.

Theme name and slug

Both the directory slug (for example, tc-24) and the human-readable name from style.css (for example, "TechCrunch 2024").

Version + author

The exact installed version and the author or studio that built the theme, pulled from the canonical style.css header.

Parent theme detection

When the theme is a child theme, CoreScanWP reads the Template: field and surfaces the parent slug alongside the child.

Theme URI for ready-to-buy themes

If the theme exposes a Theme URI, you get a direct link to where the theme lives, whether on wordpress.org, ThemeForest, or the studio's site.

Common questions about theme detection.

How do I find what WordPress theme a site uses?

Paste the URL above and hit Find the theme. CoreScanWP reads the theme slug from /wp-content/themes/ references in the page HTML and confirms it by fetching the theme's style.css file.

Why isn't a theme detected on some sites?

Two reasons : the site isn't WordPress, or the host aggressively blocks access to /wp-content/themes/ files. The Detection signals card on the results page will tell you which one.

Does it work on child themes?

Yes. The child theme's style.css contains the Template: field naming the parent. CoreScanWP surfaces both so you can see the full inheritance chain.

Can sites hide their theme?

Some performance plugins rewrite asset URLs to obscure the theme path, and hosts behind aggressive CDNs may strip the style.css response. In those cases CoreScanWP reports the theme as unknown rather than guessing.