wordpress-plugins

A continuously updated repository that monitors and collects data from the official WordPress Plugin Directory, automatically refreshed every 6 hours using GitHub Actions.

🚀 Overview

This repository serves as a comprehensive monitoring system for WordPress plugins, tracking the entire ecosystem from the official WordPress Plugin Directory. It provides developers, security researchers, and WordPress administrators with up-to-date plugin information and metadata.

⚙️ How It Works

Automated Monitoring Pipeline

Schedule: Runs every 6 hoursTrigger: Also on push to main branchProcess:
1. 📊 Queries WordPress Plugin API for total plugin count2. 🔍 Scrapes plugin metadata using wppdm3. 💾 Stores data in structured JSON format4. ✅ Automatically commits and pushes updates

Tools Used

• wppdm: Custom tool for WordPress plugin data mining
• WordPress Plugin API: Official source for plugin information
• GitHub Actions: For automation and scheduling
• jq: For JSON processing and data extraction

📂 Repository Structure

wordpress-plugins-monitor/
├── .github/workflows/
│ └── monitor.yml # Automation workflow
├── plugins.json # Plugin metadata (auto-generated)
├── plugins_count.txt # Total plugin count (auto-generated)
└── README.md

🛠️ Usage

Accessing Plugin Data

The collected data is available in two main formats:

1. plugins_count.txt: Contains the total number of plugins in the WordPress directory
2. plugins.json: Comprehensive metadata for all available plugins

Example Usage

# Get total plugin count
cat plugins_count.txt
# Query specific plugin information from JSON
jq '.[] | select(.slug == "woocommerce")' plugins.json
# Extract plugin names and versions
jq '.[] | {name, version, downloaded}' plugins.json
# Find recently updated plugins
jq '.[] | select(.last_updated > "2024-01-01")' plugins.json

For Developers

importjsonimportrequests# Load plugin data directly from this repositoryurl="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rix4uni/wordpress-plugins/main/plugins.json"response=requests.get(url)
plugins_data=response.json()
# Analyze plugin ecosystemtotal_plugins=len(plugins_data)
active_plugins= [pforpinplugins_dataifp.get('active_installs', 0) >0]
recent_updates= [pforpinplugins_dataifp.get('last_updated', '').startswith('2024')]

🔄 Automation Details

• Schedule: Runs every 6 hours (0 */6 * * *)
• Data Source: Official WordPress Plugin API (api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/)
• Tools:
  • wppdm for plugin data mining
  • jq for JSON processing
  • GitHub Actions for automation
• Commit: Automatically commits changes with IST timestamp

📊 Data Collection

What We Monitor

• Plugin Metadata: Name, slug, version, description
• Statistics: Active installations, ratings, downloaded count
• Timestamps: Last updated, added dates
• Compatibility: Tested up to WordPress version
• Author Information: Developer details and profiles
• Repository Links: WordPress.org and author URLs

Sample Data Structure

{
"name": "Example Plugin",
"slug": "example-plugin",
"version": "1.2.3",
"author": "developer123",
"author_profile": "https://profiles.wordpress.org/developer123/",
"contributors": {},
"requires": "5.8",
"tested": "6.3",
"requires_php": "7.4",
"rating": 90,
"ratings": {
"1": 1,
"2": 1,
"3": 2,
"4": 3,
"5": 23
},
"num_ratings": 30,
"support_threads": 5,
"support_threads_resolved": 3,
"active_installs": 10000,
"last_updated": "2024-01-15 10:30:00",
"added": "2023-05-20 14:25:00",
"homepage": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/example-plugin/",
"download_link": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/example-plugin.1.2.3.zip",
"tags": {
"ecommerce": "Ecommerce",
"payment": "Payment"
},
"donate_link": "",
"banners": {
"low": "https://ps.w.org/example-plugin/assets/banner-772x250.jpg",
"high": "https://ps.w.org/example-plugin/assets/banner-1544x500.jpg"
}
}

🔗 Related Projects

• WordPress Plugin Directory - Official plugin repository
• WordPress API - Official WordPress.org API documentation
• wppdm - WordPress plugin data mining tool