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		lexicality on April 14, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: WP Detective – Show what theme and plugin... Very nice. I suppose it works by checking for js/css embeds and extracting names from the path?

codeaken on April 14, 2017 [–]

Thanks!

You assume correct, that is one of the methods we are using.

We also look for signatures in the code that certain plugins output. For example Yoast SEO usually adds a HTML comment at the end of the page identifying itself.

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