Coveloping allows you to discover what WordPress theme a site is using - just enter the site URL you want to check and we'll retrieve the details for you.

How It Works?

In standard WordPress development the theme information will be stored in the theme's style.css file, there will be comments at the top of the file which tells WordPress all about the current theme.

/*
Theme Name: Twenty Thirteen
Theme URI: http://wordpress.org/themes/twentythirteen
Author: the WordPress team
Author URI: http://wordpress.org/
Description: The 2013 theme for WordPress takes us back to the blog, featuring a full range of post formats, each displayed beautifully in their own unique way. Design details abound, starting with a vibrant color scheme and matching header images, beautiful typography and icons, and a flexible layout that looks great on any device, big or small.
Version: 1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: black, brown, orange, tan, white, yellow, light, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, translation-ready
Text Domain: twentythirteen

This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
*/

The What Theme tool will take the URL given to it and search the site for all the stylesheets. As it follows the WordPress guidelines it will search for a style.css file within the themes directory and check the comments at the top of the file.

If the above structure is in the CSS file comments then we can discover what theme the website is using.

The What Theme tool will then extract all this information and display it to you on the page.

Can Not Get Theme Information?

There are a few occasions where the What Theme tool can not get the theme information, the reason why it might not be able to get the theme information are:

1. The site is not a WordPress site
2. The server is declining access to the files from a third party
3. The site is using a WordPress minifier plugin that removes the comments from the theme stylesheet
4. The site is not following WordPress guidelines and have removed the comments from the stylesheet

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