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Best alternatives to WP Hive | A Better WordPress Plugin Repo (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to WP Hive, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

WP Hive: reviews, users and permissionsBest Developer Tools extensions

WP Hive | A Better WordPress Plugin Repo today

≈8K users4.1★ from 38 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions

WP Hive alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Scan WP - WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector

    Have you ever been on a really great WordPress site and want to know how it was built? What theme they used? What plugins give it…

    ≈30K users3.9★ from 55 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 3.8× more users than WP Hive
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    Scan WP alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    WordPress Browser Extension

    Quick access to your WordPress sites, content editing, and developer tools. Tuck away the admin bar.

    ≈4K users5.0★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago5 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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  3. 3

    InspectWP - WordPress Theme & Plugin Detector

    InspectWP is a website or WordPress analysis tool, including WordPress theme and plugin detector.

    ≈1K users3.7★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years3 permissions
    • About 8.0× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
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  4. 4

    WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector

    WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector detects all the installed WordPress Themes and WordPress Plugins on the Websites you visit

    ≈3K users4.9★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.7× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Tools
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  5. 5

    TasteWP: Free WordPress Instances

    Spin up free WordPress instances for testing themes, plugins, or just playing around with WordPress!

    ≈5K users5.0★ from 12 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions
    • About 1.6× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  6. 6

    WordPress Admin Bar Toggle - Easy Toolbar Control

    Toggle the WordPress admin toolbar visibility. Hide & show the admin bar with one easy click!

    ≈1K users4.8★ from 4 ratings2 permissions
    • About 8.0× fewer users than WP Hive
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  7. 7

    WordPress Admin Switcher

    Quickly log into and switch to/from the WordPress Admin with a single keyboard shortcut or click.

    ≈3K users4.8★ from 16 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago1 permissions
    • About 2.7× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    WPoptic | WordPress Theme Detector and Plugins Detector

    Instantly detect WordPress plugins and themes used on any website.

    ≈2K users4.6★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago10 permissions
    • About 4.0× fewer users than WP Hive
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (10 vs 2)
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  9. 9

    WPSniffer - WordPress Theme, Plugin & Hosting

    Instantly detect which WordPress theme, plugins, hosting, and page builder any site uses. One click shows you the full tech stack.

    ≈20K users3.8★ from 84 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago5 permissions
    • About 2.5× more users than WP Hive
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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  10. 10

    WhatRuns

    Discover what runs a website. Frameworks, Analytics Tools, Wordpress Plugins, Fonts - you name it.

    ≈300K users4.3★ from 855 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago5 permissions
    • About 38× more users than WP Hive
    • Rated 0.3 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
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WP Hive alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to WP Hive?

By users, the most popular alternative is WhatRuns with ≈300K users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Scan WP - WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector.

Which WP Hive alternative has the best rating?

WhatRuns has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 855 ratings.

Is there a WP Hive alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Scan WP - WordPress Theme and Plugin Detector asks for 1 permissions, against 2 for WP Hive.

How many alternatives to WP Hive are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to WP Hive on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.