Best detect plugins for WordPress
The most popular detect plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPG Detect Browser leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of WP Browser/Platform Detection (90+) and Mobile Detect For CSS (30+). All 7 plugins tagged “detect” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 detect plugins
- 1.
WPG Detect BrowserThe most installed detect plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 2.
WP Browser/Platform Detection90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 3.
Mobile Detect For CSS30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 4.
AutoLink30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 5.
Device Detect20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 6.
IPv6 Detector20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 7 plugins tagged “detect”
WPG Detect Browser
Up in the last 7 days:101#15,919by Rakesh Raja3 months ago
This will add CSS classes in default WordPress body class. You can get browser version, OS and name.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Browser/Platform Detection
Down in the last 7 days:16#17,067by Gourav RR3 years ago
This plugin will append CSS classes in default WordPress body class. You can get browser name, Operating System and actual device name.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mobile Detect For CSS
Down in the last 7 days:163#23,731by Phuc Pham10 years ago
The library is from http://mobiledetect.net/. The BODY tag needs to use the body_class() function. The values: desktop, handheld, mobile, tablet, ios, …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AutoLink
#24,509by andreu15 years ago
This plugin automatically adds HTML anchor tags to plain text links and email addresses embedded in the content of posts and pages.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Device Detect
Up in the last 7 days:310#27,014by Kleor10 months ago
Allows you to detect the device of the user, and to display some contents only for the phones, tablets or computers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
IPv6 Detector
#28,016by ppatux15 years ago
Simple IPv6 detector widget for WordPress to show if user is connecting with IPv6 or IPv4.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tiny Simple AdBlock Detector
Up in the last 7 days:12,048#36,107by Marcin Dudek1 month ago
Detect ad blockers in 2 KB. Show or hide any content depending on whether your visitor uses an ad blocker — zero config, no external requests, no perf …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day