Best detector plugins for WordPress
The most popular detector plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Widget Detector for Elementor leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Device Detector (500+) and Mobile Detector (200+). All 7 plugins tagged “detector” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 detector plugins
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Widget Detector for ElementorThe most installed detector plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 39 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
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Device Detector500+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Mobile Detector200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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ZDN Adblock Detector100+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Translation Detector20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Detector10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
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Blocks Detector Finder10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
All 7 plugins tagged “detector”
Widget Detector for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:25#5,500by Element Invader5 months ago
Detect Elementor Widgets used on pages, also detect not used Widgets or Missing Widgets.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(39)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Device Detector
Down in the last 7 days:22#8,767by Pierre Lannoy2 months ago
Full featured analytics reporting and management tool that detects all devices accessing your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Mobile Detector
Down in the last 7 days:54#11,519by Tubal14 years ago
Lightweight detector of mobile devices, OSs & browsers. Optionally a mobile theme switcher.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ZDN Adblock Detector
Down in the last 7 days:2#13,598by cuongquach8 months ago
Detects adblockers and shows a cloaking mask to users with active adblockers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Translation Detector
Down in the last 7 days:262#28,127by Guillaume DIARD10 years ago
Translation detector display a simple button to navigate to a post translation created with polylang.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Detector
Down in the last 7 days:463#34,724by steve.barnett14 years ago
Detector is a simple, PHP- and JavaScript-based browser- and feature-detection library that can adapt to new devices & browsers on its own without …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Blocks Detector Finder
Down in the last 7 days:421#41,591by Element Invader4 years ago
Detect / Find Gutenberg Blocks used on pages, also detect not used Gutenberg Blocks or Missing Gutenberg Blocks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day