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CMS Detector

Detect the CMS, framework or platform powering any website.

About the CMS Detector

The CMS Detector fetches a website and analyzes response headers, HTML markup, meta tags, script URLs and cookies to identify the CMS or website builder powering the site — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Drupal, Joomla, Ghost, Contentful, Sanity, and dozens more. It also identifies common e-commerce platforms, marketing stacks, analytics tools and CDNs.

Sales teams use CMS detection for outbound prospecting (find every WordPress site in a target list). Agency devs use it before quoting a migration (knowing the source CMS shapes the estimate). Security researchers use it during recon (WordPress plugin vulnerabilities are common). Competitor analysts use it to understand a rival's tech stack.

Detection is heuristic — sites can hide their CMS by removing telltale headers, obfuscating asset paths, or serving pages through a reverse proxy. Confidence in the detection is highest when multiple signals agree (headers + markup + script URLs all pointing to the same platform).

How to use this tool

  1. 1Enter the required value in the input field above (domain, IP, URL, or text depending on the tool).
  2. 2Click the action button to run the check — results are computed instantly from our edge network.
  3. 3Review the parsed output, key fields and any warnings shown in the result card.
  4. 4Copy the result, share the page URL, or jump to a related tool from the sidebar to continue debugging.

Key features

  • Detects 100+ CMS and website builders
  • E-commerce and marketing stack identification
  • Analytics and CDN detection
  • Confidence score based on multiple signals
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Frequently asked questions

It fetches the page and looks for telltale signals — X-Powered-By headers, generator meta tags, script URLs pointing at CMS-specific asset paths (`/wp-content/`, `cdn.shopify.com`), cookie names, and characteristic HTML patterns.