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title: Why don’t all plugins show up in the results?
description: Site Tech Inspector can only detect what the website makes publicly visible when a page loads. A WordPress plugin only appears in results if it loads a CSS or JavaScript file on the front end. Plugins that run entirely in…
url: "https://ssh-assistant.com/docs/why-dont-all-plugins-show-up-in-the-results/"
updated: "2026-04-09"
category: Site Load Tester / Site Tech Inspector
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# Why don’t all plugins show up in the results?

Site Tech Inspector can only detect what the website makes publicly visible when a page loads. A WordPress plugin only appears in results if it loads a CSS or JavaScript file on the front end.

Plugins that run entirely in the background — such as backup tools, database managers, or certain security plugins — leave no public trace and cannot be detected in this way.

On a typical WordPress site, you can expect to see around 60–70% of active plugins.