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WP Browser/Platform Detection

This plugin will append CSS classes in default WordPress body class. You can get browser name, Operating System and actual device name.

By Gourav RR·Detect·Free
5(2 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 3 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Browser/Platform Detection is a WordPress detect plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 2.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Known Agents – Track AI Bots and….

5/52 reviews
100active installs
2.3K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

This plugin do best role to detect browser/platform. For wordpress developer its been complicated to detect browser/platform, this plugin will add browser/platform name as class in body tag of webpage, so as a developer you can easily detect browser/platform and write some CSS or JS stuff according to your requirements.

The plugin will do the following

  1. Browser

  2. Web server

  3. Device

  4. Operating system

For example, if you are using ipad, then this plugin will add ipad, osx, and safari classes in body tag.

Additional enhancements in version 2.0.0

  1. Detected browsers
    ‣ Chrome
    ‣ Safari
    ‣ Netscape
    ‣ Opera
    ‣ Opera Mini
    ‣ Opera Mobi
    ‣ Mac Internet Explorer
    ‣ Windows Internet Explorer
    ‣ FireFox
    ‣ Internet Explorer
    ‣ Microsoft Edge Browser
    ‣ Lynx Browser

  2. Detected Web servers
    ‣ Apache HTTP Ser…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.0.11
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.0.9

  • Initial release
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Gourav RRGourav RR
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.0
Last Updated
Jan 3, 2023
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
6.0.11
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
2.3K+
Added
Mar 1, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

detectbrowserplatformbody classdevice detection

Developer

G
Gourav RR
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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