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Mobile Detect

by Pothi Kalimuthu · WordPress.org page · Website

v3.1.1 Tested up to WP 7.1 PHP 7.4+

Mobile Detect has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 51,299 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 13, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Mobile Detect at a glance

Active installs
3,000+
Total downloads
51,299
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Mobile Detect well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Mobile Detect is a lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices (including tablets). It uses the User-Agent string combined with specific HTTP headers to…
  • PHP Mobile Detect is an open-source script released under MIT License
  • Mobile Detect PHP Developer: Șerban Ghiță, Nick Ilyin
  • Original author: Victor Stanciu
  • Icon (and banner) created by: Dragoș Gavrilă

Mobile Detect reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

7 reviews

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  • Thank you

    Great job, thank you so much!

    Vu Tru So

  • very useful

    keep it up, is much useful

    dreamsoft

  • Splendid

    Can't even notice the transition due to its speed

    southpaw254

  • GREAT plugin to improve mobile loading speed.

    It is the best plugin to improve your mobile loading speed, I have used many plugins trying to reduce the loading speed, but none of them works. This plugin has greatly reduced the loading time, good job!

    chinawhisper

  • Great for distinguishing between tablets and mobiles

    Great plugin once I had figured out how to use it. See instructions for shortcodes here: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/info-how-to-create-shortcodes/

    vshura

  • KEEP UP GREAT WORK!

    NICE!

    lars Portman

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Details

Fine-tunes wp_is_mobile function by excluding tablets (ex: iPad), from being detected as mobile! Uses MobileDetect PHP Library from mobiledetect.net!

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • browsers
  • ipad
  • mobile
  • mobiledetect
  • tablet

More from Pothi Kalimuthu

Version
3.1.1
Last updated
Aug 13, 2026
First published
Dec 10, 2017
Requires WordPress
3.0
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Mobile Detect FAQ

What does Mobile Detect do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Mobile Detect offers Mobile Detect is a lightweight PHP class for detecting mobile devices (including tablets). It uses the User-Agent string combined with specific HTTP headers to, PHP Mobile Detect is an open-source script released under MIT License, Mobile Detect PHP Developer: Șerban Ghiță, Nick Ilyin, Original author: Victor Stanciu and Icon (and banner) created by: Dragoș Gavrilă.

How many active installs does Mobile Detect have?

WordPress.org reports 3,000+ active installs for Mobile Detect as of September 7, 2026.

Is Mobile Detect still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 13, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is Mobile Detect free?

Mobile Detect is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.