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It could be something as simple as the class names of elements on the page. WP has some defaults that are recognizable.

Also, most WP pages will be loading scripts from from the wp-includes directory. There are probably others I'm overlooking, and some WP plugins probably also drop recognizable script tags into your pages.

Since this is the first tool that has detected it, it's very possible you've already covered all of the things I mentioned.




Yes, `wp-contents`, `wp-includes` and basically anything else prefixed with `wp-` is a very clear signed that WordPress is behind the site.




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