Detect Optimizely Content Management
Optimizely Content Management (formerly EPiServer) is digital content, ecommerce, and marketing management solution designed for editors and marketers.
Detection looks at response headers, cookies, meta tags, script sources, javascript globals, dom selectors across 9 fingerprint rules among the site's public responses.
Websites using Optimizely Content Management
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Signal classes
PluginView evaluates public page signals in these classes when identifying Optimizely Content Management. Individual fingerprint rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- Response headers
- Cookies
- Meta tags
- Script sources
- JavaScript globals
- DOM selectors
Example public indicators for Optimizely Content Management
Illustrative indicators derived from public catalog metadata for Optimizely Content Management. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
- content-security-policy: .episerver.net
- EPi:StateMarker
- EPiServer
- EPiSessionId
- EPiTrace
- generator: EPiServer
- .episerver.net/
- epi.EPiServer
What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known Optimizely Content Management signature (9 rules) at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of Optimizely Content Management, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that Optimizely Content Management is still in place today.
How to check a site for Optimizely Content Management
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest Optimizely Content Management signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses (response headers, cookies, meta tags) and scores them against the Optimizely Content Management signature set (9 rules).
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for Optimizely Content Management on the results page.
Commonly implies
A confirmed Optimizely Content Management match also implies these technologies are present.
FAQ: detecting Optimizely Content Management
- Can PluginView detect Optimizely Content Management without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for Optimizely Content Management — typically response headers, cookies, meta tags, script sources. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is Optimizely Content Management?
- Optimizely Content Management is classified under CMS in the PluginView directory.
- How many fingerprint rules cover Optimizely Content Management?
- This reference currently tracks 9 fingerprint rules across response headers, cookies, meta tags, script sources, javascript globals, dom selectors. Individual rule bodies are proprietary and are not published.
- What public signals suggest a site uses Optimizely Content Management?
- Illustrative public indicators for Optimizely Content Management include content-security-policy: .episerver.net; EPi:StateMarker; EPiServer. A live scan may match additional proprietary rules beyond these examples.
