SharePoint 2010 - Find WebPart in WebApplication

Question

I´m searching for an good way to find the ContentQuery WebPart in my WebApplication. My plan is to write a PowerShell script and create a url list.

I found the following possible ways:

• SharePoint Object model, I think to slow because I must check every page
• SQL query, fast but not possible in my environment.

Are there also other ways? Is it possible to use CAML?

Answer 1

If you're looking for a PowerShell script then I've written one before to do this kind of thing. I've done this several times to find custom web parts that have been in our solution and needed updating following a new release.

My script lists all web parts but it is easily modified to filter out based on the type value of the web part (modify the $wps variable).

Answer 2

The SharePoint Object Model is the (only supported) way to do it.