WordPress plugin comparison
Passster vs Protect Uploads
At a glance
- Protect Uploads has more active installs: 30K+, against 10K+ for Passster.
- On a typical day, Protect Uploads is downloaded about 1,170 times, Passster about 208.
- Protect Uploads is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 12 reviews, against 4.2 from 60 reviews.
- Passster was updated more recently: Oct 23, 2026, against Oct 7, 2026 for Protect Uploads.
- Passster resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Protect Uploads.
- Both are tested up to WordPress 7.1.4.
- Passster has been around longer: since 2013, against 2015 for Protect Uploads.
Line by line
Protect Uploads leads on 4 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Passster |  Protect Uploads |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #1,961 | #910 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 30K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 21.7K | 36.3K |
| Rating | 4.2(60) | 4.8(12) |
| Support threads resolved | 100% | 0% |
| Tested up to | 7.1.4 | 7.1.4 |
| Search multiplier | ×1.06 | ×0.98 |
| Last release | 16 days ago | 1 month ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.2 | 7.4 |
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