Best anti-malware plugins for WordPress
The most popular anti-malware plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall leads with 100K+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “anti-malware” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 1 anti-malware plugins
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Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force FirewallThe most installed anti-malware plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 784 reviews, updated 1 week ago.