Best authorization plugins for WordPress
The most popular authorization plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Keyring leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Simple Restrict (1K+) and gsislogin (30+). All 10 plugins tagged “authorization” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 authorization plugins
- 1.
KeyringThe most installed authorization plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 2.
Simple Restrict1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 15 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 3.
gsislogin30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 4.
Zodan Authorized Downloads20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
IQ Authorization10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago.
- 6.
Stormpath10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 7.
Civic SIP10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
WebPoint Login10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 9.
Secure Login AuthorizationFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “authorization”
Keyring
Down in the last 7 days:3#5,718by Beau Lebens3 years ago
An authentication framework that handles authorization/communication with most popular web services.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Restrict
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,462by WP Chill3 months ago
Restrict pages based on permissions assigned to pages and granted in user profiles.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
gsislogin
#24,735by Panagiotis8 years ago
Use oauth 2.0 from the GSIS site.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Zodan Authorized Downloads
#28,000by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago
Protect documents from unauthorized download.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
IQ Authorization
#40,807by LumpX3 years ago
Advanced form of authorization and registration of your users
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stormpath
Down in the last 7 days:2,830#46,171by bretterer10 years ago
Give your WordPress website the power of Stormpath Authentication.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Civic SIP
#46,297by Blockvis8 years ago
Civic Secure Identity Platform (SIP) authorization plugin. Sign in to your blog using Civic Mobile App.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
WebPoint Login
Down in the last 7 days:6,980#46,574by Dmitriy Denisov8 years ago
Authorization, registration and password reset with protection from robots.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure Login Authorization
#61,789by ideasToCode2 months ago
This plugin prevents unauthorized logins and sets time limits for users by using app authentication.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day