Best bcrypt plugins for WordPress
The most popular bcrypt plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PHP Native Password Hash leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Password bcrypt (1K+) and WP Hash Password (100+). All 3 plugins tagged “bcrypt” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 bcrypt plugins
- 1.
PHP Native Password HashThe most installed bcrypt plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
Password bcrypt1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
WP Hash Password100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “bcrypt”
PHP Native Password Hash
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,199by Ayesh Karunaratne2 years ago
Makes WordPress use PHP's native password_hash() functions for portable, stronger, and time-attack safe bcrypt and Argon2 hashes.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Password bcrypt
Down in the last 7 days:17#5,236by Viktor Szépe10 years ago
Replaces wp_hash_password and wp_check_password with PHP 5.5's password_hash and password_verify.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP Hash Password
Down in the last 7 days:91#14,239by Ninos11 years ago
Requires at least: 3.2.1 Tested up to: 4.2 Stable tag: 1.0.7 Replaces the pluggable wordpress function wp_hash_password()
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day