Best encrypt plugins for WordPress
The most popular encrypt plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Email Encoder leads with 90K+ active installs, ahead of PDF Password Protect (200+) and wL Email Encrypter (80+). All 9 plugins tagged “encrypt” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 encrypt plugins
- 1.
Email EncoderThe most installed encrypt plugin, with 90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 94 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
PDF Password Protect200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.wL Email Encrypter
80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 4.EmailScrambler
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 5.
Lockr20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 6.
XQ Secure Form10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 7.CCS-HTTPS
10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
All 9 plugins tagged “encrypt”

Email Encoder
Up in the last 7 days:3#464by Online Optimisation1 month ago
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.9(94)
- Downloads
- 411/day

PDF Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,582by GrandPlugins2 months ago
Protect PDF files by passwords on your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
wL Email Encrypter
Up in the last 7 days:12#17,551by Art415 years ago
This plugin encrypted e-mail addresses to protect and hide them from bots and harvesters.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EmailScrambler
Down in the last 7 days:36#22,085by Daschmi5 years ago
A lightweight plugin to protect email addresses from email-harvesting
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lockr
Up in the last 7 days:39#27,694by Chris Teitzel5 years ago
Lockr is the first API & Encryption key management service for WordPress, providing an affordable solution to secure secrets used by plugins.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

XQ Secure Form
#29,890by xqmsgdev4 years ago
XQ Secure Forms ensures that every piece of client information is secure, from submission to receipt. Transform your existing forms and collect secure …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
CCS-HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:7,664#47,609by David Gregg12 years ago
A simple plugin that allows you to identify which pages should have HTTPS enforced. All other pages will have HTTP enforced.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day