Best encryption plugins for WordPress
The most popular encryption plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Email Address Encoder leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of WP PGP Encrypted Emails (300+) and WP Hashed IDs (100+). All 37 plugins tagged “encryption” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 encryption plugins
- 1.
Email Address EncoderThe most installed encryption plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 160 reviews, updated 6 months ago.
- 2.WP PGP Encrypted Emails
300+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 16 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 3.WP Hashed IDs
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.wp2pgpmail
80+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 5 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 5.Semisecure Login Reimagined
80+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 6.
JavaScript Obfuscator60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 7.WP jCryption Security
50+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.PGP Key Generator
50+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
Init Content Protector40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Secure Encrypted Form40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
All 37 plugins tagged “encryption”

Email Address Encoder
Down in the last 7 days:1#405by Till Krüss7 months ago
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.2(160)
- Downloads
- 308/day
WP PGP Encrypted Emails
Up in the last 7 days:9#10,005by Meitar5 years ago
Signs and encrypts emails using PGP/GPG keys or X.509 certificates. Provides OpenPGP and S/MIME functions via WordPress plugin API.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.6(16)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Hashed IDs
Down in the last 7 days:65#15,553by palicao10 years ago
This plugin adds a new permalink tag %hashed_id% which represents the encrypted
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp2pgpmail
Up in the last 7 days:194#17,442by wp2pgpmail13 days ago
A contact form that encrypts messages with your PGP public key, in the visitor's browser, before they are sent.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.4(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Semisecure Login Reimagined
Up in the last 7 days:110#17,996by laceous15 years ago
"Re-imagined" version of Semisecure Login that uses public and secret-key encryption to encrypt passwords when logging in.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

JavaScript Obfuscator
Down in the last 7 days:251#19,819by Sajjad Hossain Sagor5 months ago
Encrypt Your JavaScript Source Code By Obfuscating To Prevent Let Others Copying.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP jCryption Security
#20,883by andreyk11 years ago
Prevents forms data against sniffing network traffic through encryption provided by jCryption javascript library.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PGP Key Generator
Up in the last 7 days:29#21,373by wp2pgpmail13 days ago
Let your visitors create PGP keys and encrypt or decrypt messages, right in their browser. Nothing is sent to your server.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Init Content Protector
Up in the last 7 days:592#21,502by Init HTML1 month ago
Protect your content from copying, scraping, and inspection using JS blocking, keyword cloaking, noise injection, and optional full encryption.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Secure Encrypted Form
Down in the last 7 days:938#21,949by Daniel Pereyra Costas1 month ago
This plugin adds a secure form in your website that uses OpenPGP encryption to secure sensitive communications.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
OpenPGP Form Encryption for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:109#24,761by arnesonium2 years ago
OpenPGP public key encryption for any textarea with a shortcode button.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/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

WP Encrypted Uploads
#33,082by Ahmed Hussein11 months ago
Shield your sensitive files with unbreakable encryption! 🛡️ Say goodbye to prying eyes and take full control of your private data.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WpCrypt
Down in the last 7 days:168#34,641by bruno.sousa11 years ago
Allow users to change password encryption method to SHA1, SHA2, AES Rijndael and more...
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fernet Encryption
Down in the last 7 days:4,792#47,537by Hubbard Labs1 year ago
Fernet Encryption is a plugin that can be used to encrypt and decrypt data in WordPress using fernet.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Encryption Tools Generator
Down in the last 7 days:5,772#47,962by Etienne Rached11 years ago
Convert your wordpress page or post to a security or encryption online tool generator.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kagivault
Down in the last 7 days:415#55,162by miya5 months ago
Encrypts WordPress AI Connectors API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, OpenRouter) at rest with XChaCha20-Poly1305 + Argon2id.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Encrypted Post Type
#55,429by NewJenk4 years ago
Encrypted Post Type provides a custom post type where the content of each post is encrypted.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Briefnote
#57,016by Saud Barudanovic9 months ago
A live-rendering Markdown editor and secure credentials storage for developer documentation in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

DeltaBreen File Requests
#57,615by deltabreen3 days ago
Let clients send you documents from your own website, encrypted in their browser. Your site never stores them, and only you can open them.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 66/day
Folio Drawbridge
Down in the last 7 days:5,941#59,862by buffcleb2 months ago
Encrypted file vaults with two-factor external sharing, comprehensive audit logging, lifecycle management, and role-based vault oversight.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Syncific Vault
Up in the last 7 days:11,519#60,593by lightsyncpro5 months ago
Encrypt your AI API keys and keep them out of the WordPress database — one secure vault for WordPress 7.0 Connectors and every AI plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Email Encryption
#62,652by sumit17866 years ago
Email Encryption plugin for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
VESSOT Secure Portable Data
Up in the last 7 days:9,860#62,817by jonvessot11 months ago
VESSOT Secure Portable Data - WordPress Plugin Zero visibility data storage with client-side encryption via the VESSOT platform.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Digipacket Backup Toolkit
Down in the last 7 days:9,854#62,849by Digipacket2 months ago
Back up, restore, import and encrypt your WordPress site. Resumable on any host, AES-256-GCM sealed, and nothing leaves your server.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Team Messenger
#66,047by Alireza Aminzadeh2 months ago
Real-time team chat for logged-in users, with optional end-to-end encryption, groups, notifications, and an admin UI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lawyer Locker
Up in the last 7 days:3,325#66,109by Web Guy9 months ago
Encrypted lockers for secure client communication and file sharing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Secure DB Bridge For Bervice
Down in the last 7 days:8,135#67,441by bervice1 year ago
Secure external bridge to export encrypted DB backups.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Encrypt Blogs
#67,543by bokumin2 years ago
Encrypt your blog content with time-based encryption using either PHP or GPG encryption methods.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HIPAA Compliance Helper for Contact Form 7
#68,601by mjplugins261 month ago
Adds technical safeguards to Contact Form 7 for sites that collect protected health information (PHI).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

w3mypq
Down in the last 7 days:6,714#69,544by axew31 month ago
Quantum-ready file encryption and sharing for WordPress using modern cryptographic standards and client-side encryption.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 4/day

0Cert
#70,987by Dimitrii Ulianov4 months ago
Add 0Cert identity-based encryption verification to your WordPress site. Zero certificates. Zero renewals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

CryptNote Secure Links
#73,532by Lucas Catão Moraes9 months ago
Integrates CryptNote.pro to generate encrypted links directly from the WordPress dashboard and replace emails with secure links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day