Best guard plugins for WordPress
The most popular guard plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Email Guard leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Unique Field Guard For ACF (10+) and Security Made Easy (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “guard” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 guard plugins
- 1.
WP Email GuardThe most installed guard plugin, with 100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 17 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.4.
- 2.
Unique Field Guard For ACF10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Security Made EasyFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 3 plugins tagged “guard”
WP Email Guard
Up in the last 7 days:28#15,317by MoeHassan17 years ago
WP Email Guard protects your email addresses included on any post or page from being crawled by spammers.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Unique Field Guard For ACF
Down in the last 7 days:13,260#46,030by Abiodun Paul Ogunnaike4 months ago
Unique Field Guard For ACF
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Security Made Easy
Up in the last 7 days:9,011#57,348by VeryEasy1 year ago
A set and forget solution for WordPress security.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day