Best hack plugins for WordPress
The most popular hack plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Exploit Scanner leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of WPDoctor Malware Scanner & Vulnerability Checker & IP blocker with Hack monitor Lite (600+) and WP-Sentinel (60+). All 25 plugins tagged “hack” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 hack plugins
- 1.Exploit Scanner
The most installed hack plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 40 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 2.
WPDoctor Malware Scanner & Vulnerability Checker & IP blocker with Hack monitor Lite600+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.WP-Sentinel
60+ active installs. Rated 2.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 4.
Smart Copy Protect60+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 5.MW WP Hacks
60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
- 6.Secure Uploads
40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.WP Smart Security
20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 8.Exploit Scanner for Active Theme
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 9.Proxy Hacking Protection
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 10.
Hack-Info10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 25 plugins tagged “hack”
Exploit Scanner
#2,415by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)9 years ago
Search the files and database of your WordPress install for signs that may indicate that it has fallen victim to malicious hackers.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.2(40)
- Downloads
- 24/day

WPDoctor Malware Scanner & Vulnerability Checker & IP blocker with Hack monitor Lite
Up in the last 7 days:8#8,124by WP Doctorワードプレスドクター1 year ago
This plug-in can exhaustively scan program files on the site to detect malware and vulnerability. Also record hacking attempts against your site and b …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP-Sentinel
Up in the last 7 days:21#19,048by evilsocket14 years ago
A wordpress security system plugin which will check every HTTP request against a given set of rules to filter out malicious requests.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 2.6(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Copy Protect
Up in the last 7 days:13#19,268by Sumon Hasan7 years ago
Simple and Amazing wordpress copy protect plugin. This plugin will be able to block the mouse right button, Ctrl + C key, Ctrl + U key , and F12 key.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MW WP Hacks
Up in the last 7 days:145#19,272by Takashi Kitajima11 years ago
MW WP Hacks is plugin to help with development in WordPress.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:110#21,657by njkuiper69 years ago
This plugin will put blank index.php in every sub-directory of your wp-content/uploads folder to prevent people from browsing the directories and stea …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Smart Security
Up in the last 7 days:220#26,071by bulktheme10 years ago
WP Smart Security is a comprehensive and easy to use WordPress security plugin. It gives you over 50+ ways to secure and protect your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Exploit Scanner for Active Theme
#27,402by Tauno Hanni10 years ago
Detects whether your theme files have fallen victim to malicious hackers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Proxy Hacking Protection
Up in the last 7 days:90#28,904by niyari11 years ago
To prevent a reduction in the search results by the replication of illegal content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hack-Info
#29,622by wpgear25 days ago
Ext Security. Monitoring about evil hacking attempts and block IP via htaccess. Our reports - Simply, Briefly and in Detail.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Block Default Login Attempts
Up in the last 7 days:237#29,793by Beej12 years ago
Completely block default admin user login attempts in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Carla WordPress Security Plugin
#31,922by lweb4 years ago
Optimizes the loading time of your site, geolocates visitors, protects the directories of your servers and allows to modify your password directly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Login Protection
#33,885by couhie12 years ago
This plugin make improve the security of the administration page by blocking unauthorized access.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP_PingPreserver
Up in the last 7 days:2,701#36,155by scottsm19 years ago
Prevents WordPress from eating pings that come too quickly in succession (i.e. a single post linking to more than one of your pages).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

User Email Compromised Check
Up in the last 7 days:2,345#36,485by Evan Herman10 years ago
Cross check registered user emails with the Have I Been Pwned API for data breaches across a number of popular sites around the internet.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Square Bracket Hack Prevention
#37,919by Miina Sikk10 years ago
The Square Bracket Hack Prevention plugin prevents hackers from adding a "[" to the URL.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Content Copy Protect
Up in the last 7 days:6,766#39,210by WP Sprite7 years ago
Simple and Amazing WordPress copy protect plugin. This plugin will be able to block the mouse right button, Ctrl + C key, Ctrl + U key , and F12 key.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Whook Security
Up in the last 7 days:1,613#44,073by darteweb8 years ago
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Our plugin Scans other plugins vulnerabilities listed in the WPScan Database of vulnerabilitie …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Anti Hacker Redirect
#47,163by riotweb9 years ago
Scare off hackers by redirecting them to the FBI.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

dpabadbotwp
Down in the last 7 days:3,568#47,757by peter achutha6 years ago
This plugin, dpaBadBotWP, automatically tells Bad Bot Exterminator firewall software, your current IP address and you will not be blocked from working …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ice Scanner Security
#49,407by icecodero6 days ago
Read-only security scanner: checks core and plugins against the official checksums and finds hidden code, risky settings and new admins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 38/day

CoreSeal
#62,737by applidata5613 days ago
Checks WordPress core files against official checksums, scans themes and plugins for malware, and repairs or quarantines suspicious files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

WP Track Kepper
Down in the last 7 days:14,462#74,183by De paragon7 years ago
WP Track Keeper watches over your Wordpress directory files and send email and Or SMS notification to your defined Email and Or phone number.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day