Best hardening plugins for WordPress
115 plugins tagged “hardening” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

Cybexsoft Shield
Down in the last 7 days:18,365#69,637by CybexSoft17 days ago
WordPress security in one place: login protection, file integrity, hardening, server audit and an activity log.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Elevoire Security Audit
Down in the last 7 days:12,219#70,621by Elevoire3 months ago
Read-only WordPress security auditing plugin. Scans for security issues, explains the risks, and recommends fixes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

BadgerScan
Down in the last 7 days:9,441#70,628by cyberbadger1 month ago
See your site the way an attacker does and the way only an admin can, reconciled into one honest A to F grade.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tecnología Geek Seguridad Geek
Down in the last 7 days:1,868#70,832by Tecnología Geek12 days ago
Security audit and hardening for WordPress in plain language: a clear 0-100 score, what every finding means, and safe one-click fixes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

ZEISMO Security
#71,054by zeismodev14 days ago
WordPress firewall, local malware scanning, two-factor login and guided security setup. Review threats, manage access and get help.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Papy3D Security Guard
Down in the last 7 days:15,445#71,835by papy3d2 months ago
A modular, self-hosted WordPress security suite with no external CAPTCHA or TOTP service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

PlugSeal
#71,854by Marc Armengou13 days ago
Control what each active plugin is allowed to do. Allow or deny specific permissions per plugin, with immediate effect.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ClarityGuard
#72,126by rfdizon15 days ago
Scans your WordPress site for security issues and explains them in plain English — with one-click fixes on Pro.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

CodeCanvas Guard
#72,499by codecanvasinc2 months ago
Recovery-first WordPress security with protected login, 2FA, hardening, scanning, repair, monitoring, and activity logs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Camouflage Security
#72,618by Hamza Mairaj2 months ago
Every WordPress exploit targets PHP. Camouflage disables PHP for public visitors and serves static HTML instead, making your site unexploitable from t …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Treder Security Snapshot
Down in the last 7 days:1,115#72,670by Ben Treder4 months ago
A lightweight WordPress security health report with a simple score, clear findings, local reports, and beginner-friendly suggested fixes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SRI Shield
#73,437by SPINX Digital5 days ago
Add Subresource Integrity hashes to enqueued scripts and styles, approve changed files before they are trusted, and scan pages for missing SRI.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 12/day

Ovanap Admin Toolkit
#73,841by Ovanap6 days ago
Replace a stack of single-purpose tweak plugins with one toolkit: cleanup, hardening, performance and admin tidying, each behind a simple toggle.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 56/day

Tuning4Web
Down in the last 7 days:16,668#74,050by Piotr Kunicki27 days ago
Checks your site the way an anonymous visitor sees it, verifies that your WordPress hardening actually works, and lists external scripts it loads.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Yuga AntiMalware
#74,389by Yuga Web1 month ago
WordPress anti-malware plugin with tabbed admin panel, multi-mode scanning, quarantine, cleanup tooling, and post-hack recovery checks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day