Best http plugins for WordPress
The most popular http plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Mailgun for WordPress leads with 80K+ active installs, ahead of Cache-Control (1K+) and WP Cron HTTP Auth (1K+). All 45 plugins tagged “http” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 http plugins
- 1.
Mailgun for WordPressThe most installed http plugin, with 80K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 49 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
Cache-Control1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
WP Cron HTTP Auth1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.404 Simple Redirect
900+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.WP HTTP Compression
400+ active installs. Rated 2.3 from 8 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 6.
osTicket Connector200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
WP Serverless Forms200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 8.Simple Redirection
100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9."SEO-HEADERS-Easy" Protocol HTTP 1.1
100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.Mavis HTTPS to HTTP Redirection
100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 45 plugins tagged “http”

Mailgun for WordPress
#547by Mailgun1 month ago
Easily send email from your WordPress site through Mailgun using the HTTP API or SMTP.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 3.8(49)
- Downloads
- 949/day

Cache-Control
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,565by Dan7 years ago
Configurable HTTP Cache-Control response headers for webpages generated by WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 37/day

WP Cron HTTP Auth
Up in the last 7 days:40#6,496by Jeff Starr3 days ago
Enables WP Cron on sites using HTTP Authentication.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 54/day
404 Simple Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,221by JordiPlana9 years ago
This plugin hooks the normal Wordpress workflow in order to determine if the request is processing will cause a 404 HTTP error.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 8/day
WP HTTP Compression
Up in the last 7 days:2#9,442by sdesalas14 years ago
This plugin allows your WordPress blog to output pages compressed in gzip format if a browser supports compression. HTTP compression generally means …
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 2.3(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day

osTicket Connector
Down in the last 7 days:244#11,636by SCAND2 years ago
Create tickets in osTicket support system via the existing contact form.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Serverless Forms
#12,592by emaildano6 years ago
Replace PHP form actions with API and WebHook driven services such IFTT, Basin, FormKeep, Formspree, custom Endpoints and more.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple Redirection
Down in the last 7 days:21#13,234by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple1 month ago
Simply redirect all pages off your blogs to a specified URL
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
"SEO-HEADERS-Easy" Protocol HTTP 1.1
#15,805by Smiling_Hemp11 years ago
Sends to a client correct HTTP headers Last Modified, Cache Control and 304 Not Modified
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mavis HTTPS to HTTP Redirection
Down in the last 7 days:70#16,769by PressPage Entertainment Inc6 years ago
Provides page redirection back to non-secured pages (https: to http:)
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
JetRouter
Up in the last 7 days:165#17,146by Salvatore Formisano9 years ago
This WordPress plugin adds a regular expression based router on top of the WordPress standard routing system. Any route declared through this router w …
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Change OG URL To HTTP
Down in the last 7 days:30#18,887by OrbitingWeb8 years ago
Changes OG URL tag added by Yoast, Aioseo and other plugins from HTTPS to HTTP to retain facebook like count for posts and pages.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP htaccess Optimize (beta)
Up in the last 7 days:322#18,896by florianluce7 years ago
simply configure your htaccess to optimize your site!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Airplane Mode
Up in the last 7 days:323#19,942by Andrew Norcross7 years ago
Control loading of external files when developing locally
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

EssentialHeaders
#19,962by Alex Hedström2 months ago
Adds the essential HTTP security headers WordPress leaves out—on every public site response.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Password Protect Staging
Up in the last 7 days:98#21,507by benlumley12 years ago
Quickly and easily password protect a site to keep it from the prying eyes of google.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Frontend HTTP Auth Protection
#23,001by Prashant Baldha10 years ago
Frontend HTTP Authentication Protection makes private front part of your website. When web developer like to give demo of website to end client before …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
HTTPS for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:58#23,653by blackc200418 years ago
Check to see if SSL is used. This will update any template functions which require SSL to be used.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Avertere
Up in the last 7 days:41#24,977by vicchi14 years ago
Set up and manage an HTTP 301/302 Redirect from the URL of any post type to another URL, either on your site or externally.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force non-SSL
#25,384by Ian Dunn13 years ago
Redirects all HTTPS traffic to HTTP, except for specific exceptions
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Webhook For WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:738#26,389by SoftTent5 months ago
Send real-time HTTP webhook notifications to any external URL when WooCommerce events occur — orders, payments, customers, stock, and more.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better HTTP Redirects
Up in the last 7 days:76#27,627by hakre15 years ago
Better HTTP Redirects makes your Blog's redirects to play more nicely the HTTP standards.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Double Slash Domains
Up in the last 7 days:1,270#33,334by David Garcia8 years ago
This plugin removes the http/https schema from urls inside the blog source code and replace them with double slash.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Beam
#39,065by bobbywalters9 years ago
An efficient streaming HTTP API transport.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PRyC WP
Up in the last 7 days:709#43,313by Patryk5 months ago
Force protocol relative (\ instead http:\ or https:\) for files added in the content editor (eg. post, page)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
LCS HTTPS
Up in the last 7 days:1,982#43,335by latcomsystems7 years ago
This plugin redirects specific pages to HTTPS. All other pages will remain HTTP.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/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

AiutoComputerHelp HTTP Header Audit
Down in the last 7 days:5,066#54,294by aiutocomputerhelp27 days ago
Read-only audit of HTTP security headers and related same-site HTTPS behavior returned by your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force SSL Switcher
Up in the last 7 days:15,551#56,671by ldirenro265 years ago
Tiny but flexible plugin, that helps to migrate your site from unsecured to secured version (from http to https)
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

NIVA Guard
Down in the last 7 days:4,469#56,905by Ali Mohajer24 days ago
See and control every outgoing connection of your plugins and themes: log with timing, block ads and notices, cache licenses, fast 404.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

OutRadar
Down in the last 7 days:5,134#58,976by Nilambar Sharma4 months ago
Log outbound HTTP requests from WordPress plugins, themes, and core.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Protocol-less Links
#59,456by David Garcia8 years ago
This plugin modify the protocol of all links by its protocol-less counterparts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MeetLet Amazing Performance Boost
Down in the last 7 days:13,137#64,463by MeetLet3 months ago
Monitor and control outgoing HTTP requests, reduce admin bloat, and improve site speed on networks with limited international connectivity.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Kurt Vonnegut HTTP header
Up in the last 7 days:2,479#66,600by Krasimir Stoev19 days ago
Add an X-Kurt-Legacy header.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MerkEQ Relay
#66,624by merkeq1 month ago
Observe Relay-owned outbound webhook deliveries without storing payloads or credentials.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Stats Total
#67,335by Ene Scala7 years ago
Simple summary statistics on visited pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Blockrush API Request Diagnostics
Down in the last 7 days:10,001#68,110by blockrush2 months ago
Analyze outbound third-party calls made through the WordPress HTTP API.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kandeshop Broken Links Checker
Down in the last 7 days:5,941#68,807by Darren Kandekore11 months ago
Checks posts and pages in batches to find and list broken external links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
redirection.io
Down in the last 7 days:280#69,625by redirection.io7 years ago
This plugin integrates redirection.io with your Wordpress website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Karlog-IT Simple SSL
#69,744by Viktor Holk6 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin that redirects your site to HTTPS
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
NetShield
#72,204by Behnam Moradi6 months ago
Scans and blocks unreachable or unwanted external HTTP requests to dramatically optimize WordPress loading speed on restricted networks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day