Best https plugins for WordPress
The most popular https plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Really Simple Security leads with 3M+ active installs, ahead of Hostinger Tools (3M+) and SSL Insecure Content Fixer (100K+). All 70 plugins tagged “https” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 https plugins
- 1.
Really Simple SecurityThe most installed https plugin, with 3M+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 8,871 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.Hostinger Tools
3M+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 40 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 3.
SSL Insecure Content Fixer100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 221 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.
WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect80K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 179 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
WP Encryption50K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,146 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 7.
One Click SSL10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 139 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 8.
SSL Mixed Content Fix7K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 34 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 9.
Simple Header Footer HTML4K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
- 10.
Security Headers3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 70 plugins tagged “https”

Really Simple Security
#18by Really Simple Plugins13 days ago
Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate.
- Installs
- 3M+
- Rating
- 4.9(8.9K)
- Downloads
- 28.6K/day
Hostinger Tools
#20by Hostinger4 days ago
Simplified WordPress management. Manage site info, maintenance, security, & redirects.
- Installs
- 3M+
- Rating
- 3.5(40)
- Downloads
- 2.3K/day

SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:1#323by webaware2 months ago
Clean up WordPress website HTTPS insecure content
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(221)
- Downloads
- 161/day

Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)
#368by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ27 days ago
The plugin allows an automatic redirection to the "HTTPS" version/URL of the site. Make your site SSL compatible easily.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.2(71)
- Downloads
- 736/day

WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:1#511by WebFactory2 months ago
Enable SSL & HTTPS redirect with 1 click! Add SSL certificate & WP Force SSL to redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS & fix SSL errors.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.7(179)
- Downloads
- 266/day

WP Encryption
Up in the last 7 days:4#763by WP Encryption4 days ago
Lifetime SSL solution - Free SSL certificate & HTTPS redirect, force HTTPS, fix insecure site / SSL errors, security headers.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 539/day

One Click SSL
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,701by Tribulant Software4 months ago
Enable SSL/TLS (https://) to redirect all pages to SSL/TLS and load all resources over SSL/TLS.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(139)
- Downloads
- 60/day

SSL Mixed Content Fix
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,465by Steve85b2 years ago
A fix for mixed content! This Plugin creates protocol relative urls by removing http + https from links. Works in Front- and Backend!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(34)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Simple Header Footer HTML
#3,466by Otto Kekäläinen6 years ago
A simple plugin for injecting HTML into various places in your WordPress theme output.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(9)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Security Headers
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,775by SimonRWaters7 years ago
Plug-in to ease the setting of TLS headers for HSTS and similar
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day

HSTS Ready
Down in the last 7 days:39#3,924by manu2252 months ago
Enable easily HSTS on your website.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Cloudflare SSL by Weslink
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,396by Christofer Weßeling7 years ago
Plugin to enable CloudFlare Flexible SSL for Wordpress and to prevent the Redirect Loop
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Free SSL
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,424by prasadkirpekar1 year ago
One click free SSL certificate and Force HTTPS
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(23)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Simple HTTPS Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:21#7,484by LightPlugins2 years ago
The plugin forcibly redirects your website to https protocol, keep your website safe and fix the mixed content problems.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Indicate External Links
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,103by cubecolour1 year ago
Indicates external links in post, page and custom content.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP SSL Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:6#8,238by Rehmat Alam1 year ago
A very tiny plugin to force SSL on WordPress websites (via 301 redirects for SEO purpose).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH HSTS
Down in the last 7 days:27#8,496by shawfactor6 years ago
HSTS is HTTP Strict Transport Security, a means to enforce using SSL even if the user accesses the site through HTTP and not HTTPS.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 61/day

Simple HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:30#9,910by neoslab1 year ago
Correct your SSL/HTTPS issue within few clicks and enable HTTP Strict Transport Security for your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Force SSL
Up in the last 7 days:31#11,080by imemine1 month ago
This plugin forces all traffic to be redirected to the HTTPS version of your site using a 301 redirect.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Podio Webforms
Down in the last 7 days:18#12,437by Clifford Paulick7 years ago
Easily add your Podio Webforms anywhere in WordPress via shortcode.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple SSL Redirects
Up in the last 7 days:57#12,690by Blucube2 months ago
Lightweight plugin to ensure access via SSL/HTTPS. Uses 301 (permanent) redirects for SEO benefits. Optionally sets HSTS and forces canonical domain.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Force HTTPS srcset
Down in the last 7 days:93#13,779by Hinaloe11 years ago
Replace Responsive images srcset since wp 4.4 to https!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTTPS Image Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:25#14,249by mitchbartlett8 years ago
Fixes insecure content messages that appear when loading images on an SSL secured website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SSL Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:6#14,526by Frank5 years ago
SSL Fixer makes a few changes to the database in order to fix any insecure links. Effectively fixing the HTTPS redirection and mixed content problems …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDZNET WP HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:35#14,906by EDZNET16 days ago
Automatically fixes mixed content issues by converting non-HTTPS resource URLs to HTTPS. Just install and activate.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Domain Check
Down in the last 7 days:111#16,556by domaincheckplugin4 years ago
Domain Check lets you search domain names, check SSL certificates and HTTPS, set email alerts for domain and SSL expiration, and get daily coupons.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- 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

Zen Site Security
Down in the last 7 days:201#18,662by Guram Zhgamadze1 month ago
SSL in one click plus security hardening: 301 HTTPS redirect, mixed content fixer, HSTS, security headers, SameSite cookies, attack-surface hardening.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/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
HTTPS Mixed Content Detector
#20,055by Zack Tollman11 years ago
Detects and logs content that will cause mixed content warnings.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTTPS Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:42#20,868by Marty Kokes11 years ago
Corrects http image links on a page delivered over https.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Flex SSL
Up in the last 7 days:166#21,424by Flex Plugins1 month ago
Force HTTPS, update site URLs, and add security headers. Supports reverse proxies, certificate checks, and lock-out recovery.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

HTTPS Domain Alias
Down in the last 7 days:52#22,351by Otto Kekäläinen6 years ago
Enable your site to have a different domains for HTTP and HTTPS.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP-DuoShuo-Gravatar
#23,469by shines7711 years ago
WP-DuoShuo-Gravatar | YunFast
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/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 Gravatar Https
#24,824by 61021611 years ago
WP Gravatar Https
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/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
HTTPS Social Migration
Up in the last 7 days:200#27,164by Cristian Worthington10 years ago
Migrate your Wordpress site from HTTP to HTTPS with HTTPS Social Migration.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force Secure Site
Down in the last 7 days:448#28,234by webexperts6 years ago
OFF SSL with 1 click! Add an SSL certificate & Force Secure Siteto redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Relative URLs
Up in the last 7 days:538#28,524by Guglielmo Pepe5 years ago
This plugin convert absolute URLs in relative URLs.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ElasticEmail Plugin
#29,080by cubefeed15 years ago
Reconfigures the wp_mail() function to send email using HTTPS (via Elasticemail) instead of SMTP and creates an options page to manage the settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Insecure Content Warning
Down in the last 7 days:715#30,720by 10up1 month ago
Prevent editors from adding insecure content in the editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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

Volixta SSL & Security Headers
Down in the last 7 days:1,215#34,212by VOLIXTA TEAM8 days ago
Set up WordPress SSL, HTTPS redirects, Let’s Encrypt certificates, mixed content fixes, and security headers from one guided interface.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Bluearctic HTTPS Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:6,969#34,375by Bluearctic2 months ago
Send every visitor to HTTPS, clear mixed content warnings, and clean old http:// links out of your database.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SSL for Logged In Users
Up in the last 7 days:5,068#43,014by G13 years ago
Forces all logged in users to stay on SSL connection
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- 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
HTTPS force
Down in the last 7 days:4,369#48,087by sitzz7 years ago
A fix for mixed content on secure sites, as all links and references are converted to HTTPS. Also redirects all non-secure calls to the secure equival …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day