Best lockdown plugins for WordPress
The most popular lockdown plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Lockdown WP Admin leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Lock Down Admin (2K+) and Hidden WP Admin (90+). All 13 plugins tagged “lockdown” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 lockdown plugins
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Lockdown WP AdminThe most installed lockdown plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 54 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 2.
Lock Down Admin2K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 3.
Hidden WP Admin90+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 4.
Adminkeep70+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 5.
Wp Auth60+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 6.
MyNew Registration Lockdown50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Groups Blog Protect10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 8.
SMNTCS Admin Maintenance10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
Content By RoleFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 10.
Restrictify Extension Access ControlFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
All 13 plugins tagged “lockdown”
Lockdown WP Admin
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,866by Sean Fisher9 years ago
Lockdown WP Admin conceals the administration and login screen from intruders. It can hide WordPress Admin (/wp-admin/) and and login (/wp-login.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(54)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Lock Down Admin
Down in the last 7 days:21#4,279by Fullestop7 years ago
Lock Down Admin plugin secure your WordPress admin panel. It locks the wp-admin url and if this plugin is activated then user can't login in the …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Hidden WP Admin
Up in the last 7 days:61#17,142by Justin Busa11 years ago
Hide the WordPress admin, login and signup pages from all users except those you allow.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Adminkeep
Up in the last 7 days:206#18,506by Shazzad Hossain Khan4 days ago
Site lockdown and admin enhancements for WordPress: email log, custom CSS, disable comments and more. Every feature is off until you switch it on.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wp Auth
Up in the last 7 days:73#19,305by ivansf14 years ago
WP Auth is a set of tools to make your site new users friendly. It contains shortcodes and options that allows site owners to create registration and …
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
MyNew Registration Lockdown
Down in the last 7 days:50#20,894by mynewtechnologies3 months ago
Blocks unauthorized WordPress user creation at the shared insertion layer while preserving approved administrator and WP-CLI workflows.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Groups Blog Protect
Up in the last 7 days:6,599#36,440by itthinx10 months ago
Protect access to blogs via group memberships powered by Groups.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SMNTCS Admin Maintenance
Down in the last 7 days:5,378#48,203by Niels Lange1 month ago
Puts the WordPress admin area into maintenance mode, so only the user you choose can log in while you work on the site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Content By Role
Down in the last 7 days:11,674#64,906by mguay228 years ago
Content By Role allows for multiple redirects to be added to a restricted page based off of the user's role on the site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restrictify Extension Access Control
#65,088by Abiodun Paul Ogunnaike3 months ago
Control access to plugin features and menus based on user roles, keeping your WordPress dashboard secure.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WLock
#66,047by Bytes Vibe3 days ago
Lock your site so only approved plugins and themes can be installed, using an allowed list you control from the dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 54/day