Best media protection plugins for WordPress
The most popular media protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PTP Private Media leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of BitSplit Media Delivery (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “media protection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 media protection plugins
- 1.
PTP Private MediaThe most installed media protection plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.BitSplit Media Delivery
Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “media protection”

PTP Private Media
Down in the last 7 days:1,632#28,459by Umang Prajapati5 days ago
Protect WordPress media files with token-based secure delivery, fine-grained access control, and SEO indexing protection.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
BitSplit Media Delivery
Down in the last 7 days:10,023#58,722by frolpaxa2 months ago
Replace ready-to-download media URLs with on-demand browser reconstruction to deter hotlinking and generic scraping.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day