Best password hashing plugins for WordPress

The most popular password hashing plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. PHP Native Password Hash leads with 1K+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “password hashing” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 1 password hashing plugins

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PHP Native Password Hash
The most installed password hashing plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.

All 1 plugins tagged “password hashing”

PHP Native Password Hash
Down in the last 7 days:13#5,199
by Ayesh Karunaratne2 years ago
Makes WordPress use PHP's native password_hash() functions for portable, stronger, and time-attack safe bcrypt and Argon2 hashes.
Installs
1K+
Rating
5.0(6)
Downloads
11/day