Best protect plugins for WordPress
The most popular protect plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of Jetpack Protect (100K+) and Email Encoder (90K+). All 53 plugins tagged “protect” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 protect plugins
- 1.
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare TurnstileThe most installed protect plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Jetpack Protect100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 123 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Email Encoder90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 94 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 4.
reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 76 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.
No Right Click Images20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 52 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Protect Admin2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
Email Address Obfuscation2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 8.Hide WP
1K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 9.
Post Lockdown1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
htaccess protect700+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 53 plugins tagged “protect”

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Up in the last 7 days:3#234by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP8 days ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile to WordPress, WooCommerce, Contact Forms & more. The user-friendly, privacy-preserving reCAPTCHA alternative. 100% free!
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 4.7(262)
- Downloads
- 10K/day

Jetpack Protect
#356by Automattic2 months ago
Free daily vulnerability scans & WordPress security, powered by WPScan (an Automattic brand) and its 60,000+ vulnerability database. No setup needed!
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.6(123)
- Downloads
- 597/day

Email Encoder
Up in the last 7 days:3#464by Online Optimisation1 month ago
Protect email addresses and phone numbers on your site and hide them from spambots. Easy to use & flexible.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.9(94)
- Downloads
- 411/day

reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:2#839by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP3 months ago
Add Google reCAPTCHA to your WooCommerce Checkout, Login, and Registration Forms. 100% free!
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(76)
- Downloads
- 170/day

No Right Click Images
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,157by WebFactory2 months ago
Disables right click context menu on images to help deter leeches from stealing images.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(52)
- Downloads
- 71/day

Protect Admin
Down in the last 7 days:3#4,387by KeystrokeClick16 days ago
Protect admin accounts from being deleted or modified by other users. This plugin will always be hidden from all users other than the admin who instal …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Email Address Obfuscation
Up in the last 7 days:19#4,467by Neotrendy2 months ago
Email Address Obfuscation prevents email harvesting by hiding email address appearing in your pages, while remaining visible to your site visitors.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Hide WP
Down in the last 7 days:35#5,789by kursorA10 years ago
Hide WP
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Lockdown
Up in the last 7 days:19#6,367by andyexeter1 month ago
Stop non-admin users trashing, deleting or unpublishing your site-critical posts and pages. Lock content down in seconds - no code required.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 65/day

htaccess protect
Down in the last 7 days:13#7,702by zoltanlaczko4 years ago
htaccess protect - Protect your wordpress login or admin pages with password.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
OpenPorte Spam Protection
Up in the last 7 days:410#8,461by J-C Berthon8 days ago
Stop spam without CAPTCHAs: a Proof-of-Work anti-spam check for your forms and logins. Open-source, self-hosted, privacy-first.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 113/day

PDF Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:9#11,582by GrandPlugins2 months ago
Protect PDF files by passwords on your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

QueryWall
Down in the last 7 days:31#11,934by 4ley8 years ago
Autopilot protection for your WordPress against malicious URL requests.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Password Protect Pages
Down in the last 7 days:70#12,897by Jess5 years ago
Restrict access to specific pages to only logged in users.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH Private BuddyPress
Up in the last 7 days:108#13,861by shawfactor4 years ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view directory pages, activity and profile pages.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPC Advanced Password Protect for WooCommerce
#15,910by WPClever1 month ago
WPC Advanced Password Protect provides ultimate protection for your online stores with sophisticated accessibility rules to restrict visitors.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

reCAPTCHA Lite
Down in the last 7 days:8#17,461by Malik Naik6 years ago
Integrate the Google's reCAPTCHA Google's reCAPTCHA v2 Checkbox or v3 into the forms and protect your site from bots, brute-force attacks, s …
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wL Email Encrypter
Up in the last 7 days:12#17,551by Art415 years ago
This plugin encrypted e-mail addresses to protect and hide them from bots and harvesters.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Private BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:138#19,130by Dennis16 years ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view the installation.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Onscreen Keyboard
Down in the last 7 days:171#21,804by Krešimir Karamazen3 years ago
This plugin adds an onscreen keyboard powered by Javascript/JQuery to your page on demand.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Proofread Bot
Down in the last 7 days:66#21,825by giorgio7912 years ago
Why Proofread Bot?
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Intranet and Extranet with O365 Login
#21,943by Wordpress Integration Services1 year ago
Intranet and Extranet Portal for Office 365,Dynamics CRM and Other Third Party Identity Providers.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 3/day
wpNamedUsers
Down in the last 7 days:158#22,300by andriassundskard15 years ago
Intranet / Extranet plugin for Wordpress that allows users to specify which users and/or groups can access specific posts or pages.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protect WP Config File from Phishing Attacks
Down in the last 7 days:179#23,086by Michele Butcher-Jones10 years ago
Returns a blank white page if people try to load the wp-config file (or backups of it) in a web browser.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protect My Contents
Up in the last 7 days:3#26,306by Mik2811 years ago
Protect the contents of your site with Protect My Contents plugin. Blocks the content thieves and deny the copy&paste, CTRL+C.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Anti Hacking Tools
Down in the last 7 days:724#27,870by JasmanXcrew12 years ago
Easy way in protect your blog from hacking tools, ircbot (botnet), fake browser or hacking technique.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

NutsForPress Restricted Contents
Down in the last 7 days:279#28,091by Christian Gatti11 months ago
NutsForPress Restricted Contents allows you to restrict pages, posts and media (images, zip files, pdf) to logged in users only.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bulk Password Protect Post Types
Down in the last 7 days:761#28,362by Bruno Kos11 days ago
Password-protect all posts of the post types you choose, with one password.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Block Default Login Attempts
Up in the last 7 days:237#29,793by Beej12 years ago
Completely block default admin user login attempts in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

TZ Guard
Down in the last 7 days:217#32,858by templaza11 years ago
This is a simple plugin which will help you to security your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Double Knot
Down in the last 7 days:237#33,073by mattturow9 years ago
Stop brute force login attempts by user name.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Icey
#33,161by Icedor Johansson1 year ago
Securely archive inactive plugins to prevent security risks and avoid WordPress warnings. Restore anytime with a single click.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protect My Content
#37,184by Amadeu Arderiu2 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin that helps protecting the site's content from humans and bots.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

IVGuard
Up in the last 7 days:3,543#40,490by manky10 years ago
IVGuard is the plugin that specialized for the protection and monitoring against the attacks to your website. Now you see and know everything.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lemonberry Page Protect
Up in the last 7 days:6,523#40,531by Simon12 years ago
Lemonberry Page Protect is a simple way to restict page/post content to a list of (non-Wordpress) users.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Icey
Down in the last 7 days:4,877#41,687by Icedor Johansson1 year ago
Simple yet powerful plugin to restrict WordPress access. Only logged-in users can view the site or REST API. Includes a magic link for easy access.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Guard
#46,031by Mitch10 years ago
Guard protects your wp-admin against bruteforce attacks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Minor Improvements
#47,453by Minor4 years ago
Package of several minor improvements. Why to install several plugins? You need this one only.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nucuta Password Protect
Down in the last 7 days:2,283#47,550by NUCUTA9 years ago
Secure your wordpress site with a password. Useful for private blogs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lock My WooCommerce
#48,432by Asif7 years ago
Hide your WooCommerce store, while keeping the rest of your site public.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Website Password Protection
#50,354by alignpx4 years ago
Enable the password to restrict access to your online store. Only customers with the password can access i
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Fstyle Front Protector
#57,467by fstylegear095435 months ago
Protect your website content from unauthorized copying and inspection by restricting right-click and developer tools.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

zenVPN
#59,399by Pavel Kartautsau1 year ago
Add an extra level of security to the wp-admin section of your WordPress by allowing access only via a secure dedicated tunnel provided by zenVPN.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day

Youmbrella
Up in the last 7 days:952#67,559by bycastelli7 years ago
Easily add Youmbrella to your WordPress blog with the official Youmbrella for WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protect Media
Down in the last 7 days:15,948#68,950by ateliee5 years ago
Upload Directory Required Auth Login.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

ShieldGate
Down in the last 7 days:20,610#71,097by damcen1238 months ago
Protect your site by hiding the login page with a secret slug and limiting failed login attempts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uploads Protector
Down in the last 7 days:19,378#71,604by Roku7 years ago
This plugin makes uploaded files only accessible by logged-in users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Logged-in Only Basic
Down in the last 7 days:9,707#72,551by Gulzar Ahmed7 years ago
A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
JVM Protected Media
Down in the last 7 days:22,739#73,697by Joris van Montfort4 years ago
Restrict access to all your media files and implement your own custom file access rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

RB Cloak Media Files
Down in the last 7 days:819#73,821by RoundBorders2 months ago
Replace media filenames with cryptographically secure random cloaks so files cannot be found by URL guessing or enumeration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day