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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.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 protect plugins

  1. 1.
    Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile

    The most installed protect plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 262 reviews, updated 1 week ago.

  2. 2.
    Jetpack Protect

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 123 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Email Encoder

    90K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 94 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  4. 4.
    reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 76 reviews, updated 3 months ago.

  5. 5.
    No Right Click Images

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 52 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Protect Admin

    2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  7. 7.
    Email Address Obfuscation

    2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.

  8. 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. 9.
    Post Lockdown

    1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  10. 10.
    htaccess protect

    700+ 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”