Best protect posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular protect posts plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pigeon Paywall leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Password Protect All Posts (10+) and Protect Pages & Posts (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “protect posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 protect posts plugins
- 1.
Pigeon PaywallThe most installed protect posts plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Password Protect All Posts10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 16 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
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Protect Pages & Posts10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 3 plugins tagged “protect posts”
Pigeon Paywall
#22,257by Pigeon.io24 days ago
The official Pigeon Paywall plugin for WordPress
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Password Protect All Posts
Down in the last 7 days:7,746#45,283by volmar16 years ago
This plugin puts a global password selected by you on all posts. Based on Matt Mullenwegs plugin "Protect old posts"
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Protect Pages & Posts
Up in the last 7 days:1,614#46,491by gaupoit4 years ago
Protects content of your WordPress pages and posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day