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 52 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 263 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 14 hours 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 days 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 2 months 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 52 plugins tagged “protect”

Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile
Up in the last 7 days:4#233by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWP9 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(263)
- 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
- 591/day

Email Encoder
Up in the last 7 days:3#463by 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
- 408/day

reCAPTCHA for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:3#839by Elliot Sowersby / RelyWPtoday
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:5#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
- 59/day

Protect Admin
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,387by KeystrokeClick18 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
- 36/day

Email Address Obfuscation
Up in the last 7 days:16#4,470by Neotrendy2 days ago
Protects email addresses and phone numbers from harvesting bots by encoding them as HTML entities, while keeping them readable for visitors.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Hide WP
Down in the last 7 days:32#5,791by kursorA10 years ago
Hide WP
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 2.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post Lockdown
Up in the last 7 days:6#6,371by andyexeter2 months 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
- 63/day

htaccess protect
Up in the last 7 days:20#7,678by zoltanlaczko4 years ago
htaccess protect - Protect your wordpress login or admin pages with password.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

PDF Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:71#11,546by 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:17#11,910by 4ley8 years ago
Autopilot protection for your WordPress against malicious URL requests.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Password Protect Pages
Up in the last 7 days:43#12,849by 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:73#13,910by 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
Up in the last 7 days:140#15,733by 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
wL Email Encrypter
Up in the last 7 days:38#17,510by Art415 years ago
This plugin encrypted e-mail addresses to protect and hide them from bots and harvesters.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

reCAPTCHA Lite
Down in the last 7 days:58#17,516by 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
Private BuddyPress
Down in the last 7 days:116#19,122by 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:285#21,789by 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
#21,809by giorgio7912 years ago
Why Proofread Bot?
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Intranet and Extranet with O365 Login
Up in the last 7 days:253#22,001by 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
- 0/day
wpNamedUsers
Down in the last 7 days:54#22,309by 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:258#23,082by 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:20#26,185by 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
#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:1,191#28,299by 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:1,119#28,689by Bruno Kos12 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:134#29,916by Beej12 years ago
Completely block default admin user login attempts in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

TZ Guard
Up in the last 7 days:37#32,669by templaza11 years ago
This is a simple plugin which will help you to security your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Double Knot
#33,070by 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

Guard
Up in the last 7 days:5,834#38,923by Mitch10 years ago
Guard protects your wp-admin against bruteforce attacks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Nucuta Password Protect
Up in the last 7 days:4,745#40,569by NUCUTA9 years ago
Secure your wordpress site with a password. Useful for private blogs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lemonberry Page Protect
#43,538by 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

Protect My Content
Up in the last 7 days:859#46,952by 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

Minor Improvements
Up in the last 7 days:842#47,473by 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

IVGuard
#47,656by 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

Icey
Up in the last 7 days:493#47,919by 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

Lock My WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:5,163#48,027by Asif7 years ago
Hide your WooCommerce store, while keeping the rest of your site public.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protect Media
Up in the last 7 days:15,521#50,087by ateliee5 years ago
Upload Directory Required Auth Login.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Website Password Protection
Up in the last 7 days:12,256#50,530by 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
- 0/day

RB Cloak Media Files
Up in the last 7 days:7,478#50,609by 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
DozWPSecure
Up in the last 7 days:9,976#54,140by Dozty6 years ago
A basic security plugin for WordPress 4.x, 5.0 or higher. You can selectively disable unused features in WordPress core...
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

zenVPN
Up in the last 7 days:16,851#56,301by 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
- 0/day

WP Logged-in Only Basic
Up in the last 7 days:15,917#56,437by Gulzar Ahmed7 years ago
A Plugin to lock down the whole site to prevent public access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JVM Protected Media
#58,403by 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

ShieldGate
#60,099by damcen1239 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

Fstyle Front Protector
#65,716by 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
Uploads Protector
Down in the last 7 days:7,075#73,818by Roku7 years ago
This plugin makes uploaded files only accessible by logged-in users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Youmbrella
Down in the last 7 days:3,998#74,330by bycastelli7 years ago
Easily add Youmbrella to your WordPress blog with the official Youmbrella for WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day