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Best protection plugins for WordPress

The most popular protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Email Address Encoder (100K+) and Image Watermark (40K+). All 115 plugins tagged “protection” 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 protection plugins

  1. 1.
    NinjaFirewall (WP Edition)

    The most installed protection plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 220 reviews, updated 1 day ago.

  2. 2.
    Email Address Encoder

    100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 160 reviews, updated 6 months ago.

  3. 3.
    Image Watermark

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 299 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  4. 4.
    NinjaScanner

    40K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 36 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  5. 5.
    Prevent Direct Access

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 298 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    WP Content Copy Protection

    10K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 163 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.

  7. 7.
    ContentProtector

    5K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  8. 8.
    WP-Copyright-Protection

    5K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 21 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.

  9. 9.
    IP Ban

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  10. 10.
    No-Bot Registration

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 28 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

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