Best protection plugins for WordPress
115 plugins tagged “protection” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

Search Protection
Down in the last 7 days:316#30,071by hilfans1 year ago
Lindungi form pencarian Anda dari spam dan karakter berbahaya dengan daftar hitam dan integrasi Google reCAPTCHA v3.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Seriously Simple Spam Blocker
#30,118by Garth Mortensen10 years ago
A plugin that interacts with the StopForumSpam.com api to protect your
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.5(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Wxs Text Watermarking
Up in the last 7 days:454#30,254by 天无神话5 months ago
Embeds invisible blind watermarks to enable copyright tracing and infringement evidence collection for original content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Geosec
#31,343by rbonfil9 months ago
Geosec protects your admin panel (wp-admin) by allowing access only from the countries you authorize.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Document Library Hub
#31,606by WPRetro1 year ago
Organizing documents in customizable formats, with advanced access control options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Anti DDOS/BOT reCAPTCHA Protection
Down in the last 7 days:702#31,611by Pantelis Kaplanoglou4 months ago
Stop bad bots and limit DDOS attacks with Google reCAPTCHA. One-time human verification keeps automated traffic away. Translated in 132 languages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Secure Owl Firewall
#31,853by Sajber Sove11 days ago
Secure Owl Firewall is a smart rule-based protection that blocks threats and secures your site from attacks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Spam Prevention for Contact Form 7 and Comments
#32,021by ctomczyk23 days ago
Spam Prevention for WP Contact Form 7 (manage multiple contact forms) and WordPress Comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Carla WordPress Security Plugin
#32,325by lweb4 years ago
Optimizes the loading time of your site, geolocates visitors, protects the directories of your servers and allows to modify your password directly.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

DB Solution
#32,418by Davide Baraldi1 month ago
Email 2FA, custom login URL, access monitoring, manual IP blocking, and login attempt logging for DB Solution.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

InPlayer Paywall
Up in the last 7 days:542#32,445by InPlayer8 years ago
The InPlayer Paywall plugin is a simple way for monetizing your digital content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

NoHackMe Defender
#32,822by Roman12 days ago
Enhance your WordPress security by blocking IPs that send too many or suspicious requests.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Force Login Pro
#33,462by Brandon Hubbard5 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin to force login.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AuthPro
Down in the last 7 days:52#34,679by yuryk2 months ago
Adds AuthPro.com remotely hosted service support to your WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NP Formshield
Down in the last 7 days:753#35,434by Needs Plugin2 months ago
Advanced spam protection for Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Forminator, Ninja Forms, WPForms, Fluent Forms, Elementor Forms and custom forms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

PasswordSentry
Up in the last 7 days:10,137#37,834by DJ Abrams2 years ago
Secure WordPress by detecting shared passwords, and blocking password sharing. The plugin integrates Password Sentry app into WP to track logins.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Blog Password Protection
Up in the last 7 days:1,827#38,390by Zamaraiev Dmytro1 year ago
A simple and secure plugin to protect your entire blog or specific categories with a password popup.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Banana Defender
Up in the last 7 days:1,871#40,464by flexxdev7 days ago
WordPress Security — Made in Germany. Firewall, Virtual Patching, Malware Scanner & Login Protection. GDPR-compliant, cookie-free, no cloud.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Content Protection
#41,917by Themexa5 years ago
WordPress content protection plugin to protect content with login from logged out visitors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Antispam Revolution
#43,751by Radek Mezulanik11 years ago
Three way antispam protection for registration and comment forms.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Extend Protection For WooCommerce
#44,737by Extend Solution Engineering Team3 days ago
Extend helps merchants generate revenue and protect customers from damage and loss through modern product and shipping protection solutions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Chinese Comment Spam Protection
Down in the last 7 days:5,436#45,376by joe03110216 years ago
Asks the visitor making the comment to key in the disappeared chinese word. This is intended to prove that the visitor is a human being but a spam rob …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Security Assassin
#46,056by Evgen Yurchenko10 years ago
It protects against third-party access the file system on your site Hide your site from users who did not login Hide your site from some users regist …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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

Senthor
Down in the last 7 days:5,618#47,881by senthorio7 months ago
Protect your content from AI crawlers and monetize every request with Senthor. Real-time detection, crawler control, and detailed analytics.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

RestArmor Security
Up in the last 7 days:2,490#50,152by Md. Rakib Ullah9 months ago
Advanced security suite. Blocks REST API, disables XML-RPC, prevents user enumeration, and secures endpoints.
- 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

EffortLess Login Protected Content
Up in the last 7 days:5,362#51,051by domclic21 days ago
Restrict selected pages and categories to logged-in users only. Automatically hides menu items and redirects unauthenticated users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

HappyFenceNG Total Enterprise Security
Up in the last 7 days:5,346#51,142by HappyWPress11 months ago
Next-generation enterprise security for WordPress with advanced threat protection, tiered licensing, and hardening features.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Post Tips & Copy Protection Helper
Up in the last 7 days:18,779#53,742by 偏店浪人4 months ago
Lightweight post tips & anti-copy helper. 一款轻量级的文章提示与防复制助手。
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Copyright Protected
#55,045by doods8 years ago
Displays a copyright statement with the current year. Requires PHP.
- 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

Genius Firewall
Up in the last 7 days:12,173#61,356by Genius Plugin2 years ago
Democratized web security for free with the best website firewall designed for everyone from beginners to security experts using Wordpress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Security Made Easy
Up in the last 7 days:5,842#62,333by VeryEasy1 year ago
A set and forget solution for WordPress security.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Rapid2004 SH
Up in the last 7 days:10,562#62,977by rapid200421 days ago
Lightweight WordPress protection tool. Removes generator version leaks, filters login authentication errors, and updates the local admin footer text.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPSQR Media Protector
#63,011by wpsqr9 months ago
Protect your WordPress media library by preventing the deletion of images that are actively used across your website.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WM Secure and Optimize
Down in the last 7 days:4,160#63,056by Selvakumaran Krishnan3 years ago
One place for site security and site performance. Secure and optimize your site to perform better. WM Secure and Optimize
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Puzzle Gate
#63,393by wpsqr9 months ago
Stop bots in their tracks with a human-friendly puzzle CAPTCHA for WordPress logins.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cardea
#63,411by omikheev2 months ago
Lightweight, zero-dependency Proof-of-Work anti-spam protection for WordPress comments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Vanguard Admin Protection & Notifications
Down in the last 7 days:5,587#63,754by Luis12 days ago
Advanced protection against unauthorized administrator creation, role changes, and direct database access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

Digiter Security Lite
Down in the last 7 days:15,381#63,986by digiterorg8 days ago
Local login throttling, executable upload protection, security configuration checks and a trusted file integrity baseline.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data
#64,010by whatsmyzone4 months ago
Protect freeze-sensitive WooCommerce shipments with climate lookups, forecast checks, and checkout protection options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pictia plugin
#65,011by Pictia5 years ago
Pictia plugin
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Fastevo MP2
#65,098by fastevo1 year ago
Protect your WordPress video content with Fastevo MP2 media protection service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ingenidev Small Order Fee
#66,611by ingenidev by Bright Vortex LLC & MetaNetSkills Lda5 months ago
NEW Plugin! This Plugin allows you to put in place a small order fee and configure the threshold as well as the value of the fee.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ATV Web Security
#66,737by atvsoftwarelabs5 days ago
Block persistent changes on a compromised WordPress site — with optional AI-assisted false-positive filtering.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 23/day

ingenidev CashOnDelivery Shield
#66,989by ingenidev by Bright Vortex LLC & MetaNetSkills Lda5 months ago
No more fake Cash on Delivery (COD) orders! Disables COD for anonymous users/guests. Logged in users can pay. Just install, no configuration needed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Janric Shield
Down in the last 7 days:11,707#67,234by keithlunt3 months ago
Learns how your admins actually log in, then flags anything that doesn't match — protecting your site without relying on blocklists.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Dhurandhar AI Security
Down in the last 7 days:1,799#67,538by midhunesh6 months ago
AI-powered WordPress security plugin that detects vulnerabilities and enhances website protection.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Password Protection with Shareable Links
Down in the last 7 days:5,211#69,071by klausbreyer2 years ago
This plugin allows you to protect your WordPress content with a password and share access to it through encrypted links.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day