Best secure plugins for WordPress
The most popular secure plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. BBQ Firewall leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of BulletProof Security (20K+) and Lockdown WP Admin (10K+). All 72 plugins tagged “secure” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 secure plugins
- 1.
BBQ FirewallThe most installed secure plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 160 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 2.
BulletProof Security20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 674 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.Lockdown WP Admin
10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 54 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 4.
Lock Down Admin2K+ active installs. Rated 3.0 from 5 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
Secure Passkeys2K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 19 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
Speed Kit2K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 11 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 7.
SX User Name Security700+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 13 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 8.
Plugin Security Scanner700+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 9.
MASS Users Password Reset500+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 14 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.Hide Footer Links
200+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 72 plugins tagged “secure”

BBQ Firewall
#346by Jeff Starr2 days ago
The fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(160)
- Downloads
- 445/day

BulletProof Security
#1,143by AITpro2 months ago
WordPress Security Protection: Malware scanner, Firewall, Login Security, DB Backup, Anti-Spam...
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(674)
- Downloads
- 138/day
Lockdown WP Admin
Down in the last 7 days:8#1,866by Sean Fisher9 years ago
Lockdown WP Admin conceals the administration and login screen from intruders. It can hide WordPress Admin (/wp-admin/) and and login (/wp-login.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(54)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Lock Down Admin
Down in the last 7 days:18#4,272by Fullestop7 years ago
Lock Down Admin plugin secure your WordPress admin panel. It locks the wp-admin url and if this plugin is activated then user can't login in the …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 3.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Secure Passkeys
Up in the last 7 days:33#4,642by Mohamed Endisha4 months ago
Secure Passkeys is a powerful WordPress plugin that enables passwordless authentication using WebAuthn technology.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(19)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Speed Kit
Down in the last 7 days:33#5,032by baqend2 years ago
Speed Kit makes your WordPress website load instantly with one simple click.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(11)
- Downloads
- 22/day

SX User Name Security
Down in the last 7 days:76#7,675by Daniel Roch1 year ago
SX User Name Security prevents WordPress from showing your real Login everywhere. It ovverides the body_class function, User Nicename, Nickname and Di …
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.0(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Plugin Security Scanner
Down in the last 7 days:14#7,876by Glen Scott7 years ago
This plugin alerts you if any of your plugins have security vulnerabilities. It does this by utilising the WPScan Vulnerability Database once a day.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

MASS Users Password Reset
Down in the last 7 days:72#8,621by KrishaWeb4 months ago
Tired of resetting passwords one by one? Bulk reset user passwords by role and email secure one-time access links instantly.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(14)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Hide Footer Links
Down in the last 7 days:23#11,339by Niteo9 years ago
Hide Footer Links will try to hide all footer links and copyright info from your theme.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Integrity Checker
#12,793by Erik Torsner2 months ago
The WordPress Integrity Checker checks your WordPress installation by detecting modified files, permissions issues and other common problems. trnk
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.8(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Payment Gateway for USAePay on WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:96#14,196by mohsin.id5 months ago
This Payment Gateway For WooCommerce extends the functionality of WooCommerce to accept payments from credit/debit cards using the USAePay payment gat …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Secure DB Connection
Down in the last 7 days:40#14,478by hypertextranch8 years ago
Sets SSL keys and certs for encrypted MySQL database connections.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
EDZNET WP HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:35#14,906by EDZNET16 days ago
Automatically fixes mixed content issues by converting non-HTTPS resource URLs to HTTPS. Just install and activate.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:44#16,143by Timothy Wood11 years ago
An addon to Gravity Forms to add an option to force your forms to be loaded SSL only.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Spam Free
Down in the last 7 days:90#16,252by pekeltje14 years ago
Get your Wordpress Blog Spam-Free with this plugin.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP AdminTools
Down in the last 7 days:48#16,645by Stefan Seibel11 years ago
Control additional Wordpress, SEO and Database features with this swiss army knife for WordPress.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Virus Finder
Down in the last 7 days:168#16,856by wphospital.hu7 months ago
Find viruses in your WordPress easily. Virus scan, malware finder.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Hidden WP Admin
Up in the last 7 days:2#17,162by Justin Busa11 years ago
Hide the WordPress admin, login and signup pages from all users except those you allow.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
s2member Secure File Uploader
Up in the last 7 days:5#17,451by Lew Ayotte13 years ago
A s2member add-on that allows you to upload a file to the s2member-files/ secure directory and automatically insert a link into your post.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

reCAPTCHA Lite
Down in the last 7 days:8#17,461by 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

R2K Security Captcha (for reCAPTCHA Enterprise & Cloudflare Turnstile)
Up in the last 7 days:157#18,936by systemsrtk2 months ago
Protect your WordPress website from spam and abuse with R2K Security Captcha. This plugin offers powerful security by integrating with two of the most …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Text
Up in the last 7 days:103#20,552by flashpixx14 years ago
With this plugin text can be pasted as a picture in an article or page to protect mailaddresses or postaddresse against automated crawler.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gauntlet Security
Down in the last 7 days:170#20,863by Cornelius Bergen10 years ago
Performs a detailed security analysis of your WordPress installation. Provides specific instructions on how to make your site more secure.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:110#21,657by njkuiper69 years ago
This plugin will put blank index.php in every sub-directory of your wp-content/uploads folder to prevent people from browsing the directories and stea …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Mikesoft TeamVault
Down in the last 7 days:325#22,123by Michael Gasperini17 days ago
Private document workspace for WordPress: protected storage, groups, per-folder permissions, previews, ZIP export, quotas, reports, and notifications.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Health Check
Up in the last 7 days:29#22,876by brijeshk8913 years ago
WP Health Check scans your WordPress installation and reports any security issues with your site.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
S3 Secure URL
Down in the last 7 days:299#23,937by Max Kostinevich11 years ago
S3 Secure URL plugin allows you to create temporary links using Amazon S3 service.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple Download with password
#24,438by enomoto celtislab1 month ago
Simple, easy, lightweight download manager with password protection
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Secure Login
Down in the last 7 days:132#25,758by brijeshk8912 years ago
WP Secure Login adds a security layer and 2 step authentication to your WordPress site by asking a One Time Password in addition to the username and p …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yard DeepL
Down in the last 7 days:973#26,123by Yard | Digital Agency2 days ago
This plugin registers secure API endpoints that allow you to request translations directly from DeepL without exposing your DeepL API-key.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 17/day
Force Secure Site
Down in the last 7 days:448#28,234by webexperts6 years ago
OFF SSL with 1 click! Add an SSL certificate & Force Secure Siteto redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BuddyPress Private Community
Down in the last 7 days:109#29,535by NipponMonkey15 years ago
This plugin makes your BuddyPress community private. Only logged in members can view the social areas in full. You can configure the default settings.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPTrigone Security
Up in the last 7 days:386#30,067by Olivier / WP Trigone6 days ago
Professional security plugin focused on hardening, and essential security best practices for business websites and WooCommerce stores.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
multi-login-checker
#32,603by storyday15 years ago
force user login into wordpress only from one browser at the same time
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

WP Encrypted Uploads
#33,082by Ahmed Hussein11 months ago
Shield your sensitive files with unbreakable encryption! 🛡️ Say goodbye to prying eyes and take full control of your private data.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Christmas Decorations
#34,734by Er Siddharth Singh5 years ago
Decorate your site for christmas, with Christmas countdown for all pages and Snow fall for all pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Protect Ai Login
#35,441by anouny10 years ago
Change default login site to a custom URL, block spam, bot registration, and brute-force using Google reCAPTCHA.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

UndaSecure
#36,906by asantosundanet8 years ago
Adds secure optimizations to .htaccess file
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Secure Iframe Embed for Genealorama
Up in the last 7 days:6,562#36,944by Frank Bracq1 year ago
Professional genealogy integration for WordPress - Secure, interactive family trees with automatic setup and enterprise-grade authentication.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ARS Reg Secure
Up in the last 7 days:9,900#37,193by arijose13 years ago
This plugin helps block bogus registrations by allowing a custom registration field and answer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Htaccess Secure Files
Up in the last 7 days:2,867#37,307by isaacchapman14 years ago
Allows securing files in WP's media library to be only accessible to users with specific roles, capabilities, or IP addresses.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Community Gradebook
#37,404by Manoj Chacko16 years ago
Easy to use and simple Gradebook
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Healthy Site SEO
Up in the last 7 days:2,231#37,860by MMDeveloper6 years ago
Optimize/Secure your site today.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Security By Made I.T.
#38,946by Made I.T.6 years ago
Secure your WordPress Website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom WP Registration Form
#39,154by Adam Carter10 years ago
Create a custom WordPress registration form with an array that automatically logs in user. Define your own input types, attributes, classes & IDs
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Secure Login
Up in the last 7 days:3,033#40,337by David Leonard12 years ago
Secure, 2 step Verification for WordPress login, via One Time Pin (OTP).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

IVGuard
Up in the last 7 days:3,543#40,490by 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
SSL for Logged In Users
Up in the last 7 days:5,068#43,014by G13 years ago
Forces all logged in users to stay on SSL connection
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SSL Verification Badge
Down in the last 7 days:2,366#43,128by philipjewell8 years ago
Plugin will display the current status and certificate issuer for your SSL certificate in the footer of your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 2.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day