Best security plugins for WordPress
1,823 plugins tagged “security” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

External Links New Tab
Down in the last 7 days:1,408#34,687by ATechSol1 year ago
Automatically opens external links in a new browser tab, improving user engagement and site security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

StayLogged
Down in the last 7 days:766#34,698by وندا نوژن3 years ago
StayLogged is a WordPress plugin that automatically logs out users after any period of inactivity that you want, so you can keep users logged in for a …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

GuardianKey
Down in the last 7 days:1,009#34,702by gbernardes9 months ago
GuardianKey is a service to protect systems in real-time against authentication attacks. It implements GK Auth Security for login protection and GKTin …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Sigil
#34,717by Jean Galea1 day ago
Passkeys and two-factor authentication for WordPress. Sign in without a password, and enrol before you require 2FA by role.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
AccessDoor
Up in the last 7 days:4,533#34,773by IT Path Solutions1 month ago
Change WordPress login URL, create role-based login URLs, customize login screen, manage admin accounts, and enable security hardening features.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Configify 2FA
Down in the last 7 days:1,349#34,812by Configify4 months ago
Flexible Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress. Choose Google Authenticator (TOTP), Math CAPTCHA, or Google reCAPTCHA — with a security audit log.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MP3 Scraper
Down in the last 7 days:599#34,825by foobar16 years ago
a simple and secure mp3 audio player
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WAF Manager for Cloudflare
#34,836by Jaime Alnassim12 days ago
Deploy five battle-tested Cloudflare WAF rules to any zone in one click, straight from WordPress. No expression language required.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Feature Flipper
Down in the last 7 days:2,089#34,837by Thoriq Firdaus2 months ago
Disable Comments, Gutenberg, Emojis, and other features you might not need in WordPress®
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LumenCache
Down in the last 7 days:1,072#35,348by Celsius Anderson9 days ago
RAM-first full-page caching that serves pages before WordPress loads, with automatic WooCommerce and LMS integration.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/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
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
Whisper Comment Reloaded
#35,462by Joshua Parker15 years ago
Whisper Comment Reloaded is a WordPress plugin for commenters to control comment visibility for other viewers.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day

Attentive security
Up in the last 7 days:3,789#35,679by ThemeAtelier8 months ago
Attentive Security Plugin is a very simple Wordpress security plugin. With this plugin you can hide your current WordPress version from any resource, …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
IOSEC HTTP Anti Flood/DoS Security Gateway Module
#35,848by iosec14 years ago
This module provides security enhancements against (HTTP) Flood & Brute Force Attacks for Wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
O-PLUX Fraudulent Order Detection
Down in the last 7 days:112#36,013by Cacco2 months ago
The Leading E-commerce Fraud Detection System in Japan
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Verifyne
Up in the last 7 days:12,040#36,056by sruester10 years ago
Allows logging into you Wordpress site using the verifyne.me app.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filtered HTML for Editors
Up in the last 7 days:6,844#36,081by Andrew Nacin16 years ago
Editors and Administrators can publish content with unfiltered HTML. Use this plugin to force filtering of HTML from Editors.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Secure SVG Upload
Down in the last 7 days:3,075#36,109by Fahim Reza1 year ago
Safely upload SVG files in WordPress with robust SVG support and automatic sanitization.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Force Password Reset
Up in the last 7 days:9,287#36,117by Christian8 years ago
This plugin is designed to remind WordPress users to reset their password after certain number of days.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SaferCheckout Lite
#36,126by nintechnet9 days ago
Fraud prevention for WooCommerce Stores.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SiaraShield
Up in the last 7 days:11,465#36,183by SiaraShield13 days ago
Protect WordPress forms and logins from bots with CyberSiara's human verification and lockout security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Password-policy
#36,199by kirua7821 days ago
A plugin wordpress for enhance the password policy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Wp UCanHide
#36,278wp-ucanhide18 years ago
A very useful and simple plug-in that allows you to hide a part of a post (links,image...) for people who are not logged on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Whoosh
Up in the last 7 days:10,070#36,653by Russell Jamieson13 years ago
Build new feature-rich, fast and secure WordPress sites in a smarter way in under 60 seconds using WP Whoosh.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cybershield Firewall
Down in the last 7 days:1,663#36,671by SECURAS TECHNOLOGIES2 years ago
CyberShield, Your First Line of Defense Against Web Attacks.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Onionify
#36,730by Ivijan-Stefan Stipic11 days ago
Serve WordPress cleanly over .onion with URL rewriting, Onion-Location, and privacy hardening.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TechnologyWisdom File Editor Access Lock
Up in the last 7 days:7,176#36,996by Technology Wisdom1 month ago
Locks the built-in WordPress dashboard theme and plugin editors for improved security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WPGear
Up in the last 7 days:24,222#37,066by wpgear6 months ago
Automatic Scanning and Search for Modified, New, and Deleted Files. Send scan Reports via Email.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tiny Comment Spam Blocker
Up in the last 7 days:9,267#37,239by Kasuga2 months ago
A simple and lightweight yet rock-solid plugin that blocks comment spam using multiple automatic detection methods.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AB WP Security
#37,421by abjelosevic9 years ago
Security plugin that stops User Enumeration in WordPress, removes WordPress Version Number, disable directory browsing and Disable XML-RPC
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CS BioLogin
Up in the last 7 days:815#37,429by Concatstring Solutions1 month ago
Secure biometric login (WebAuthn / FIDO2 / Passkeys) for WordPress and WooCommerce using Face ID, Touch ID, or fingerprint.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tailwatch
#37,470by wptailwatch20 days ago
WordPress security with backups, monitoring, SSL tracking, and file integrity checks, managed from a mobile app with real-time push alerts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

TSA Wait Times
Up in the last 7 days:4,563#37,520by jdyken3 days ago
Retrieve estimated wait times for all TSA security checkpoints for U.S. airports.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

dpabadbotwp
Up in the last 7 days:3,287#37,543by peter achutha6 years ago
This plugin, dpaBadBotWP, automatically tells Bad Bot Exterminator firewall software, your current IP address and you will not be blocked from working …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
userlog
Down in the last 7 days:1,809#37,607by williewonka13 years ago
Allows you to see wich users have logged in when and from where.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- 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
Square Bracket Hack Prevention
#37,919by Miina Sikk10 years ago
The Square Bracket Hack Prevention plugin prevents hackers from adding a "[" to the URL.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SSL for Logged In Users
Up in the last 7 days:9,321#37,959by G14 years ago
Forces all logged in users to stay on SSL connection
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NF Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:9,319#37,979by macnetic-labs10 years ago
NF Captcha adds Really Simple CAPTCHA element for human check.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

cloudrebuesms
Up in the last 7 days:9,324#37,984by cloudrebue3 years ago
Send Woocomerce Notifications, Access Bulk SMS Portal
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Healthy Site SEO
Up in the last 7 days:5,350#38,261by MMDeveloper6 years ago
Optimize/Secure your site today.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Safer Cookies
Up in the last 7 days:9,154#38,268by Janis Elsts17 years ago
Ties the WP session cookie to your IP address so that it can't be used to get access to you blog from another computer.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Bruteforce Protect
#38,346by Doyle Lewis12 years ago
This plugin modifies your .htaccess file to provide protection from brute force attack bots.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disallow Pwned Password
Up in the last 7 days:2,179#38,357by Itineris Limited7 years ago
Disallow WordPress and WooCommerce users using pwned passwords.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Limit Login Attempts
Down in the last 7 days:1,591#38,383by Theme Egg8 years ago
Limit rate of login attempts
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Orbisius Limit Logins
Up in the last 7 days:2,178#38,389by Svetoslav Marinov12 years ago
Protect your site from automated logins efficiently!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Behind Closed Doors
Up in the last 7 days:8,587#38,619by spencersokol7 years ago
Keep your site behind closed doors, by redirecting visitors to a single page, optionally giving them a login form to view the remainder of your site.
- 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
Safe Cookies
#39,096by Subhransu Sekhar12 years ago
Secure your wordpress site by making the Auth Cookie more secure
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day