Best security plugins for WordPress
1,821 plugins tagged “security” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

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

Google Authenticator
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,149by Ivan2 months ago
Google Authenticator for your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(135)
- Downloads
- 336/day
Zero Spam for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,199by Highfivery Studio4 days ago
Free anti-spam for WordPress comments, logins, registrations and forms. No captchas, no moderation queue. Blocks bots before they post.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.1(143)
- Downloads
- 528/day
LWS Hide Login
Up in the last 7 days:5#1,327by Aurélien LWS25 days ago
Secure your access to the admin page with this plugin !
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 94/day

MainWP Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,345by mainwp5 days ago
Run updates, backups, security and reporting across all client sites from your own server. Keep data private and prove your value with branded reports …
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.9(2.4K)
- Downloads
- 743/day

Restricted Site Access
#1,437by 10up25 days ago
Limit access to visitors who are logged in or allowed by IP addresses. Includes many options for handling blocked visitors.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(62)
- Downloads
- 934/day
LWS Tools
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,440by Aurélien LWS25 days ago
Optimize and modify your website's parameters
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 97/day

Inactive Logout
Up in the last 7 days:35#1,447by Deepen Bajracharya1 month ago
Automatically logout idle user sessions, with logout redirections and concurrent limit logins all in one place.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(106)
- Downloads
- 211/day

WPS Cleaner
#1,464by NicolasKulka2 months ago
WPS Cleaner cleans your WordPress site as well as your database.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.3(99)
- Downloads
- 75/day

Login With Ajax
Down in the last 7 days:4#1,489by Marcus (aka @msykes)5 months ago
Add beautiful login forms with smooth AJAX login/registration effects, 2FA support, custom redrection options and many more login-related features!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(167)
- Downloads
- 79/day
WPVulnerability
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,503by ROBOTSTXT.es2 months ago
Get WordPress vulnerability alerts from the WPVulnerability Database API.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(20)
- Downloads
- 334/day
TrustedSite
Down in the last 7 days:12#1,525by TrustedSite1 month ago
Trust badges to increase sales.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(26)
- Downloads
- 434/day

Nexter Extension
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,612by POSIMYTH10 days ago
Replace 50+ WordPress Plugins: Free SEO, Theme Builder, Code Snippets, Image Optimizer (WebP/AVIF), SMTP Email, Security, Performance & More
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 348/day

miniOrange 2FA
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,616by miniOrange6 days ago
Free 2FA plugin for unlimited users with Passkey, Google Authenticator, Email/SMS OTP, Push Notification & passwordless login.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(387)
- Downloads
- 419/day
OpenID Connect Generic Client
Up in the last 7 days:29#1,628by Jonathan Daggerhart8 months ago
A simple client that provides SSO or opt-in authentication against a generic OAuth2 Server implementation.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(21)
- Downloads
- 635/day
FluentAuth
Up in the last 7 days:17#1,667by WPManageNinja5 days ago
Two-factor authentication, passkeys, social login, magic login, limit login attempts, file change scanning and audit logs for WordPress.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(36)
- Downloads
- 654/day
WPBruiser Security
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,792by WPZOOM1 day ago
Security and anti-spam without CAPTCHA. Blocks bots on forms, comments and logins, limits login attempts and hardens WordPress. No outside service.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(213)
- Downloads
- 417/day

MilesWeb Tools
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,805by MilesWeb1 year ago
MilesWeb Tools is a powerful WordPress plugin designed to enhance your site's functionality and security. It helps you manage security settings, …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 60/day
AntiSpam for Contact Form 7
Up in the last 7 days:8#1,824by Erik6 months ago
A trustworthy antispam plugin for Contact Form 7. Wave goodbye to spam and keep your inbox clean!
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 77/day
Plugin Check (PCP)
Up in the last 7 days:7#1,850by WordPress.org2 days ago
Plugin Check is a WordPress.org tool which provides checks to help plugins meet the directory requirements and follow various best practices.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(36)
- Downloads
- 9.2K/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

Simple Login Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:4#1,951by Nikolay Nikolov2 months ago
Adds a simple 3-digit number captcha on the login form.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(17)
- Downloads
- 35/day
The GDPR Framework By Data443
#1,975by Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.3 days ago
Easy to use tools to help make your website GDPR-compliant. Fully documented, extendable and developer-friendly. Extensions to enterprise GDPR compli …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(65)
- Downloads
- 136/day

Captcha by BestWebSoft
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,992by bestwebsoft3 days ago
1 The Ultimate Spam Protection Plugin Using Captcha for WordPress Forms.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(21)
- Downloads
- 284/day

Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,030by Danny Santoro3 years ago
Help secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 24/day
Malcure Malware Shield
Down in the last 7 days:7#2,051by Malcure Web Security27 days ago
Malware scanner and monitor.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.4(74)
- Downloads
- 131/day

Login by Auth0
Down in the last 7 days:33#2,063by Auth02 years ago
Login by Auth0 provides improved username/password login, Passwordless login, Social login and Single Sign On for all your sites.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.1(18)
- Downloads
- 175/day

Login Security Captcha
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,094by ScriptsTown1 month ago
Secure WordPress login, registration, and comment form with Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile. Prevent Brute-force attacks and more.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(20)
- Downloads
- 120/day
Jetpack VaultPress
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,144by Automattic25 days ago
(DEPRECATED: Please install "Jetpack VaultPress Backup" instead) Jetpack VaultPress offers real-time backups, one-click restores, and premiu …
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.8(72)
- Downloads
- 183/day

Meta Generator and Version Info Remover
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,157by Pankaj Mondal1 year ago
This plugin will remove the version info appended to enqueued style and script urls along with Meta Generator in the head section and in RSS feeds.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(28)
- Downloads
- 35/day

Brozzme DB Prefix & Tools Addons
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,173by Benoti9 months ago
Easily change your WordPress DB prefix, save time, increase security.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.7(58)
- Downloads
- 40/day

Forget Spam Comment
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,206by Gulshan Kumar1 year ago
The ultimate solution to stop spam comments in the default commenting system of WordPress
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(46)
- Downloads
- 24/day

ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,233by weDevs1 year ago
reCaptcha for login, signup, comment forms, Ninja Forms and woocommerce.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.4(95)
- Downloads
- 44/day

WP Fingerprint
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,239by DanFoster1 year ago
WP Fingerprint adds an additional layer of security to your WordPress website, working to check your plugins for signs of hack or exploit.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 35/day

SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints
Up in the last 7 days:5#2,324by Niels Lange1 month ago
Hides the list of user accounts that the WordPress REST API shows to visitors who are not logged in, which helps prevent user enumeration.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 44/day
WPScan
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,365by ethicalhack3r1 month ago
WPScan WordPress Security Scanner - Scans your system for security vulnerabilities listed in the WPScan Vulnerability Database.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.8(28)
- Downloads
- 98/day
Exploit Scanner
#2,415by Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)9 years ago
Search the files and database of your WordPress install for signs that may indicate that it has fallen victim to malicious hackers.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.2(40)
- Downloads
- 24/day

IP Geo Block
#2,484by tokkonopapa7 years ago
It blocks spam posts, login attempts and malicious access to the back-end requested from the specific countries, and also prevents zero-day exploit.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.2(95)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Fail2Ban Redux
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,489by Brandon Allen1 year ago
Records various WordPress events to your server's system log for integration with Fail2Ban.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 44/day

Log cleaner for Kadence Security
Down in the last 7 days:12#2,502by Michael Ott2 days ago
Restores the ability to manually delete Kadence Security (formerly Solid Security / iThemes Security) logs from the database.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 5.0(22)
- Downloads
- 249/day

Salt Shaker
Up in the last 7 days:10#2,506by Nagdy18 days ago
Salt Shaker enhances WordPress security by changing WordPress security keys and salts manually and automatically.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(27)
- Downloads
- 151/day

Security Ninja
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,518by cleverplugins5 days ago
WordPress security plugin: free 8G firewall/WAF, 50+ tests, vulnerability/core scanning, events logging, AI reports.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(101)
- Downloads
- 279/day

Booter
Down in the last 7 days:8#2,651by uPress4 months ago
Booter - Bots & Crawlers Manager is a preventative measure (treatment in advance) and treatment of damages caused by crawlers and bots.
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 30/day
Prevent XSS Vulnerability
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,792by Sami Ahmed Siddiqui1 year ago
This WP plugin blocks XSS by encoding harmful URL characters & safely handling HTML in $_GET. Customizable settings for enhanced website security.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 46/day

WP EXtra
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,827by COP2 months ago
Optimize your site instantly with one-click activation. WP Extra offers easy fixes and features for WordPress.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(41)
- Downloads
- 34/day
SP Move Login
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,886by SecuPress11 months ago
Move your WordPress login page to protect it from bots. This plugin contains the Move Login module from SecuPress. Other security modules are availabl …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.3(43)
- Downloads
- 31/day

Stop XML-RPC Attacks
Up in the last 7 days:1#2,920by Pascal CESCATO2 months ago
Blocks dangerous XML-RPC methods while preserving Jetpack, WooCommerce, and mobile apps compatibility.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Melapress File Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:8#2,927by Melapress2 months ago
Get email alerts for file and permission changes on your WordPress sites. No false positives!
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.1(32)
- Downloads
- 66/day

Manage XML-RPC
Down in the last 7 days:19#3,074by brainvireinfo1 year ago
Enable/Disable XML-RPC for all or based on IP list, also you can control pingback and Unset X-Pingback from HTTP headers.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WPMasterToolKit (WPMTK)
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,140by Ludwig You1 month ago
Modular WordPress toolkit for security, performance, SMTP, WebP images, code snippets, redirects, administration and more.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(28)
- Downloads
- 62/day