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.

FormCourier User Enumeration Protection
#73,911by Den Slav1 month ago
Blocks common WordPress user enumeration methods and optionally hides public author archives.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

AiutoComputerHelp Persistence Audit
Down in the last 7 days:19,493#73,922by aiutocomputerhelp28 days ago
Read-only audit of persistence and reinfection indicators across key WordPress layers.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

NHR Secure
Down in the last 7 days:10,386#73,947by Nazmul Hasan Robin25 days ago
WordPress security that stays out of the way: login protection, two-factor, firewall, hardening, a scanner and an activity log.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Defentry
#73,973by Md Jahid Bin Sabit14 days ago
WordPress login security: limit login attempts, lock out brute-force IPs, and verify new devices with a stop password, trusted devices & alerts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Visitor Filters
Down in the last 7 days:21,936#73,978by visitorfilters3 months ago
Real-time visitor intelligence, threat prevention and analytics for your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ZeroBot Security
Down in the last 7 days:13,695#74,029by ZeroBot1 month ago
Free brute-force login protection and XML-RPC blocking, plus an optional bot firewall backed by the live ZeroBot threat network.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ShieldSquare
Down in the last 7 days:23,857#74,035by ShieldSquare8 years ago
ShieldSquare plugin provides users access to Dashboards to follow up on traffic and understand bot activity on their websites.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Chimy’s AI Coding Lab
Down in the last 7 days:3,917#74,046by chimy27 days ago
一个更顺手的 WordPress 后台:写文章、整理媒体、优化图片,还自带 AI 助手。
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Tuning4Web
Down in the last 7 days:16,668#74,050by Piotr Kunicki26 days ago
Checks your site the way an anonymous visitor sees it, verifies that your WordPress hardening actually works, and lists external scripts it loads.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SyGy Security Log & Anti-Bot
Down in the last 7 days:23,690#74,070by SyGy26 days ago
Proactive Anti-Bot shield for WP Comments, WooCommerce, CF7, WPForms, Elementor, wpForo, bbPress & BuddyPress with GDPR logging.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

AiutoComputerHelp Stored Payload Audit
#74,086by aiutocomputerhelp1 month ago
Read-only scan of selected WordPress database tables for possible stored XSS indicators, with safe plain-text inspection of flagged values.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

A360 Login Avatar Panel
Down in the last 7 days:14,491#74,088by A36022 days ago
Adds an extra avatar-selection step to the WordPress login screen for selected users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Shift8 IP Intel
Down in the last 7 days:11,321#74,104by shift87 years ago
Plugin that establishes an IP Address reputation score from getipintel.net. IP Reputation data is encrypted using OpenSSL and stored in a _SESSION var …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

VaultShift
Down in the last 7 days:13,704#74,134by Saju Gopal5 days ago
Secure WordPress with malware scanning, WAF, login protection, hardening, backups, activity log, and spam defense.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Protos Content Protection Lite
Down in the last 7 days:25,233#74,149by Protos Software5 months ago
Protect your content from being copied or stolen.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Lsyavuz Audit & Quality Tracker
#74,169by lsyavuz2 months ago
A lightweight, secure, and modern audit log tool to track post changes, plugin activities, and user logins with a beautiful dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Merqivio Store Audit
#74,189by merqivio2 months ago
Run a useful, free and local WooCommerce shop check for technical, security, product-data and compliance signals.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day

Custom Login URL Manager
#74,191by WPDesigner2 years ago
Change the default WordPress login URL and redirect unauthorized attempts to a specified page for enhanced security.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
Atmosvere (Formerly Trusted Accounts) for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:9,609#74,195by Trusted Accounts6 months ago
Protect your pages from bots, scrapers and spam — fully in the background and invisible to visitors. We stop bad visitors before they reach your site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kowalski Smart Shield
Down in the last 7 days:12,625#74,243by kowalskismart14 days ago
Local, rule-based spam protection for WordPress forms, with scoring, monitoring, blocking and event logs. Release candidate.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

CoreSpect Site Audit & Report
Down in the last 7 days:1,959#74,273by ujjwalshres7 days ago
A one-click site health report for your WordPress database, performance, security, and files — exportable as HTML, PDF, JSON, CSV, or TXT.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Yuga AntiMalware
#74,389by Yuga Web1 month ago
WordPress anti-malware plugin with tabbed admin panel, multi-mode scanning, quarantine, cleanup tooling, and post-hack recovery checks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Login Protect
#74,428by Morais Junior2 years ago
Monitors and controls failed login attempts
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sargas reCAPTCHA
Down in the last 7 days:2,743#74,487by Sargas3 years ago
reCAPTCHA for login, signup, comment, WooCommerce, Mailchimp and other forms.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day