Best site hardening plugins for WordPress
The most popular site hardening plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Dessky Security leads with 60+ active installs. All 1 plugins tagged “site hardening” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 1 site hardening plugins
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Dessky SecurityThe most installed site hardening plugin, with 60+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.