Best site protection plugins for WordPress
The most popular site protection plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Safe Sites (10+) and PayPerAccess (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “site protection” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 site protection plugins
- 1.
Fatal Plugin Auto DeactivatorThe most installed site protection plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Safe Sites
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.PayPerAccess
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 4.
Site Protection10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “site protection”

Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator
Down in the last 7 days:98#16,088by Linkon Miyan2 months ago
Automatically deactivates plugins that cause fatal errors to prevent site crashes and keep your WordPress site running smoothly.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Safe Sites
#30,210by Hidayat Mahetar8 months ago
Safe Sites is a WordPress security plugin offering real-time monitoring, file permission control, malware scanning, and plugin & theme security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PayPerAccess
Down in the last 7 days:89#30,757by Webextends13 years ago
Use this plugin to filter the access to your website redirecting the non-auth users to a payment page o something similar.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Site Protection
#46,412by Presslabs2 months ago
Site protection plugin for dev instances to avoid indexing by search engines. Doesn't allow access to the site without being logged-in.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day