Best site security plugins for WordPress
The most popular site security plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Secure Maintenance leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of wsecure lite (200+) and Secure WP Admin (80+). All 3 plugins tagged “Site security” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 site security plugins
- 1.
WP Secure MaintenanceThe most installed site security plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 5 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 2.
wsecure lite200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Secure WP Admin80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
All 3 plugins tagged “Site security”
WP Secure Maintenance
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,316by Saad Iqbal2 years ago
Want to lock your site for Maintenance or Development? Then this is the right Plugin
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.6(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
wsecure lite
Down in the last 7 days:37#11,855by Joomla Service Provider1 month ago
wSecure hides admin URL so that default URL will no longer bring up the admin page. if who enter the secret key will be able to access admin area.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Secure WP Admin
Down in the last 7 days:17#17,988by Saad Iqbal2 years ago
Want to lock your WP-admin login screen with some PIN to make it more secure? Then this is the right plugin.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day