Best SSL plugins for WordPress
The most popular SSL plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Cloudflare leads with 200K+ active installs, ahead of SSL Insecure Content Fixer (100K+) and Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL) (100K+). All 94 plugins tagged “ssl” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 SSL plugins
- 1.
CloudflareThe most installed SSL plugin, with 200K+ active installs. Rated 3.5 from 181 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
SSL Insecure Content Fixer100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 221 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)100K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 71 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Flexible SSL for CloudFlare100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 51 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.
WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect80K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 179 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 6.
Easy SSL Plugin for SAKURA Rental Server50K+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 7.
WP Encryption50K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,146 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
- 8.
SecuPress with Simple SSL40K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 106 reviews, updated 2 days ago.
- 9.
One Click SSL10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 139 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 10.
SSL Zen9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 665 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 94 plugins tagged “ssl”

Cloudflare
Up in the last 7 days:1#226by Cloudflare1 month ago
All of Cloudflare’s performance and security benefits in a simple one-click install.
- Installs
- 200K+
- Rating
- 3.5(181)
- Downloads
- 2.8K/day

SSL Insecure Content Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:1#323by webaware2 months ago
Clean up WordPress website HTTPS insecure content
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(221)
- Downloads
- 161/day

Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL)
#368by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ27 days ago
The plugin allows an automatic redirection to the "HTTPS" version/URL of the site. Make your site SSL compatible easily.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.2(71)
- Downloads
- 736/day

Flexible SSL for CloudFlare
Up in the last 7 days:1#392by Paul10 months ago
Fix For Redirect Loops on WordPress with CloudFlare's Flexible/Universal SSL.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(51)
- Downloads
- 123/day

WP Force SSL & HTTPS SSL Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:1#511by WebFactory2 months ago
Enable SSL & HTTPS redirect with 1 click! Add SSL certificate & WP Force SSL to redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS & fix SSL errors.
- Installs
- 80K+
- Rating
- 4.7(179)
- Downloads
- 266/day

Easy SSL Plugin for SAKURA Rental Server
Up in the last 7 days:1#729by sakurainternet7 years ago
このプラグインはさくらのレンタルサーバ上のWordPressで、常時SSL化を簡単に行えるプラグインです。さくらのレンタルサーバ以外では動作しません。
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 57/day

WP Encryption
Up in the last 7 days:4#763by WP Encryption4 days ago
Lifetime SSL solution - Free SSL certificate & HTTPS redirect, force HTTPS, fix insecure site / SSL errors, security headers.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.1K)
- Downloads
- 539/day

SecuPress with Simple SSL
Up in the last 7 days:1#885by SecuPress2 days ago
Protect your WordPress with SecuPress, analyze and ensure the safety of your website daily.
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.1(106)
- Downloads
- 736/day

One Click SSL
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,701by Tribulant Software4 months ago
Enable SSL/TLS (https://) to redirect all pages to SSL/TLS and load all resources over SSL/TLS.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(139)
- Downloads
- 60/day

SSL Zen
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,193by SSL Zen - Free SSL/HTTPS1 month ago
Free SSL certificate for WordPress — install a Let's Encrypt SSL, force HTTPS, fix mixed content and redirect HTTP to HTTPS. No coding needed.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(665)
- Downloads
- 82/day

SSL Mixed Content Fix
Down in the last 7 days:4#2,465by Steve85b2 years ago
A fix for mixed content! This Plugin creates protocol relative urls by removing http + https from links. Works in Front- and Backend!
- Installs
- 7K+
- Rating
- 4.1(34)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Cloudflare SSL by Weslink
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,396by Christofer Weßeling7 years ago
Plugin to enable CloudFlare Flexible SSL for Wordpress and to prevent the Redirect Loop
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP Free SSL
Up in the last 7 days:15#6,424by prasadkirpekar1 year ago
One click free SSL certificate and Force HTTPS
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(23)
- Downloads
- 17/day
WP Healthcheck
Up in the last 7 days:8#6,477by Tiago Hillebrandt3 months ago
WP Healthcheck is a plugin to check the health of your WordPress install.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 17/day

Simple HTTPS Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:21#7,484by LightPlugins2 years ago
The plugin forcibly redirects your website to https protocol, keep your website safe and fix the mixed content problems.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

WP SSL Redirect
Up in the last 7 days:6#8,238by Rehmat Alam1 year ago
A very tiny plugin to force SSL on WordPress websites (via 301 redirects for SEO purpose).
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH HSTS
Down in the last 7 days:27#8,496by shawfactor6 years ago
HSTS is HTTP Strict Transport Security, a means to enforce using SSL even if the user accesses the site through HTTP and not HTTPS.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 3.9(7)
- Downloads
- 61/day
SSL Certificate Manager
Down in the last 7 days:23#8,520by shenliqing5 years ago
A SSL certificate installer and manager. Install newest cURL SSL certificate for WordPress and fix the cURL Error 60 SSL certificate problem that cert …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Uptime Monitoring for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:13#9,085by santerref11 days ago
Free SSL, domain expiry and cron monitors in WordPress. Connect a free account for external uptime checks every 5 minutes and email alerts.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
turboSMTP
Up in the last 7 days:37#9,491by turboSMTP11 days ago
Easily send emails from your WordPress website using turboSMTP's services
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.1(9)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Simple HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:30#9,910by neoslab1 year ago
Correct your SSL/HTTPS issue within few clicks and enable HTTP Strict Transport Security for your website.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Force SSL
Up in the last 7 days:31#11,080by imemine1 month ago
This plugin forces all traffic to be redirected to the HTTPS version of your site using a 301 redirect.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
WP SMTP Config
Down in the last 7 days:34#11,802by pCoLaSD8 years ago
Configure an external SMTP server in your config file.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Simple SSL Redirects
Up in the last 7 days:57#12,690by Blucube2 months ago
Lightweight plugin to ensure access via SSL/HTTPS. Uses 301 (permanent) redirects for SEO benefits. Optionally sets HSTS and forces canonical domain.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
HTTPS Image Fixer
Down in the last 7 days:25#14,249by mitchbartlett8 years ago
Fixes insecure content messages that appear when loading images on an SSL secured website.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Secure DB Connection
Down in the last 7 days:40#14,478by hypertextranch8 years ago
Sets SSL keys and certs for encrypted MySQL database connections.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

SSL Fixer
Up in the last 7 days:6#14,526by Frank5 years ago
SSL Fixer makes a few changes to the database in order to fix any insecure links. Effectively fixing the HTTPS redirection and mixed content problems …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
EDZNET WP HTTPS
Down in the last 7 days:35#14,906by EDZNET16 days ago
Automatically fixes mixed content issues by converting non-HTTPS resource URLs to HTTPS. Just install and activate.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Admin SSL
Down in the last 7 days:12#15,022by blenjee15 years ago
Admin SSL secures login page, admin area, posts, pages - whatever you want - using Private SSL.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Gravity Forms
Up in the last 7 days:44#16,143by Timothy Wood11 years ago
An addon to Gravity Forms to add an option to force your forms to be loaded SSL only.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Domain Check
Down in the last 7 days:111#16,556by domaincheckplugin4 years ago
Domain Check lets you search domain names, check SSL certificates and HTTPS, set email alerts for domain and SSL expiration, and get daily coupons.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zen Site Security
Down in the last 7 days:201#18,662by Guram Zhgamadze1 month ago
SSL in one click plus security hardening: 301 HTTPS redirect, mixed content fixer, HSTS, security headers, SameSite cookies, attack-surface hardening.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP htaccess Optimize (beta)
Up in the last 7 days:322#18,896by florianluce7 years ago
simply configure your htaccess to optimize your site!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day

SSL Secure Seal for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:25#19,103by widianto9 years ago
Show and manage SSL secure seal or custom image on WooCommerce pages.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTTPS Mixed Content Detector
#20,055by Zack Tollman11 years ago
Detects and logs content that will cause mixed content warnings.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SSL Fixit Plugin for WordPress by Stefan Kittel
Down in the last 7 days:48#20,680by Stefan Kittel8 years ago
A simple plugin to fix the html unsecure mixed content error
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
HTTPS Thumbnails
Up in the last 7 days:42#20,868by Marty Kokes11 years ago
Corrects http image links on a page delivered over https.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day

LukStack Uptime Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:283#20,886by lukmeyer5 months ago
Monitor multiple websites for uptime, performance, and SSL certificate expiration. Built-in remote cron for reliable checks — no third-party services …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Flex SSL
Up in the last 7 days:166#21,424by Flex Plugins1 month ago
Force HTTPS, update site URLs, and add security headers. Supports reverse proxies, certificate checks, and lock-out recovery.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

HTTPS Domain Alias
Down in the last 7 days:52#22,351by Otto Kekäläinen6 years ago
Enable your site to have a different domains for HTTP and HTTPS.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Website Info
Down in the last 7 days:29#22,430by hvantech10 months ago
Complete website information dashboard showing WordPress details, plugins, server info and SSL status for administrators.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
HTTPS for WordPress
Up in the last 7 days:58#23,653by blackc200418 years ago
Check to see if SSL is used. This will update any template functions which require SSL to be used.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

SSL Domain Checker
#24,800by Ilari Arovuo7 years ago
SSL Domain Checker alerts site admin via email before the SSL certificate or domain expires.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mixed Content
#24,917by Mubeen Khan5 years ago
this free plugin will fix your mixed content issue after install SSL. . It replaces all http:// with https:// in any output. Nothing to configure
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Force non-SSL
#25,384by Ian Dunn13 years ago
Redirects all HTTPS traffic to HTTP, except for specific exceptions
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Youtube Privacy
#27,570by aldarone15 years ago
This plugin relies on wordpress automatic embedding to allow you to embed youtube videos using the youtube-nocookie.com domain and with SSL encryption
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
NertWorks Site Wide SSL
Down in the last 7 days:819#28,166by nertworks12 years ago
Enforce SSL throughout the entire site. Supporting multiple methods. Can be used on the Front End of the site of the Admin Dashboard
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Force Secure Site
Down in the last 7 days:448#28,234by webexperts6 years ago
OFF SSL with 1 click! Add an SSL certificate & Force Secure Siteto redirect site from HTTP to HTTPS.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Disable sslverify
Down in the last 7 days:236#30,136by Michal Jaworski5 years ago
This plugin simple disables sslverify for outgoing connections (dedicated for DST Root CA X3 Expiration issue)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Insecure Content Warning
Down in the last 7 days:715#30,720by 10up1 month ago
Prevent editors from adding insecure content in the editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day