Best wp-content plugins for WordPress
The most popular wp-content plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP safely disable directory browsing leads with 200+ active installs, ahead of Secure Uploads (40+) and Sync media with AWS S3 CloudFront (30+). All 4 plugins tagged “wp-content” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 wp-content plugins
- 1.WP safely disable directory browsing
The most installed wp-content plugin, with 200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 8 reviews, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.9.2.
- 2.Secure Uploads
40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Sync media with AWS S3 CloudFront30+ active installs. Rated 3.4 from 5 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Gracewell Backup ManagerFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
All 4 plugins tagged “wp-content”
WP safely disable directory browsing
Down in the last 7 days:38#11,329by Maurisource14 years ago
This essential .htaccess rules plugin allow you to improve security of your wordpress blog.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Secure Uploads
Up in the last 7 days:110#21,657by njkuiper69 years ago
This plugin will put blank index.php in every sub-directory of your wp-content/uploads folder to prevent people from browsing the directories and stea …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Sync media with AWS S3 CloudFront
Up in the last 7 days:251#25,123by SoftSprint17 days ago
Plugin uploads selected files from the WordPress uploads directory to S3 and serves registered uploads through S3 or CloudFront.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 3.4(5)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Gracewell Backup Manager
Up in the last 7 days:19,251#52,743by gracewell891 month ago
Simple and secure WordPress website backup solution. Creates complete backups of your database and wp-content files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day