Best wpscan plugins for WordPress
The most popular wpscan plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Stop User Enumeration leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of WPScan (8K+) and WP Author Security (400+). All 10 plugins tagged “wpscan” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 wpscan plugins
- 1.
Stop User EnumerationThe most installed wpscan plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 132 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.WPScan
8K+ active installs. Rated 3.8 from 28 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.WP Author Security
400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
- 4.No User Enumeration
100+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 5.
N0WPScan20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago.
- 6.Don Security
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 7.
Whook Security10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
block-wpscan10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 9.
Shift8 SecurityFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 10 plugins tagged “wpscan”

Stop User Enumeration
Up in the last 7 days:7#667by fullworks17 days ago
Helps secure your site against hacking attacks through detecting User Enumeration
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.9(132)
- Downloads
- 1.2K/day
WPScan
Down in the last 7 days:6#2,367by ethicalhack3r1 month ago
WPScan WordPress Security Scanner - Scans your system for security vulnerabilities listed in the WPScan Vulnerability Database.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 3.8(28)
- Downloads
- 98/day
WP Author Security
Down in the last 7 days:21#9,610by mgm security partners GmbH3 years ago
Protect against user enumeration attacks on author pages and other places where valid user names can be obtained.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
No User Enumeration
Up in the last 7 days:14#13,413by Carlos7 years ago
Stop user enumeration for security.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

N0WPScan
Down in the last 7 days:952#25,794by GeekParadize6 years ago
Secure your Wordpress of WPScan Prevent hackers using WPScan to find vulnerabilities in your site, disable this plugin when you are security testing o …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Don Security
Down in the last 7 days:196#26,093by Rodrigo Donini9 years ago
This plugin allows to set some security improvements to your WordPress site. Blocking attempts of scan from WPScan and other similar tools.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Whook Security
Down in the last 7 days:1,726#40,620by darteweb8 years ago
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Our plugin Scans other plugins vulnerabilities listed in the WPScan Database of vulnerabilitie …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

block-wpscan
#46,862by luis9 years ago
This plugin can block "Tor access", "Proxy Access", "Commandline Access" and more. When it blocks unauthorized access.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shift8 Security
Up in the last 7 days:4,162#63,828by shift87 years ago
Plugin that implements several measures to generally improve the security of your Wordpress site. At this point security scan obfuscation of core Word …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day