Security plugins
Security plugins on HostList: a daily-ranked view of WordPress.org plugins tagged security, drawn from HostList's curated tracker (top installs plus hosting-relevant tags). Active installs are WordPress.org buckets. Use the table to shortlist tools, then follow the hosting links for stack-fit guidance. Rankings are never paid.
| Rank ↑ | Plugin | Active installs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Wordfence Security Mark Maunder | 5M+ | 4.7 / 5 (4,958 ratings) |
| 16 | Hostinger Tools Hostinger | 3M+ | 3.5 / 5 (39 ratings) |
| 17 | Jetpack Automattic | 3M+ | 3.8 / 5 (2,404 ratings) |
| 18 | Really Simple Security Really Simple Plugins | 3M+ | 4.9 / 5 (8,852 ratings) |
| 32 | All-In-One Security (AIOS) David Anderson / Team Updraft | 1M+ | 4.7 / 5 (1,710 ratings) |
| 46 | Limit Login Attempts Security WPChef | 1M+ | 4.9 / 5 (1,468 ratings) |
| 48 | Loginizer Softaculous | 1M+ | 4.8 / 5 (1,028 ratings) |
| 50 | ManageWP Worker ManageWP | 1M+ | 4.6 / 5 (677 ratings) |
| 55 | Safe SVG 10up | 1M+ | 4.9 / 5 (78 ratings) |
| 56 | Security Optimizer SiteGround | 1M+ | 4.5 / 5 (155 ratings) |
| 88 | Kadence Security Nexcess | 700K+ | 4.6 / 5 (3,987 ratings) |
| 89 | MainWP Child mainwp | 700K+ | 5.0 / 5 (70 ratings) |
| 92 | User Role Editor Vladimir Garagulya | 700K+ | 4.5 / 5 (287 ratings) |
| 109 | Sucuri Security Sucuri | 600K+ | 4.2 / 5 (384 ratings) |
| 128 | SiteGuard WP Plugin jp-secure | 500K+ | 4.3 / 5 (15 ratings) |
| 161 | Admin Menu Editor Janis Elsts | 300K+ | 4.6 / 5 (312 ratings) |
| 179 | Limit Login Attempts Automattic | 300K+ | 4.6 / 5 (202 ratings) |
| 207 | Activity Log Elementor | 200K+ | 4.3 / 5 (74 ratings) |
| 238 | InfiniteWP Client revmakx | 200K+ | 4.4 / 5 (177 ratings) |
| 291 | Advanced Access Manager AAM Plugin | 100K+ | 4.2 / 5 (420 ratings) |
| 299 | Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall Eli | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (783 ratings) |
| 305 | BBQ Firewall Jeff Starr | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (160 ratings) |
| 312 | CloudSecure WP Security XServer | 100K+ | 5.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 354 | Jetpack Protect Automattic | 100K+ | 4.6 / 5 (122 ratings) |
| 377 | NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) nintechnet | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (220 ratings) |
| 440 | Two Factor WordPress.org | 100K+ | 4.8 / 5 (208 ratings) |
| 463 | WPS Limit Login NicolasKulka | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (83 ratings) |
| 516 | Defender Security WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform | 80K+ | 4.8 / 5 (334 ratings) |
| 559 | Stream XWP | 80K+ | 4.3 / 5 (76 ratings) |
| 567 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) John Darrel | 80K+ | 4.5 / 5 (371 ratings) |
| 659 | Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA Robert Peake | 60K+ | 4.5 / 5 (63 ratings) |
| 685 | Wordfence Login Security wfryan | 60K+ | 3.9 / 5 (26 ratings) |
| 689 | WP fail2ban invisnet | 60K+ | 4.2 / 5 (71 ratings) |
| 746 | Patchstack Patchstack | 50K+ | 4.9 / 5 (61 ratings) |
| 766 | Stop User Enumeration fullworks | 50K+ | 4.9 / 5 (130 ratings) |
| 770 | Titan Anti-spam & Security Themeisle | 50K+ | 4.5 / 5 (369 ratings) |
| 783 | WP Hide & Security Enhancer nsp-code | 50K+ | 4.3 / 5 (275 ratings) |
| 819 | Companion Auto Update Papin Schipper | 40K+ | 4.8 / 5 (105 ratings) |
| 858 | Modular DS Modular DS | 40K+ | 5.0 / 5 (100 ratings) |
| 882 | SecuPress with Simple SSL SecuPress | 40K+ | 4.1 / 5 (107 ratings) |
| 900 | underConstruction Garrett Grimm | 40K+ | 4.5 / 5 (111 ratings) |
| 942 | Blackhole for Bad Bots Jeff Starr | 30K+ | 4.7 / 5 (148 ratings) |
| 998 | Kadence Central Nexcess | 30K+ | 4.2 / 5 (5 ratings) |
| 1015 | NinjaScanner nintechnet | 30K+ | 4.1 / 5 (35 ratings) |
| 1028 | Protect Uploads Protect Uploads | 30K+ | 4.8 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 1037 | Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal CleanTalk Inc | 30K+ | 4.8 / 5 (385 ratings) |
| 1043 | Shield Security Paul | 30K+ | 4.8 / 5 (1,037 ratings) |
| 1044 | Simply Static Simply Static | 30K+ | 4.5 / 5 (194 ratings) |
| 1059 | Stop Spammers Classic Web Guy | 30K+ | 4.4 / 5 (243 ratings) |
| 1097 | WPFront User Role Editor Syam Mohan | 30K+ | 4.5 / 5 (65 ratings) |
| 1100 | XO Security ishitaka | 30K+ | 5.0 / 5 (11 ratings) |
| 1146 | BulletProof Security AITpro | 20K+ | 4.8 / 5 (674 ratings) |
| 1229 | Google Authenticator Ivan | 20K+ | 4.3 / 5 (135 ratings) |
| 1273 | LWS Hide Login Aurélien LWS | 20K+ | 4.7 / 5 (13 ratings) |
| 1275 | MainWP Dashboard mainwp | 20K+ | 4.9 / 5 (2,344 ratings) |
| 1380 | TrustedSite TrustedSite | 20K+ | 4.2 / 5 (26 ratings) |
| 1435 | WPS Cleaner NicolasKulka | 20K+ | 4.3 / 5 (99 ratings) |
| 1441 | Zero Spam for WordPress Ben Marshall | 20K+ | 4.1 / 5 (143 ratings) |
| 1484 | AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 Erik | 10K+ | 4.2 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 1518 | Brozzme DB Prefix & Tools Addons Benoti | 10K+ | 4.7 / 5 (57 ratings) |
| 1532 | Captcha by BestWebSoft bestwebsoft | 10K+ | 4.1 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 1679 | Forget Spam Comment Gulshan Kumar | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (46 ratings) |
| 1732 | Inactive Logout Deepen Bajracharya | 10K+ | 4.7 / 5 (106 ratings) |
| 1744 | Jetpack VaultPress Automattic | 10K+ | 3.8 / 5 (72 ratings) |
| 1774 | Lockdown WP Admin Sean Fisher | 10K+ | 3.9 / 5 (54 ratings) |
| 1775 | Login by Auth0 Auth0 | 10K+ | 3.1 / 5 (18 ratings) |
| 1777 | Login Security Captcha ScriptsTown | 10K+ | 4.9 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 1778 | Login With Ajax Marcus (aka @msykes) | 10K+ | 4.6 / 5 (166 ratings) |
| 1782 | LWS Tools Aurélien LWS | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (6 ratings) |
| 1788 | Malcure Malware Shield Malcure Web Security | 10K+ | 4.4 / 5 (73 ratings) |
| 1813 | Meta Generator and Version Info Remover Pankaj Mondal | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (28 ratings) |
| 1817 | MilesWeb Tools MilesWeb | 10K+ | No ratings |
| 1822 | miniOrange 2FA miniOrange | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (383 ratings) |
| 1843 | Nexter Extension POSIMYTH | 10K+ | 4.7 / 5 (13 ratings) |
| 1859 | OpenID Connect Generic Client Jonathan Daggerhart | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 1873 | Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce Danny Santoro | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (24 ratings) |
| 1888 | Plugin Check (PCP) WordPress.org | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (36 ratings) |
| 1953 | Restricted Site Access 10up | 10K+ | 4.8 / 5 (62 ratings) |
| 2005 | Simple Login Captcha Nikolay Nikolov | 10K+ | 3.9 / 5 (17 ratings) |
| 2067 | The GDPR Framework By Data443 Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. | 10K+ | 4.8 / 5 (65 ratings) |
| 2205 | WPVulnerability Javier Casares | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 2316 | ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress weDevs | 9K+ | 4.4 / 5 (94 ratings) |
| 2347 | WP Fingerprint DanFoster | 9K+ | 3.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 2407 | Exploit Scanner Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) | 8K+ | 3.2 / 5 (40 ratings) |
| 2431 | IP Geo Block tokkonopapa | 8K+ | 4.2 / 5 (95 ratings) |
| 2435 | Log cleaner for Solid Security Rocket Apps | 8K+ | 5.0 / 5 (22 ratings) |
| 2527 | WPScan ethicalhack3r | 8K+ | 3.8 / 5 (28 ratings) |
| 2549 | Booter uPress | 7K+ | 4.7 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 2699 | Security Ninja cleverplugins | 7K+ | 4.6 / 5 (99 ratings) |
| 2705 | SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints Niels Lange | 7K+ | 5.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 2733 | WP EXtra COP | 7K+ | 4.9 / 5 (41 ratings) |
| 2734 | WP Fail2Ban Redux Brandon Allen | 7K+ | 5.0 / 5 (15 ratings) |
| 2876 | Melapress File Monitor Melapress | 6K+ | 4.1 / 5 (32 ratings) |
| 2885 | OOPSpam Anti-Spam OOPSpam Team | 6K+ | 4.9 / 5 (48 ratings) |
| 2897 | Prevent XSS Vulnerability Sami Ahmed Siddiqui | 6K+ | 5.0 / 5 (7 ratings) |
| 2916 | Salt Shaker Nagdy | 6K+ | 4.7 / 5 (27 ratings) |
| 2937 | SP Move Login SecuPress | 6K+ | 4.3 / 5 (43 ratings) |
| 2943 | Stop XML-RPC Attacks Pascal CESCATO | 6K+ | 5.0 / 5 (4 ratings) |
| 3027 | Manage XML-RPC brainvireinfo | 5K+ | 3.0 / 5 (4 ratings) |
| 3057 | WPMasterToolKit (WPMTK) Ludwig You | 5K+ | 5.0 / 5 (28 ratings) |
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