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.
| 10 | Wordfence Security Mark Maunder | 5M+ | 4.7 / 5 (5,034 ratings) |
| 15 | Hostinger Tools Hostinger | 3M+ | 3.5 / 5 (40 ratings) |
| 16 | Jetpack Automattic | 3M+ | 3.7 / 5 (2,406 ratings) |
| 17 | Really Simple Security Really Simple Plugins | 3M+ | 4.9 / 5 (8,868 ratings) |
| 31 | All-In-One Security (AIOS) David Anderson / Team Updraft | 1M+ | 4.7 / 5 (1,718 ratings) |
| 45 | Limit Login Attempts Security WPChef | 1M+ | 4.8 / 5 (1,488 ratings) |
| 47 | Loginizer Softaculous | 1M+ | 4.8 / 5 (1,033 ratings) |
| 49 | ManageWP Worker ManageWP | 1M+ | 4.6 / 5 (679 ratings) |
| 54 | Safe SVG 10up | 1M+ | 4.9 / 5 (79 ratings) |
| 55 | Security Optimizer SiteGround | 1M+ | 4.5 / 5 (157 ratings) |
| 87 | Kadence Security Nexcess | 700K+ | 4.6 / 5 (3,992 ratings) |
| 88 | MainWP Child mainwp | 700K+ | 5.0 / 5 (70 ratings) |
| 89 | User Role Editor Vladimir Garagulya | 700K+ | 4.5 / 5 (288 ratings) |
| 106 | SiteGuard WP Plugin jp-secure | 600K+ | 4.3 / 5 (15 ratings) |
| 107 | Sucuri Security Sucuri | 600K+ | 4.2 / 5 (385 ratings) |
| 158 | Admin Menu Editor Janis Elsts | 300K+ | 4.6 / 5 (312 ratings) |
| 175 | Limit Login Attempts Automattic | 300K+ | 4.6 / 5 (202 ratings) |
| 203 | Activity Log Elementor | 200K+ | 4.3 / 5 (74 ratings) |
| 235 | InfiniteWP Client revmakx | 200K+ | 4.4 / 5 (177 ratings) |
| 285 | Access Governance for WordPress (aka AAM) AAM Plugin | 100K+ | 4.2 / 5 (420 ratings) |
| 297 | Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall Eli | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (783 ratings) |
| 303 | BBQ Firewall Jeff Starr | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (160 ratings) |
| 310 | CloudSecure WP Security XServer | 100K+ | 5.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 347 | Hide My WP Ghost John Darrel | 100K+ | 4.5 / 5 (373 ratings) |
| 354 | Jetpack Protect Automattic | 100K+ | 4.6 / 5 (123 ratings) |
| 377 | NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) nintechnet | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (220 ratings) |
| 384 | Patchstack Patchstack | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (61 ratings) |
| 440 | Two Factor WordPress.org | 100K+ | 4.8 / 5 (208 ratings) |
| 460 | WPS Limit Login NicolasKulka | 100K+ | 4.9 / 5 (83 ratings) |
| 515 | Defender Security WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform | 80K+ | 4.8 / 5 (334 ratings) |
| 603 | Stream XWP | 70K+ | 4.3 / 5 (76 ratings) |
| 680 | Stop User Enumeration fullworks | 60K+ | 4.9 / 5 (132 ratings) |
| 684 | Wordfence Login Security wfryan | 60K+ | 3.9 / 5 (26 ratings) |
| 688 | WP fail2ban invisnet | 60K+ | 4.2 / 5 (71 ratings) |
| 735 | Login No Captcha reCAPTCHA Robert Peake | 50K+ | 4.5 / 5 (63 ratings) |
| 766 | Titan Anti-spam & Security Themeisle | 50K+ | 4.5 / 5 (370 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) |
| 851 | Modular DS Modular DS | 40K+ | 5.0 / 5 (127 ratings) |
| 852 | NinjaScanner nintechnet | 40K+ | 4.0 / 5 (36 ratings) |
| 875 | SecuPress with Simple SSL SecuPress | 40K+ | 4.1 / 5 (106 ratings) |
| 876 | Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal CleanTalk Inc | 40K+ | 4.8 / 5 (396 ratings) |
| 892 | underConstruction Garrett Grimm | 40K+ | 4.5 / 5 (111 ratings) |
| 933 | Blackhole for Bad Bots Jeff Starr | 30K+ | 4.7 / 5 (148 ratings) |
| 998 | Kadence Central Nexcess | 30K+ | 4.2 / 5 (5 ratings) |
| 1024 | Protect Uploads Protect Uploads | 30K+ | 4.8 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 1035 | Shield Security Paul | 30K+ | 4.8 / 5 (1,039 ratings) |
| 1036 | Simply Static Simply Static | 30K+ | 4.5 / 5 (195 ratings) |
| 1087 | WPFront User Role Editor Syam Mohan | 30K+ | 4.5 / 5 (65 ratings) |
| 1089 | XO Security ishitaka | 30K+ | 5.0 / 5 (11 ratings) |
| 1129 | BulletProof Security AITpro | 20K+ | 4.8 / 5 (674 ratings) |
| 1205 | Google Authenticator Ivan | 20K+ | 4.3 / 5 (135 ratings) |
| 1246 | LWS Hide Login Aurélien LWS | 20K+ | 4.7 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 1250 | MainWP Dashboard mainwp | 20K+ | 4.9 / 5 (2,352 ratings) |
| 1344 | Stop Spammers Classic Web Guy | 20K+ | 4.4 / 5 (243 ratings) |
| 1416 | Zero Spam for WordPress Highfivery Studio | 20K+ | 4.1 / 5 (143 ratings) |
| 1458 | AntiSpam for Contact Form 7 Erik | 10K+ | 4.2 / 5 (13 ratings) |
| 1493 | Brozzme DB Prefix & Tools Addons Benoti | 10K+ | 4.7 / 5 (57 ratings) |
| 1506 | Captcha by BestWebSoft bestwebsoft | 10K+ | 4.1 / 5 (21 ratings) |
| 1647 | FluentAuth WPManageNinja | 10K+ | 4.1 / 5 (34 ratings) |
| 1703 | Inactive Logout Deepen Bajracharya | 10K+ | 4.8 / 5 (106 ratings) |
| 1717 | Jetpack VaultPress Automattic | 10K+ | 3.8 / 5 (72 ratings) |
| 1750 | Lockdown WP Admin Sean Fisher | 10K+ | 3.9 / 5 (54 ratings) |
| 1751 | Login by Auth0 Auth0 | 10K+ | 3.1 / 5 (18 ratings) |
| 1753 | Login Security Captcha ScriptsTown | 10K+ | 4.9 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 1754 | Login With Ajax Marcus (aka @msykes) | 10K+ | 4.6 / 5 (167 ratings) |
| 1757 | LWS Tools Aurélien LWS | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (6 ratings) |
| 1763 | Malcure Malware Shield Malcure Web Security | 10K+ | 4.4 / 5 (74 ratings) |
| 1789 | Meta Generator and Version Info Remover Pankaj Mondal | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (28 ratings) |
| 1792 | MilesWeb Tools MilesWeb | 10K+ | No ratings |
| 1797 | miniOrange 2FA miniOrange | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (385 ratings) |
| 1816 | Nexter Extension POSIMYTH | 10K+ | 4.7 / 5 (13 ratings) |
| 1832 | OpenID Connect Generic Client Jonathan Daggerhart | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (21 ratings) |
| 1845 | Password Strength Settings for WooCommerce Danny Santoro | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (24 ratings) |
| 1859 | Plugin Check (PCP) WordPress.org | 10K+ | 4.5 / 5 (36 ratings) |
| 1923 | Restricted Site Access 10up | 10K+ | 4.8 / 5 (62 ratings) |
| 1975 | Simple Login Captcha Nikolay Nikolov | 10K+ | 3.9 / 5 (17 ratings) |
| 2037 | The GDPR Framework By Data443 Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc. | 10K+ | 4.8 / 5 (65 ratings) |
| 2048 | TrustedSite TrustedSite | 10K+ | 4.2 / 5 (26 ratings) |
| 2156 | WPBruiser Security WPZOOM | 10K+ | 4.6 / 5 (213 ratings) |
| 2170 | WPS Cleaner NicolasKulka | 10K+ | 4.3 / 5 (99 ratings) |
| 2175 | WPVulnerability ROBOTSTXT.es | 10K+ | 5.0 / 5 (20 ratings) |
| 2247 | Forget Spam Comment Gulshan Kumar | 9K+ | 5.0 / 5 (46 ratings) |
| 2291 | ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress weDevs | 9K+ | 4.4 / 5 (95 ratings) |
| 2325 | WP Fingerprint DanFoster | 9K+ | 3.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 2385 | Exploit Scanner Donncha O Caoimh (a11n) | 8K+ | 3.2 / 5 (40 ratings) |
| 2453 | SMNTCS Disable REST API User Endpoints Niels Lange | 8K+ | 5.0 / 5 (2 ratings) |
| 2500 | WPScan ethicalhack3r | 8K+ | 3.8 / 5 (28 ratings) |
| 2523 | Booter uPress | 7K+ | 4.7 / 5 (12 ratings) |
| 2602 | IP Geo Block tokkonopapa | 7K+ | 4.2 / 5 (95 ratings) |
| 2614 | Log cleaner for Kadence Security Michael Ott | 7K+ | 5.0 / 5 (22 ratings) |
| 2665 | Salt Shaker Nagdy | 7K+ | 4.7 / 5 (27 ratings) |
| 2671 | Security Ninja cleverplugins | 7K+ | 4.7 / 5 (100 ratings) |
| 2711 | WP Fail2Ban Redux Brandon Allen | 7K+ | 5.0 / 5 (15 ratings) |
| 2852 | Melapress File Monitor Melapress | 6K+ | 4.1 / 5 (32 ratings) |
| 2882 | Prevent XSS Vulnerability Sami Ahmed Siddiqui | 6K+ | 5.0 / 5 (7 ratings) |
| 2917 | SP Move Login SecuPress | 6K+ | 4.3 / 5 (43 ratings) |
| 2920 | Stop XML-RPC Attacks Pascal CESCATO | 6K+ | 5.0 / 5 (4 ratings) |
| 2956 | WP EXtra COP | 6K+ | 4.9 / 5 (41 ratings) |
| 3054 | Manage XML-RPC brainvireinfo | 5K+ | 3.0 / 5 (4 ratings) |
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