Alternatives to Easy Basic Authentication – Add basic auth to site or admin area
Secure your WordPress site with easy and effective basic authentication. Restrict access, monitor attempts, and enhance security.
Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (3 reviews)
Downloads: 12,662
Active installs: 700
Maintenance score: 61/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.2.5
Top alternatives
These alternatives are selected programmatically using overlapping tags and then sorted by your chosen metric.
Showing 20 plugins
Active installs
Descending
MalCare WordPress Security Plugin – Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall(530)•Updated 71d ago
Get Bulletproof Security for your WordPress site. WordPress security plugin packed with comprehensive Firewall, malware scanner, cleaner & more.
200,000 installs18,079,751 downloads80/100 • Actively maintained
SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security(108)•Updated 135d ago
Protect your WordPress with SecuPress, analyze and ensure the safety of your website daily.
40,000 installs1,231,904 downloads49/100 • Maintained
Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security(61)•Updated 116d ago
Patchstack automatically identifies and mitigates security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, themes, and core.
40,000 installs620,001 downloads46/100 • Maintained
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal(383)•Updated 69d ago
Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks and suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA, and vulnerability checks.
30,000 installs2,769,723 downloads79/100 • Actively maintained
Quttera ThreatSign – Web Malware Scanner for WordPress(47)•Updated 59d ago
WordPress multi-level security scanner detecting malware, 0-day threats, brute-force attacks, bot attacks, and unauthorized admin changes.
10,000 installs4,566,101 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
WPVulnerability(20)•Updated 75d ago
Get WordPress vulnerability alerts from the WPVulnerability Database API.
10,000 installs614,360 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
SP Move Login(43)•Updated 257d ago
Move your WordPress login page to protect it from bots. This plugin contains the Move Login module from SecuPress. Other security modules are availabl …
6,000 installs148,434 downloads44/100 • Stale
Login Page Styler – Custom WordPress Login Page Customizer & Security(174)•Updated 161d ago
Customize and secure your WordPress login page with logo, backgrounds, templates, custom login URL, reCAPTCHA protection, and login activity logs — no …
2,000 installs238,567 downloads59/100 • Maintained
Activity Log For MainWP(5)•Updated 814d ago
See the activity logs of all MainWP Child and Dashboard sites in one central location - the MainWP Dashboard site.
2,000 installs59,603 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WebDefender Security – Protection & AntiSpam(18)•Updated 208d ago
PRO Security – Antivirus Scanner, 2-Layer Protection Hide Security, Brute Force Security & Antispam, Security Website and Security Hardening.
1,000 installs275,540 downloads42/100 • Stale
SiteLock Security – WP Hardening, Login Security & Malware Scans(14)•Updated 130d ago
Free, lightweight WordPress security. Harden your site with login protection & 2FA, see Site Health clearly and run on-demand checks—setup in minutes.
1,000 installs51,550 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Protected Posts Logout Button(13)•Updated 1277d ago
Automatically adds a logout button to your password protected content.
1,000 installs33,795 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Lord of the Files: Enhanced Upload Security(11)•Updated 333d ago
This plugin expands file-related security and sanity around the upload process.
1,000 installs97,388 downloads42/100 • Stale
Simple Disable XML-RPC | Reduce Brute Force & DDOS Attacks(5)•Updated 280d ago
Simply disable XML-RPC on your WordPress site with a simple toggle switch. Protect your site from XML-RPC attacks and improve security.
1,000 installs9,284 downloads40/100 • Stale
NETSENSAI Shield(5)•Updated 305d ago
Hardens and protects your site by locking down login, REST API, XML‑RPC, file editor, and applying HTTP security headers.
1,000 installs6,600 downloads40/100 • Stale
Injection Guard(4)•Updated 154d ago
This plugin blocks all unauthorized and irrelevant requests through query strings and provides extended session tracking and capability audit.
1,000 installs34,721 downloads52/100 • Maintained
HTTP Security Header(3)•Updated 228d ago
Add and manage essential HTTP security headers with ease. Protect your WordPress site from XSS, clickjacking, and other common vulnerabilities.
1,000 installs5,434 downloads40/100 • Stale
SX User Name Security(13)•Updated 479d ago
SX User Name Security prevents WordPress from showing your real Login everywhere. It ovverides the body_class function, User Nicename, Nickname and Di …
900 installs19,756 downloads30/100 • Possibly abandoned
wSecure Lite(4)•Updated 2847d ago
wSecure hides admin URL so that default URL will no longer bring up the admin page. Only people who enter the secret key will be able to access admin …
900 installs19,840 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Kitgenix CAPTCHA for Cloudflare Turnstile(6)•Updated 81d ago
Add Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA to WordPress, WooCommerce, Elementor, and popular form plugins with privacy-first server-side verification.
500 installs4,083 downloads71/100 • Actively maintained