Add and manage essential HTTP security headers with ease. Protect your WordPress site from XSS, clickjacking, and other common vulnerabilities.

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HTTP Security Header helps protect your WordPress site by adding critical HTTP headers to each response — with no code required. These headers provide additional layers of protection against attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, content injection, and resource leaks.
This plugin offers a modern, responsive admin dashboard with validation, fallback safety, and full control over each header’s default or custom value.
<h3>🔎 Scan Your Website Security Headers</h3>
Before configuring headers, instantly check your website’s current security score using our online header scanner:
👉 <a href="https://inspiredmonks.com/http-security-header-scanner/" rel="nofollow ugc">Scan Your Website Security Headers</a>
✔ Enter your website URL 
✔ Get instant Security Grade (A+ to F) 
✔ See which headers are Present or Missing 
✔ Get clear, actionable recommendations 
✔ Easily fix them using this plugin
Used by thousands of websites to enhance security and protect user data.
Features Include: 
– Visual toggles for enabling/disabling headers 
– Option to use default or custom header values 
– Secure fallback if a header is misconfigured 
– Integrated header validation 
– Support for all major browser-supported headers 
– Nonce-based saving and admin notices 
– WP Multisite compatible 
– “Disable All” and “Reset to Important Headers” actions 
– Per-header input validation with real-time error fallback
Supported Headers: 
* Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) 
* X-Frame-Options 
* X-Content-Type-Options 
* Referrer-Policy 
* Content-Security-Policy 
* Permissions-Policy 
* X-XSS-Protection 
* X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies 
* Expect-CT 
* Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy (COOP) 
* Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy (CORP) 
* Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy (COEP)
<h3>Features</h3>
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<li>Lightweight and performance-focused </li>
<li>No front-end impact </li>
<li>Choose default or custom header values </li>
<li>Secure validation and auto-fallbacks </li>
<li>Seamless plugin compatibility (including WP Rocket) </li>
<li>Fully translation-ready and i18n-compliant </li>
<li>Nonce-protected admin save actions </li>
<li>Optional reset-to-default support </li>
<li>Reset or disable all headers with one click</li>
</ul>

HTTP Security Header


I recently integrated the Security Header plugin into my WordPress site, and it has significantly improved my website's security posture. The user-friendly interface made it easy to enable essential HTTP security headers with just a few clicks. 


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