WordPress protection plugins
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Limit Login Attempts Reloaded – Login Security, Brute Force Protection, Firewall(1,417)•Updated 73d ago
Block excessive login attempts and protect your site against brute force attacks. Simple, yet powerful tools to improve site performance.
2,000,000 installs76,378,101 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
NinjaFirewall (WP Edition) – Advanced Security Plugin and Firewall(215)•Updated 75d ago
A true Web Application Firewall to protect and secure WordPress.
100,000 installs2,910,286 downloads78/100 • Actively maintained
Email Address Encoder(159)•Updated 391d ago
A lightweight plugin that protects email addresses from email-harvesting robots, by encoding them into decimal and hexadecimal entities.
100,000 installs1,540,943 downloads35/100 • Possibly abandoned
Image Watermark(185)•Updated 90d ago
Image Watermark allows you to automatically watermark images uploaded to the WordPress Media Library and bulk watermark previously uploaded images.
40,000 installs965,175 downloads58/100 • Actively maintained
Zero Spam for WordPress(137)•Updated 649d ago
No spam, no scams, just seamless experiences with Zero Spam for WordPress - the shield your site deserves.
30,000 installs1,344,756 downloads35/100 • Possibly abandoned
NinjaScanner – Virus & Malware scan(33)•Updated 78d ago
A lightweight, fast and powerful virus scanner for WordPress.
30,000 installs897,244 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Protect uploads(12)•Updated 1260d ago
Protect your uploads directory from people who want to browse it. Avoid browsing of your uploads directory by adding a htaccess or index.php file.
30,000 installs1,285,859 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Inactive Logout(105)•Updated 112d ago
Automatically logout idle user sessions, with logout redirections and concurrent limit logins all in one place.
20,000 installs634,891 downloads59/100 • Maintained
PDA: Prevent Direct Access to Files, URLs & Folders; Create Private/Secure Links(290)•Updated 153d ago
The most powerful file protection plugin trusted by 50,000+ sites | 286+ Five-Star Reviews
10,000 installs236,467 downloads71/100 • Maintained
WP Content Copy Protection(163)•Updated 964d ago
WP Content Copy Protection uses aggressive techniques in protecting your online content (text/source/images/video/audio) from being stolen.
10,000 installs668,336 downloads29/100 • Possibly abandoned
Protect WP Admin(50)•Updated 222d ago
Protect your WP site by changing the default wp-admin URL and customizing the login page for enhanced security.
10,000 installs524,386 downloads44/100 • Stale
WP-Copyright-Protection(21)•Updated 358d ago
Simple copyright protection for your images and text. No right click, no text selections, no screenshots. A very lean and clean plugin.
6,000 installs175,682 downloads42/100 • Stale
ContentProtector – password protect your page, post or text(0)•Updated 404d ago
Protect your content with passwords using easy-to-use shortcodes. Supports both global protection and partial content protection.
6,000 installs2,092 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Bouncer – Limit Simultaneous Logins(10)•Updated 671d ago
Deter members from sharing login credentials: restrict simultaneous logins for the same user.
4,000 installs73,323 downloads30/100 • Possibly abandoned
3,000 installs48,505 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
No-Bot Registration(26)•Updated 107d ago
Prevent bots from creating accounts by blacklisting domains and usernames and present people with a human friendly security question.
2,000 installs33,405 downloads66/100 • Maintained
Cartpauj Register Captcha(24)•Updated 271d ago
Cartpauj Register Captcha does one simple task. It prevents SPAM signups through WordPress' default registration form.
2,000 installs38,519 downloads42/100 • Stale
Prevent files / folders access(35)•Updated 237d ago
Prevent public access to WordPress files and folders. Protect downloads from public access, Role-based folder access, and User base folder access.
1,000 installs33,764 downloads44/100 • Stale
DMCA Protection Badge(19)•Updated 183d ago
The DMCA Protection plugin for WordPress lets you install protection badges on your site in order to deter content thieves and protect your content
1,000 installs148,436 downloads42/100 • Stale
WebTotem Security(12)•Updated 133d ago
WebTotem is a SaaS which provides powerful tools for securing and monitoring your website in one place in easy and flexible way.
1,000 installs92,118 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Stop Contact Form 7 Spam & WPForms Spam – Free Protection(11)•Updated 93d ago
Stop Contact Form 7 spam and WPForms spam instantly. Free spam protection for business sites. No CAPTCHA. No API keys. Just works.
1,000 installs54,447 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Ultimate Watermark – Advanced Image Watermarking(11)•Updated 133d ago
Automatically add professional watermarks to your images with advanced positioning, protection features, and backup capabilities.
1,000 installs21,496 downloads44/100 • Maintained
Sessions(8)•Updated 85d ago
Powerful sessions manager for WordPress with sessions limiter and full analytics reporting capabilities.
1,000 installs23,185 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
htaccess protect(6)•Updated 1484d ago
htaccess protect - Protect your wordpress login or admin pages with password.
1,000 installs10,483 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
GDPR Compliance(6)•Updated 1893d ago
GDPR Compliance helps webmasters to accomplish the european GDPR (data protection regulation) allowing users to manage their personal data.
1,000 installs4,201 downloads32/100 • Possibly abandoned
NETSENSAI Shield(5)•Updated 124d ago
Hardens and protects your site by locking down login, REST API, XML‑RPC, file editor, and applying HTTP security headers.
1,000 installs5,371 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker(4)•Updated 3073d ago
REPLACEMENT of the original Simple Trackback Validation Plugin from Miachel. Performs a simple but very effective test on all incoming trackbacks in o …
1,000 installs74,722 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Photection – Easy image protection for WordPress(3)•Updated 3428d ago
With this plugin you can disable right click on your images with a custom message!
1,000 installs14,873 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Site Protector(3)•Updated 2905d ago
As we already know WordPress is the best CMS in whole world. And it's time to protect your wordpress website's contents by giving four layer …
1,000 installs14,339 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
PB MailCrypt – AntiSpam Email Encryption(3)•Updated 1280d ago
This Plugin provides functions for an automatic email encryption and protection against spam.
1,000 installs12,750 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
Media Vault(27)•Updated 4380d ago
Protect attachment files from direct access using powerful and flexible restrictions. Offer safe download links for any file in your uploads folder.
900 installs16,911 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
Replace WP-Version(0)•Updated 2530d ago
Replace the WP-version with a random string < WP 2.4/5 and eliminate WP-version > WP 2.4/5, also on Feed and style- and script-urls
800 installs41,186 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
600 installs46,735 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Plugin Security Checker(8)•Updated 4447d ago
This plugin will warn you if you're using or installing a knew as vulnerable extension or removed from official repository, a security must have …
600 installs11,313 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Protected wp-login(6)•Updated 4624d ago
This plugin protects your admin's login page (secure key in url).
600 installs12,335 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Blue Captcha(15)•Updated 289d ago
Blue Captcha is a powerful and highly customized WordPress plugin that effectively protects your WP blogs from spammers and unwanted persons.
500 installs36,684 downloads42/100 • Stale
Email Protect(2)•Updated 931d ago
Simple, fast and no-config plugin to protect your email address. No need for shortcodes or blocks. EmailProtect encrypts all your email addresses in y …
500 installs5,706 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
WordPress Protection [Protect Your Website Content](5)•Updated 3185d ago
WordPress Protection Plugin provides complete security for your wordpress website, so that the plagiarists could not copy the content and steal data o …
400 installs46,805 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Really Simple CAPTCHA for cformsII(2)•Updated 674d ago
Beginning with version 14.9.1 cformsII has pluggable captcha support. This plugin makes use of that by providing an implementation for the Really Simp …
400 installs10,681 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Captchinoo, admin login page protection with Google recaptcha(3)•Updated 258d ago
Want to verify that your website users are not bots with a very simple way with one click installation? you need Captchinoo Captcha plugin!!
300 installs14,501 downloads40/100 • Stale
Spam Master(71)•Updated 74d ago
Real-time firewall and anti-spam for WordPress. Block spam bots, comments, logins & registrations. No CAPTCHA, no slowdown.
200 installs141,407 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Limit Login Attempts (Spam Protection)(7)•Updated 245d ago
Limit rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP. Fully customizable.
200 installs13,671 downloads40/100 • Stale
SAR One Click Security(7)•Updated 349d ago
Adds some extra security to your WordPress with only one click.
200 installs13,435 downloads40/100 • Stale
Password Protection Expiration(6)•Updated 3713d ago
Allows you to easily change the lifetime of the WordPress cookie which allows automatic login to password-protected posts.
200 installs3,399 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
LH Private BuddyPress(5)•Updated 1296d ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view directory pages, activity and profile pages.
200 installs11,677 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
200 installs8,156 downloads52/100 • Maintained
JetHost Total Care – Security & Enhancements(3)•Updated 75d ago
JetHost Total Care simplifies WordPress management by consolidating features like security, site enhancements and performance into a single plugin.
200 installs1,234 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WP Spam Blacklister(1)•Updated 4863d ago
The WP Spam Blacklister is a simple spam-prevention plugin that adds the IP address of a marked spam post on Wordpress' comments blacklist.
200 installs5,199 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Basic Security: Prevent Cross Site Scripting(1)•Updated 73d ago
It helps in preventing Cross Site Scripting (XSS) with just a few lines of code.
200 installs3,372 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
©Feed(0)•Updated 2817d ago
Extends the feed at copyright, a digital fingerprint, IP of feed-reader, comments, related posts! Search for content theft and many more features.
200 installs53,730 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Good Question(13)•Updated 1987d ago
Simple plugin to stop spam comments and registrations on your site. Adds a question field on the form, easy for humans, but not solvable for the bots.
100 installs5,384 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Passwordless WP – Login with your glance or fingerprint(3)•Updated 1935d ago
Use your glance or fingerprint using Touch ID or Face ID for easy and secure access. Improve your authentication security, you do not need a password.
100 installs3,411 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
ShieldUp – Bad Bots, Scrapers, Attackers(3)•Updated 455d ago
ShieldUp helps you to tackle bad bots, scrapers, hackers, enhancing website security and optimizing performance for a seamless user experience.
100 installs1,565 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Norton Shopping Guarantee with Package Protection(0)•Updated 262d ago
Increase sales by providing a unique and holistic buyer protection program, offering a shopping guarantee, shipping insurance, and trust badges.
100 installs1,556 downloads38/100 • Stale
WP Content Protection(7)•Updated 3781d ago
WP Content Protection plugin is used to protect the content.No membership required for this protection.
90 installs6,098 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Page Protection(2)•Updated 6003d ago
Protect pages and their subpages with user name/password, and keep protected pages from showing up in menus, search results and page lists.
90 installs9,644 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Private BuddyPress(2)•Updated 5502d ago
Protect your BuddyPress Installation from strangers. Only registered users will be allowed to view the installation.
80 installs31,352 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Dessky Security(2)•Updated 306d ago
Dessky Security is the ultralight plugin for basic Security Hardening. It is specially designed not to drain any resources from your website.
80 installs5,610 downloads40/100 • Stale
wp secure(0)•Updated 5700d ago
Wordpress Security Plugin - Perform over 23 Basic Security Activities for your blog and get a free malware scan at the same time! See more details at …
80 installs16,235 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP AntiDDOS(2)•Updated 4022d ago
WP AntiDDOS Plugin prevents DDOS attacks on your website by blocking the frequent requests from one or several related IP addresses.
60 installs5,802 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned