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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★
5M+ A90 2 
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★
5M+ A94 3 
Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ installs · 4.9★
3M+ A100 4 
Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.9★
1M+ A87 5 
Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] 1M+ installs · 4.7★
1M+ A90 6 
Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★
1M+ A88 7 
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ installs · 4.7★
1M+ A93 8 
Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ installs · 4.6★
700K+ A86 9 
Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★
700K+ A91 10 
MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites 700K+ installs · 5.0★
700K+ A91
Security: state of the market
992 tracked plugins · 25.5M+ active installs · 14,078,871 downloads in the last 30 days · average health 64/100
No report for this category yet. The next generation run covers it; the data below is live meanwhile.
Top plugins
By active installs, open plugins only
1 Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5M+ installs · 4.7★
5M+ A90 2 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ installs · 4.7★
5M+ A94 3 Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ installs · 4.9★
3M+ A100 4 Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention 1M+ installs · 4.9★
1M+ A87 5 Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] 1M+ installs · 4.7★
1M+ A90 6 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.5★
1M+ A88 7 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ installs · 4.7★
1M+ A93 8 Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ installs · 4.6★
700K+ A86 9 Antispam Bee 700K+ installs · 4.8★
700K+ A91 10 MainWP Child – Securely Connects to the MainWP Dashboard to Manage Multiple Sites 700K+ installs · 5.0★
700K+ A91 Climbing
Install-tier crossings, last 90 days
ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments 3K+ +17 tiers Atlant Security 100+ +8 tiers Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 1K+ +7 tiers Zero Budget Bot Shield 70+ +5 tiers VulnTitan – Malware Scanner, Vulnerability Scanner & Security 50+ +4 tiers Disable Right Click & Content Copy Protection 50+ +4 tiers Spam Defender – Review Captcha for WooCommerce 70+ +4 tiers Vulnerability Monitor for Wordfence Intelligence 70+ +3 tiersFalling
Dropped install tiers over the same window
Deny All Firewall 30+ -3 tiers Clear Logout 60+ -3 tiers WP Guardian 40+ -3 tiers Activity Guard – Security Scanner, Activity Log with IP blocking 40+ -2 tiers Delink Comment Author 20+ -2 tiers Antispam for all fields 80+ -2 tiers IMS Countdown 70+ -2 tiers Dessky Security 60+ -2 tiersThe report is written by a model reading exactly the measurements shown on this page, drawn from Plugin Pulse's own daily crawl. Install counts are wp.org tiers, so tier crossings are the growth signal. See all Security plugins or how this works.