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SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security

by SecuPress · Security

Also makes 1 other plugin · 46K+ installs across the portfolio →

Protect your WordPress with SecuPress, analyze and ensure the safety of your website daily.

How scoring works →
85 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

85 health vs 64 average across 997 Security plugins

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

80 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Support resolution

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 82/100
Listing tuning 92/100
Support resolution 0/100

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,421 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-74% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

9.8K

now · peak 148.2K

10K30d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

SecuPress with Simpl · #890 you SP Move Login · #2834 WebDefender Security · #6492 SX User Name Securit · #7161

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.1Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

249per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

6

releases in the last 12 months

2mo ago

latest release · v2.6.2

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.6.2 · 2mo ago2.6.1 · 5mo ago2.6 · 7mo ago2.5.1 · 9mo ago2.5 · 9mo ago2.4 · 11mo ago2.3.20.1 · 1.2y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 67% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.6 67%
v2.2 15%
v2.3 8.1%
Older / other versions 9.4%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “40K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
40K–50K ≈49K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2017-04-25 · 1,463 observations

40KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A declining trend compresses what a buyer would pay.

Details

Version
2.6.3
Last updated
1mo ago
Added
2016-08-23 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
5.4
Tested up to
7.0.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. jonkalamar
    4mo ago

    Bonjour, je souhaite autorisé un bot (Facebook) à faire son tour sur mon site et pouvoir partager les images de mes articles en publication sur FB.Il semble que le bot “facebookexternalhit” soit bloqué mais je ne trouve nulle part où libérer son passage. J’ai activé le mode “Expert” dans le tableau de bord de SecuPress mais je n’ai accès à rien qui me permette de gérer à la lettre ce que je souhait bloquer ou débloquer. Comment faire ?

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  2. Mickael Maury
    6mo ago

    J’utilise SecuPress Pro sur plusieurs sites clients via une licence 25 sites. Depuis la mise à jour vers SecuPress Pro 2.6, plusieurs sites rencontrent des erreurs fatales liées aux processus en arrière-plan : Call to undefined method SecuPress_Background_Process_File_Monitoring::is_processing() ou Call to undefined method SecuPress_Background_Process_Bad_Plugins::is_processing() Ces erreurs apparaissent : via WP-Cron lors de l’accès au module File Monitoring parfois directement dans l’administration Les environnements sont différents (hébergeurs, thèmes, PHP 8.2 / 8.3), ce qui laisse penser à un bug introduit dans la version 2.6. Autre problème : plusieurs sites perdent aléatoirement la licence premium et basculent en version gratuite alors qu’ils sont toujours listés comme actifs. Ticket support envoyé, relance, toujours sans réponse à ce jour. Dommage car le plugin est intéressant sur le principe, mais pour un usage professionnel avec plusieurs sites clients, l’absence de réponse du support est problématique.

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  3. Jonathan Webpixelia
    1.3y ago

    Jusqu’à présent, je l’installais sur tous mes sites mais ces derniers temps, trop de bugs et des mises à jour toutes les semaines. La version 2.3.16.1 m’a fait perdre une matinée entière pour downgrader à la version 2.3.15 et cerise sur le gateau j’ai du reconfiguré chaque site. Déçu.. J’espère que l’avenir me fera revenir sur cet avis, en attendant je vais surement me diriger vers une autre solution.

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  4. Joffrey Nicoloff
    1.5y ago

    Great for protecting your website in a few clicks. Very easy to set up. The developer responded and acted very quickly when a problem occurred. You can trust him. As an improvement, I would have appreciated that some options were automatically active by default such as: Use a connection attempt blocker Connection errors Prohibit account enumeration Forbidden identifiers Disable all XML-RPC features Directory Listing PHP disclosure PHP version disclosure WordPress version disclosure Access to bad URLs Protection of readme files and other sensitive files Extension version disclosure

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  5. cencaldave
    1.6y ago

    Customer service and communications when a negative situation is present is a pure zero from my experience. I had an automatic renewal take place that I believed was cancelled and have been trying to over 2 weeks to get a response or engage with the owner of this plugin. Zip, zero, nada. Has my dollars in his account and now seems to consider this a ethical source of income. Just be careful. Also, the plugin was way to much of a problem when I did try to use it. Many better options. And considering the business model that seems to be focused on income over all else, better options may be better.

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  6. youenn35
    1.7y ago

    SecuPress Pro failed to detect or address a site infected due to CVE-2023-40000. Over 70 files were corrupted, with a script tag added to wp-config.php, and SecuPress flagged nothing. It also ignored dozens of POST requests to the /wp-json/litespeed/v1/cdn_status endpoint. To be fair, the plugin was installed after the infection, so it might have prevented it initially—but I wouldn’t recommend relying on this plugin.

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  7. maksanse
    1.9y ago

    J’utilise Secupress avec un compte pro depuis plus de 5 ans pour tous mes sites. J’ai vraiment vécu une 1ère phase très satisfaisante avec le plugin : Une ergonomie au top, une équipe de support au taquet ! Bref, j’avais une grosse grosse confiance et me sentais “en sécurité”. Big up à Julio pour cette réalisation !!Hélas, depuis 2023, j’ai constaté des bugs improbables sur mes installations dont la source était telle ou telle fonctionnalité de SecuPress. J’ai alors voulu obtenir de l’aide et ai remonté dernièrement un souci vraiment bloquant, mais le support ne répond visiblement plus. En tant qu’entrepreneur, je comprends tout à fait qu’on puisse traverser des phases difficiles, et je souhaite le meilleur à Julio… Mais en tant que client, ne pas avoir de retours ni de solution alors que le plugin crée de gros soucis de performances est très problématique. Je ne peux donc hélas plus le recommander actuellement, mais serai ravi à l’avenir de modifier ce post. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by maksanse. This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by maksanse. Reason: mise à jour note + titre This topic was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by maksanse. Reason: mise à jour note + titre

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  8. aglig
    2.2y ago

    L’extension SecuPress offre deux avantages majeurs : une protection complète contre les menaces de sécurité et une interface utilisateur intuitive. Je souhaite exprimer ma profonde reconnaissance envers l’équipe de SecuPress pour leur intervention exemplaire qui a sécurisé mon site web face à des menaces critiques. Grâce à leur plugin performant et leurs conseils avisés, nous avons pu neutraliser plusieurs vulnérabilités majeures. Aujourd’hui, je suis serein en sachant que 15 de mes sites bénéficient de la protection robuste offerte par SecuPress. Le plugin SecuPress est intuitif, riche en fonctionnalités et offre des solutions de sécurité de haut niveau, adaptées aussi bien aux débutants qu’aux experts en sécurité. L’équipe de support est réactive, professionnelle et extrêmement compétente, toujours prête à fournir une assistance précieuse. Je recommande vivement SecuPress à tous les administrateurs de sites WordPress désireux de renforcer la sécurité de leurs sites. Merci infiniment, SecuPress !

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 2.6.3 21 July 2026 Fix: “Uncaught TypeError: str_rot13(): Argument #1 ($string) must be of type string, array given” Fix: antispam.min.js error Fix: is_process_running() error again. 2.6.3

Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

6 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 2025-04-28 CVE-2025-3452 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.3.9 Patched in 2.3.10
  2. 2025-03-27 CVE-2025-30907 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.5.3 Patched in 2.2.5.4
  3. 2025-03-11 CVE-2024-43228 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.2.5.3 Patched in 2.3
  4. 2025-02-27 CVE-2024-9019 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.2.5.3 Patched in 2.3
  5. 2024-04-01 CVE-2024-1504 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.2.5.1 Patched in 2.2.5.2
  6. 2021-03-22 Missing Authorization Affects < 2.0 Patched in 2.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 8 languages, 0 at 90% or more

German 60%
Dutch 41%
French (France) 41%
Spanish (Spain) 40%
Russian 12%
Japanese 9%
Italian 2%
Romanian 2%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2023-05-14 30K+ → 40K+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2023-05-13 40K+ → 30K+ down after 50 days in tier
  3. 2023-03-24 30K+ → 40K+ up after 2 days in tier
  4. 2023-03-22 40K+ → 30K+ down after 14 days in tier
  5. 2023-03-08 30K+ → 40K+ up after 4 days in tier
  6. 2023-03-04 40K+ → 30K+ down after 2 days in tier
  7. 2023-03-02 30K+ → 40K+ up

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