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Best Password Protection WordPress Plugins

4 plugins · 1.1M combined installs · 4.5/5 avg rating

The 4 Password Protection plugins below are ranked by active WordPress installations, the most objective signal of real-world adoption. Together they power over 1.1M websites and have collected 4,901 ratings averaging 4.5/5. The most widely-used option, Solid Security, accounts for 700K installs.

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Solid Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection icon

Solid Security

StellarWP

700K installs ★ 4.6
1
Password Protected — Lock Entire Site, Pages, Posts, Categories, and Partial Content icon

Password Protected

Saad Iqbal

300K installs ★ 4.4
2
Download Monitor icon

Download Monitor

WP Chill

90K installs ★ 4.5
3
PPWP – Password Protect Pages icon

PPWP

WP Folio Team

30K installs ★ 4.7
4

Comparison

#PluginAuthorActive InstallsRatingReviews
1Solid SecurityStellarWP700K★ 4.63,981
2Password ProtectedSaad Iqbal300K★ 4.4136
3Download MonitorWP Chill90K★ 4.5516
4PPWPWP Folio Team30K★ 4.7268