55
SecuPress with Simple SSL – Simple and Performant Security
A polished security shield that occasionally breaks your entire website.
DecliningPoor rating
55/100
Users like the interface but are increasingly frustrated by bugs and billing disputes.
Active installs
~45,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 40k+
Rating
4.1★
108 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-54%
Declining fast
436 → 202 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.96★
- MINORdownloads down 54% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -54% in the last year
436/day a year ago→202/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySecuPress is a feature-rich WordPress security plugin with an appealing interface that was once well-regarded, but has developed a reputation for recurring bugs, unreliable support, and billing concerns that make it hard to recommend for professional use.
What people like
- +Clean, intuitive user interface×3
- +Broad set of security features covering multiple threat vectors×3
- +Simple enough for beginners while offering options for more advanced users×2
Common complaints
- −Support is unresponsive or extremely slow, including for paid Pro users×4
- −Fatal errors and background-process crashes introduced by recent updates (since 2.6)×2
- −Frequent updates that introduce new bugs and require reconfiguration (since 2.3.16.1)×2
- −Plugin can break site functionality (e.g. WooCommerce checkout, web fonts) and is difficult to recover from×2
- −Pro licence randomly deactivates on active sites, reverting them to the free version (since 2.6)
- −Licence server outages can take the site down until the plugin is deactivated
- −Automatic renewal charged without clear cancellation process; billing disputes go unanswered
- −Free version dashboard prompts for a Pro licence key in a confusing way
- −Some core modules (scan, login URL change) do not function correctly
- −Malware detection missed an active infection across 70+ files
- −No granular controls to whitelist specific bots even in Expert mode
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.96★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 11%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-12-172025-03-112026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 108 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-28★★★★★Comment avoir accès aux réglages fins des sécurités ?jonkalamar
- 2026-03-13★★★★★Bug critique depuis la version 2.6 + problème de licenceMickael Maury
- 2025-05-24★★★★★Trop de bugs ces derniers tempsmarocweb
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Good plugin and dev supportJoffrey Nicoloff
- 2025-01-29★★★★★Be Awarecencaldave
- 2024-12-13★★★★★Not very efficientyouenn35
- 2024-09-30★★★★★Bon, mais soucis de perf rencontrés (conflits de plugins)maksanse
- 2024-06-18★★★★★SecuPress : Sécurité complète et interface intuitive pour WordPressaglig
- 2024-05-17★★★★★Best tool so farYannick
- 2023-12-01★★★★★Super plugin !Ludwig You
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to SecuPress with Simple SSL
Top Security plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
173
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
209
Prior 7-day baseline
114
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
225
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-17.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.45
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
67%
5★ share in analyzed sample
11%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.94 → 3.96★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered