87
Security Plugin, Firewall, Malware Auto Removal & Login Security
The security watchdog that actually answers the phone.
HealthyGrowing
87/100
Excellent support and effective spam protection drive high satisfaction despite some security gaps.
Active installs
~93,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
4.8★
382 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+16%
Growing
386 → 450 installs/day
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
Growing · +16% in the last year
386/day a year ago→450/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCleanTalk Security is well-regarded as a reliable, easy-to-use security and anti-spam plugin with consistently praised support, though at least one user found a meaningful gap in login-form protection that left their site vulnerable to a password-recovery hack.
What people like
- +Customer support is consistently described as fast, responsive, and helpful — including proactive follow-up and compensation for issues×10
- +Effective at detecting and removing malware, often with no downtime×3
- +Easy to set up and use, even for non-technical users×4
- +Useful monitoring features including real-time alerts, automatic scans, IP/country blocking, and reporting×4
- +Effective at stopping spam×3
Common complaints
- −No protection or CAPTCHA option for the WordPress login form, leaving sites exposed to login-based attacks such as password recovery hacks
- −Plugin dashboard did not surface or report anomalies even after a site was successfully hacked
- −A bug caused email notifications to be sent out too frequently (later fixed)
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.77★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 9%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 382 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-03★★★★★Great responsiveness and support!cmikel
- 2026-05-28★★★★★Reliable with an excellent assistancenonasnonas
- 2026-05-01★★★★★A reliable, low-friction security plugin with genuinely helpful supportleverage11071-shot
- 2026-04-01★★★★★Software worksHistoric City News
- 2026-03-12★★★★★I got hackedenricooo
- 2026-02-25★★★★★This plugin is AWESOME!dennismcooper
- 2026-02-23★★★★★Easy to manageantcw
- 2026-01-30★★★★★Dieses Plugin muss seinWaldemar Kaubukowski
- 2026-01-20★★★★★Spam Wave stopped instantlywebbeat
- 2026-01-17★★★★★Excellent Pluginrcubit1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Security Plugin, Firewall, Malware Auto Removal & Login Security
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.
524
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
427
Prior 7-day baseline
461
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
11,578
Mean release-day peak (30d)
524
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+22.7%
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.
7%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.61
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
9%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-7%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.79 → 4.77★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered