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Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
Great at watching hackers but leaves you hanging when you need help.
DecliningPoor rating
51/100
Reliable monitoring is offset by unresponsive support and an aggressive firewall.
Active installs
~955,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 600k+
Rating
4.2★
383 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-21%
Declining
9,986 → 7,939 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.24★
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 · -21% in the last year
9,986/day a year ago→7,939/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySucuri Security is a well-known WordPress security plugin respected for its monitoring, logging, and malware detection capabilities, but it is undermined by recurring complaints about poor support, overly aggressive or misconfigured firewall behavior, and concerns that the free version offers little real protection.
What people like
- +Detected malware and viruses that other security plugins (including Wordfence) missed×2
- +Useful for monitoring, logging, and tracking suspicious logins and security events×3
- +Offers meaningful hardening and post-hack measures alongside prevention features×2
- +Free version is functional for monitoring across multiple sites, with a Pro firewall option available
Common complaints
- −Poor or unresponsive support, especially after purchase — tickets go unanswered for months×3
- −Free version reported as ineffective at actually preventing or detecting malware, with sites still getting hacked×2
- −Firewall is overly aggressive, blocking legitimate administrator actions such as media uploads
- −Plugin activation broke WordPress admin panel CSS/styles, making the site unmanageable
- −Accused of generating false positives on core files to pressure users into paying for cleanup
- −Confusing UI with unclear instructions — warning messages provide no actionable guidance
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.24★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 16%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 383 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-01-06★★★★★Solve my security problemealfred88
- 2024-03-16★★★★★♡ Sucuribogdantd
- 2024-01-26★★★★★A Must for Website Securitydsitechmktg
- 2024-01-23★★★★★Слетел CSS после установки плагинаirinasaratov2
- 2023-06-19★★★★★The worstrichinberlin99
- 2023-05-11★★★★★Abysmal support, plugin didn't install correctlyhelen_wpd
- 2023-03-06★★★★★DO NOT JOIN SUCURI DONT MAKE MY MISTAKE!sgogroup42
- 2023-01-17★★★★★Doesn't protect your site at all.locko69
- 2022-12-28★★★★★Great Free & Pro Versionjollygreen
- 2022-12-03★★★★★The firewall is plain dumbAlex Spataru
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Sucuri 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.
6,897
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
8,059
Prior 7-day baseline
6,374
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
238,848
Mean release-day peak (30d)
238,848
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
-14.4%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.14
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
54%
5★ share in analyzed sample
16%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.29 → 3.24★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered