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WP Hide & Security Enhancer
Hide your WordPress identity while enjoying very responsive support.
HealthyDeclining
80/100
Users appreciate the effective obfuscation and responsive support despite some bugs and minor dashboard access issues.
Active installs
~71,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.3★
275 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-17%
Declining
363 → 302 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
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 · -17% in the last year
363/day a year ago→302/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Hide & Security Enhancer is well-regarded as a practical WordPress security and obfuscation tool with consistently praised support, though it has a notable gap in access control for its own dashboard widget and at least one instance of a post-update fatal error.
What people like
- +Support team is frequently praised as fast, responsive, and effective×7
- +Effective at hiding WordPress fingerprints and obfuscating site technology from outsiders×3
- +Post-update bugs have been fixed quickly by the developer
Common complaints
- −The plugin's own security dashboard widget is visible to non-admin users, with no built-in setting to restrict access
- −Custom login URL is exposed in the address bar after a user logs out
- −At least one user reported a fatal error immediately following a plugin update
- −At least one user received no response from support despite multiple contact attempts
- −Nginx server setups require extra manual configuration steps beyond a standard install
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.28★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.30★
- 18%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 275 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-10★★★★★Never display security widget to non-adminsandrebell82
- 2024-11-01★★★★★Very good plugin with outstanding customer service!joegold
- 2024-07-10★★★★★Custome Login Url and Cloudflarefatihaker
- 2024-06-20★★★★★Fantastic Plugin, Excellent Customer Servicemfmuller
- 2024-04-18★★★★★Fantastic plugingoldtecgimmer65
- 2024-04-05★★★★★BUGitarendus
- 2024-03-23★★★★★One of the bestNamaste
- 2024-02-28★★★★★Best Security Plug-inbizpopcorn1-shot
- 2023-12-13★★★★★Awesome supportAloha More
- 2023-12-03★★★★★Just perfectwe-are-ferris
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Hide & Security Enhancer
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.
510
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
296
Prior 7-day baseline
401
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
9,818
Mean release-day peak (30d)
6,655
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
+72.3%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.53
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
78%
5★ share in analyzed sample
18%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.28 → 4.28★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered