70
WP Encryption – One Click Free SSL Certificate & SSL / HTTPS Redirect, Security & SSL Scan
Secure your site for free but pay for the autopilot.
Suspicious reviews
70/100
The plugin offers a useful free SSL service but relies on many hollow reviews.
Active installs
~89,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.9★
1,134 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+2%
Holding steady
526 → 534 installs/day
Warnings
- 51% of reviewers have no other wp.org activity — pattern often associated with paid or solicited 5★.
What to watch out for
- MAJOR51% drive-by reviewers + concentrated review pattern
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
Holding steady · +2% in the last year
526/day a year ago→534/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Encryption is generally well-regarded as a straightforward free SSL solution for WordPress, though a minority of users report confusing setup instructions and errors, particularly with the premium version.
What people like
- +Free version provides a renewable SSL certificate, renewing every 3 months×2
- +Setup is fast and simple once the process is understood×3
- +Effectively resolves SSL/HTTPS issues and removes browser 'not secure' warnings×2
Common complaints
- −Premium version installation instructions are described as convoluted and difficult to follow
- −Errors and pages failing to load properly reported during use
- −At least one user found the plugin outright unhelpful with no further detail
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.91★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.90★
- 51%One-shot reviewers — their only wp.org activity is this review — pattern linked to solicited 5★
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 1,134 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-09★★★★★Awsome installed ssltesraz
- 2026-05-05★★★★★Easy like Sunday morningtoniodatu1-shot
- 2026-04-14★★★★★Needs no set up, very easy and free!sstary1-shot
- 2026-04-10★★★★★Быстрая установка и надежностьgarrybel1-shot
- 2026-04-10★★★★★Not very impressed so far!robotarmy
- 2026-03-16★★★★★Easy to use for a self taught one off website creatorkah28
- 2026-03-11★★★★★Good for securingjaakko821-shot
- 2026-03-03★★★★★Complex is vexxed burnt out.petronilodiazjr
- 2026-02-13★★★★★Easy onboarding – So far, so goodsamchat
- 2026-02-03★★★★★Greatdrchae1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Encryption
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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.
533
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
531
Prior 7-day baseline
607
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
10,379
Mean release-day peak (30d)
787
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
+0.4%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.53
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
98%
5★ share in analyzed sample
51%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-26%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.91 → 4.91★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered