by Samuel Aguilera 5 (7 reviews)

SAR One Click Security

Name: SAR One Click Security
Rating: 5.0 (7 reviews)
Author: Samuel Aguilera

Adds some extra security to your WordPress with only one click.

SAR One Click Security ranks #12,374 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #407 of 2,881 in the Discussion & Community category, a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Mar 3, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.7 (Current: 7.1)

v1.3 Current Version v1.3

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 03 Mar, 2025

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#407 of 2,881 in Discussion & Community Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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#12,374

-43 this week

Active Installs

200+

-18.4%

KW Avg Position

96.3

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Downloads

13.6K

+1 today

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

Total Progress 39%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.3
Last Updated: Mar 03, 2025
Requires WP: 3.9.2+
Tested Up To: 6.7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Samuel Aguilera

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want extra security without configuring complex options. It applies a curated set of proven .htaccess rules with one click to block common attacks, information leaks, spam, and brute-force attempts.

Disables ServerSignature directive
Disables directory listing
Blocks access to sensitive files
Blocks dummy bot registration attempts
Blocks timthumb.php requests
Blocks TRACE and TRACK methods
Blocks direct PHP access in wp-content
Removes version info from headers

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about SAR One Click Security

If you use a plugin like Wordfence Security, or any other security plugin that gives you similar functionality (these that writes rules to .htaccess), you should not be using this plugin or another security plugin. Using more than one security plugin at once can give you unexpected results. Anyway, SAR One Click Security is a pretty friendly plugin, it adds his security rules without interfering in any other existing content in your .htacces file. In fact I'm using SAR One Click Security + All In One WP Security & Firewall in some sites that I manage. So technically you can do it if you know what you're doing, but if you do you're at your own risk. No support for problems due to the use of another security plugin together with this one.

The plugin doesn't touch any of the current content of your .htaccess file, it only adds its own rules when you activate it, and removes its own rules when you deactivate it.

Yes. If you install this plugin in another server rather than Apache (nginx, IIS, etc...) the plugin only will show a notice in your WordPress admin dashboard, no modifications will be made.

Yes. But you must add the following line to your wp-config.php file BEFORE activating the plugin. define('SAR_ALLOW_TIMTHUMB', ''); That will allow you to use all features of the plugin excerpt for the TimThumb blocking rule. If you activated the plugin before inserting the above line in your wp-config.php file, simply deactivate/activate the plugin to allow access for timthumb.php and thumb.php (another file name used for TimThumb). And if you want to turn off TimThumb support, simply remove the previous mentioned line and deactivate/activate the plugin.

If you get an error 500 page after activating the plugin this can be for one of the following reasons: A) Your hosting provider doesn't allow you to set some (or any) settings from your .htaccess B) Your site is hosted on an Apache 2.2.x server. This branch of Apache reached its EOL on 2018-01-01 and therefore it's not supported anymore. If your hosting is still server your site with such an old version of Apache, I would recommend you to move to a better hosting ASAP. In any case, you can manually uninstall the plugin's .htacces rules by opening your favorite FTP client and removing all content between # BEGIN SAR One Click Security and # END SAR One Click Security in your .htaccess file located in the root directory of your WordPress installation. And doing the same in the .htaccess file located in the wp-content dir (or deleting the file if no more content on it).