by CleanTalk Inc
4.8 (385 reviews)
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal
Protect WordPress from malware, hackers, brute-force attacks & suspicious traffic. Includes firewall, login security, 2FA & vulnerability checks.
Compatible with WP 7.0.2
v2.183
Current Version v2.183
Updated 1 week ago
Last Update on 06 Jul, 2026
Refreshed 6 hours ago
Last Refreshed on
Rank
#926
—
No change
Active Installs
30K+
—
No change
KW Avg Position
13.6
—
No change
Downloads
2.8M
+347 today
Support Resolved
80%
—
No change
Rating
96%
Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8
(385 reviews)
Next Milestone 40K
30K+
40K+
1
Ranks to Climb
-
Growth Needed
8,000,000
Active Installs
Pro
Unlock Exact Install Count
See the precise estimated active installs for this plugin, calculated from real-time ranking data.
- Exact install estimates within tiers
- Track install growth over time
- Milestone progress predictions
Need 57 more installs to reach 40K+
Rank Changes
Current
#926
Change
Best
#
Downloads Growth
Downloads
Growth
Peak
Upgrade to Pro
Unlock 30-day, 90-day, and yearly download history charts with a Pro subscription.
Upgrade NowReviews & Ratings
4.8
385 reviews
Overall
96%
5
354
(92%)
4
7
(2%)
3
3
(1%)
2
3
(1%)
1
18
(5%)
Tracked Keywords
Showing 5 of 5| Keyword | Position | Change | Type | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| malware | 2 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
| firewall | 4 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
| security | 6 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
| 2FA | 7 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
| login | 49 | — | Tag | 1 day ago |
Unlock Keyword Analytics
Track keyword rankings, search positions, and discover new ranking opportunities with a Pro subscription.
- Full keyword position tracking
- Historical ranking data
- Competitor keyword analysis
Support Threads Overview
Resolved
Unresolved
30
Total Threads
24
Resolved
6
Unresolved
80%
Resolution Rate
Track This Plugin
Get detailed analytics, keyword tracking, and position alerts delivered to your inbox.
Start Tracking FreePlugin Details
- Version
- 2.183
- Last Updated
- Jul 06, 2026
- Requires WP
- 5.0+
- Tested Up To
- 7.0.2
- PHP Version
- 7.2 or higher
- Author
- CleanTalk Inc
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
- Reviews
- 385
- Support Threads
- 30
- Resolved
- 80%
Keywords
Upgrade to Pro
Unlock keyword rankings, search positions, and detailed analytics with a Pro subscription.
Upgrade NowSimilar Plugins
Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer
7K+ installs
#2,739
Master Addons For Elementor – Widgets, Extensions, Theme Builder, Popup Builder & Template Kits
30K+ installs
#989
WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More
5M+ installs
#9
Wordfence Security - Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
5M+ installs
#11
WPS Hide Login
2M+ installs
#27
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal
Hackers want to get access to your website and use it to get backlinks from your site to improve their site’s PageRank or redirect your visitors to malicious sites or use your website to send spam and viruses or other attacks.These attacks can damage your reputation with readers and commentators if you fail to tackle it. It is not uncommon for some WordPress websites to receive hundreds or even thousands of attacks every week. However, by using the Security CleanTalk plugin, all attacks will be stopped on your WordPress website.
Please use the wrong username or password to log-in to your WP admin panel to see how the Security Plugin works. Then you may log-in with your correct account name and see the logs for the last actions in the settings or our plugin. Also, Audit Log will display the last visited URL's of the current user.
Yes, the plugin is compatible with WordPress MultiUser.
Go to your CleanTalk account->Log. Use filters to sort data for analyses. Security logs provide you to receive and keep information for 45 days. You have the following possibilities: 1. Time period for all records you want to see. Website for which you want to see security records. Leave the field empty to see security records for all websites. Choose an event you want to see: Authorization Login — all successful logins to your website. Authorization Logout — all closed sessions. Authorization Invalid username — login attempts with not existing username. Authorization Auth failed — wrong password login attempts. Audit View — records of actions and events of users in your website backend. Searching records by IP address. Searching records by country. There are date and time of events for each record, username who performed an action and his IP (country) address. How to use Security Log https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Log
Yes, it is possible. Go to your CleanTalk account->Change email https://cleantalk.org/my/change-email
Access Key allows you to keep statistics up to 45 days in the cloud and different additional settings and has more possibilities to sort the data and analyses. Our plugin evolves to Cloud Technology and all its logs are transferred to Cloud. Cloud Service takes data processing and data storage and allows to reduce your webserver load.
First go to your Security Dashboard. Choose "Site Security" in the "Services" menu. Then go to your Security Log. You have the following possibilities: Time period for all records you want to see. Website for which you want to see security records. Leave the field empty to see security records for all websites. Choose an event you want to see: Authorization Login — all successful logins to your website. Authorization Logout — all closed sessions. Authorization Invalid username — login attempts with not existing username. Authorization Auth failed — wrong password login attempts. Audit View — records of actions and events of users in your website backend. Searching records by IP address. Searching records by username. Searching records by country. List of records. Each record has the following columns: Date — when the event happened. User Log — who performed actions. Event — what did he do. Status — was he Passed or Banned. IP — his IP address. Country — what country that IP belongs to. Details — some details if they are available. Please, read more https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Log If you wish to block some countries from visiting your website, please, use this instruction: https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Firewall
First go to your Security Dashboard. Choose "Site Security" in the "Services" menu. Then press the line "Black&White Lists" under the name of your website. You can add records of different types to your black list or white list: IP-Addresses (For example 10.150.20.250, 10.10.10.10) Subnets (For example 10.150.20.250/24, 10.10.10.10/8) Countries. Click the line "Add a country" to blacklist or whitelist all IP-addresses of the chosen countries. The records can be added one by one or all at once using separators: comma, semicolon, space, tab, or new line. After filling the field press the button "Whitelist" or "Blacklist". All added records will be displayed in your list below. Please note, all changes will be applied in 5-10 minutes. Please, read full instruction here https://cleantalk.org/help/Security-Firewall
Open another browser or enter the incognito mode. Type address YOUR_WEBSITE/?security_test_ip=ANY_IP_FROM_BLACK_LIST 2.1 Address 10.10.10.10 is local address and it's in blacklist constantly. So address YOUR_WEBSITE/?security_test_ip=10.10.10.10 will works everytime. Make sure that you saw page with the blocking message. FireWall works properly, if it is not, see item 4 of the list.
Malware scanner will check and compare with the original WP files and show you what files were changed, deleted, or added. Malware scanner could be used to find an added code in WP files. On your Malware Security Log page, you will see the list of all scans that were performed for your website. The CleanTalk Cloud saves the list of the found files for you to know where to look them for.