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Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall
v7.0.14
Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress security plugin that hides WP paths and protects your site with Path Security, Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA
by John Darrel · Website
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- Rank
- #414 24h -13 · 7d 4
- Est. installs
- 145,657 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 2.9M all time
- Rating
- 4.5 ★ 373 reviews
- Official installs
- 100,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 3 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 67% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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- Version
- 7.0.14
- Requires WP
- 5.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- On WP.org since
- 2016
About Hide My WP Ghost
Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress plugin by John Darrel, first published on WordPress.org in 2016. It has 100,000+ active installations and 2,902,348 downloads in total, and ranks #414 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 4 places. Users rate it 4.5 out of 5 across 373 reviews. Version 7.0.14 was released 3 days ago, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.8 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 2 of 3 support threads were marked resolved (67%). It is listed under Brute Force, firewall, hide my wp, login and security. Plugins with a similar focus include Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall, IP Geo Block and WP fail2ban.
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