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Security Headers

v1.1Not updated in over a year

Plug-in to ease the setting of TLS headers for HSTS and similar

by SimonRWaters · Website

hstshttpsnosnifftls
Rank
#3,756 24h -13 · 7d -19
Est. installs
3,858 High confidence
Total downloads
49K all time
Rating
5.0 ★ 8 reviews
Official installs
3,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 5.1.27 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

7.7 years ago

Last release

Version
1.1
Requires WP
3.8.1
Requires PHP
5.6
On WP.org since
2015

About Security Headers

Security Headers is a WordPress plugin by SimonRWaters, first published on WordPress.org in 2015. It has 3,000+ active installations and 49,401 downloads in total, and ranks #3,756 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 19 places. Users rate it 5.0 out of 5 across 8 reviews. Version 1.1 was released 7.7 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 5.1.27 and requires WordPress 3.8.1 and PHP 5.6 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under hsts, https, nosniff and tls. Plugins with a similar focus include HSTS Ready, Simple Header Footer HTML and Cloudflare SSL by Weslink.

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