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GD Security Headers

Configure various security-related HTTP headers, including CSP, XSS, Referrer Policy and more.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.9
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 5.5 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update12 May 20265mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.0 / 5 from 8 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records GD Security Headers version 1.9 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

Configure various security-related HTTP headers, including Content Security Policy, Feature Policy, Referrer Policy and more. For CSP and XSS plugin supports report logging with 2 additional database tables to store reports from browsers.

Supported security headers

The plugin has support for the following HTTP headers:

  • Content Security Policy (CSP) – with reporting
  • XSS Protection (XXP) – with reporting
  • Feature Policy (Permissions Policy)
  • Content Type – No Sniff Policy
  • Strict Transport Security
  • Referrer Policy
  • Frame Options

For CSP, the plugin allows you to set rules for all currently supported directives, additional settings including setting the policy in Report or Live mode. The plugin also includes special extensions that can automatically fill CSP rules for popular Google services you might be using on your website (Fonts, Maps, Adsense, Analytics, TagManager and more) and other popular services (Gravatar, Instagram, PayPal Vimeo and more).

And, for Feature Policy (or Permissions Policy), the plugin allows you to set rules for all currently supported rules (over 25 rules, supported by different browsers).

FLoC / Browsing Topics

Permissions Policy rules list includes ‘browsing-topics’ rule that can be used to disable Google’s new tracking method ‘Browsing Topics API’ (which replaced ‘Federated Learning of Cohorts’ or ‘FLoC’).

Methods for adding headers

The plugin can add all the generated headers into HTACCESS file (for Apache web servers), and they will be applied to all files, not just WordPress generated content. HTACCESS), all rules are generated with each page request and will work with any server type.

And, if you don’t use Apache web server, the plugin has a panel where it displays generated headers for most popular servers: Apache, Nginx and IIS, and you can copy generated headers to add to server configuration files.

About the plugin

  • More information about GD Security Headers
  • Support and Knowledge Base for GD Security Headers
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • content security policy
  • permission policy
  • csp
  • dev4press
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.5 · PHP 7.4
Update activity12 May 20265mo ago

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