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HTTP Security Header

Add and manage essential HTTP security headers with ease. Protect your WordPress site from XSS, clickjacking, and other common vulnerabilities.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version3.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update30 Dec 202510mo ago
Active installations1K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records HTTP Security Header version 3.1 as active, updated 10mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

HTTP Security Header helps protect your WordPress site by adding critical HTTP headers to each response — with no code required. These headers provide additional layers of protection against attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS), clickjacking, content injection, and resource leaks.

This plugin offers a modern, responsive admin dashboard with validation, fallback safety, and full control over each header’s default or custom value.

🔎 Scan Your Website Security Headers

Before configuring headers, instantly check your website’s current security score using our online header scanner:

👉 Scan Your Website Security Headers

✔ Enter your website URL

✔ Get instant Security Grade (A+ to F)

✔ See which headers are Present or Missing

✔ Get clear, actionable recommendations

✔ Easily fix them using this plugin

Used by thousands of websites to enhance security and protect user data.

Features Include:

– Visual toggles for enabling/disabling headers

– Option to use default or custom header values

– Secure fallback if a header is misconfigured

– Integrated header validation

– Support for all major browser-supported headers

– Nonce-based saving and admin notices

– WP Multisite compatible

– “Disable All” and “Reset to Important Headers” actions

– Per-header input validation with real-time error fallback

Supported Headers:

* Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS)

* X-Frame-Options

* X-Content-Type-Options

* Referrer-Policy

* Content-Security-Policy

* Permissions-Policy

* X-XSS-Protection

* X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies

* Expect-CT

* Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy (COOP)

* Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy (CORP)

* Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy (COEP)

Features

  • Lightweight and performance-focused
  • No front-end impact
  • Choose default or custom header values
  • Secure validation and auto-fallbacks
  • Seamless plugin compatibility (including WP Rocket)
  • Fully translation-ready and i18n-compliant
  • Nonce-protected admin save actions
  • Optional reset-to-default support
  • Reset or disable all headers with one click
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • content security policy
  • http security header
  • security headers
  • wordpress security
  • clickjacking
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity30 Dec 202510mo ago

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