Protect Uploads

Protect Uploads is a WordPress plugin for Firewall & Site Security. It ranks #38 of 205 in that group by active installs and was last updated 4 weeks ago.

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Slug protect-uploads

30K Active installs As the directory reports it, rounded to a band

4.8 Rating out of 5 From 12 ratings

11 Releases Since 31 March 2015

Oct 2026 Last release 4 weeks ago

Maintenance check

Is Protect Uploads still maintained?

Yes - by every measure the directory publishes, it is actively maintained.

Updated recently. The last release was 4 weeks ago.
Tested with current WordPress. Tested up to 7.1.4; most actively maintained plugins are tested on 7.1.
Well rated. 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings.

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Standing

More installed than 97.7% of the directory

Ahead of 46,653 of the 47,734 plugins that report an install count at all. An install figure on its own says nothing; this is what it is worth.

97.7% Percentile by installs Among plugins that report an install count

46,653 Plugins it is ahead of Fewer active installs than this one

1,080 Plugins ahead of it More active installs, or the same published band

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The record

Everything the directory publishes about this plugin, as it was last read.

Current version: 0.8.0
Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.1.4
Requires PHP: 7.4
Added to the directory: 31 March 2015
Last updated: 7 October 2026
Contributors: 1
Author: Protect Uploads
Support threads resolved: 0 of 1

Its own tags

directory listing
password protection
private files
security
watermark

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