Protect Uploads for WordPress
- Category rank
- #43 in Security
- Listing audit
- 45/100
Protect Uploads is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Protect Uploads. With a rating of 4.8★ from 12 reviews, it currently ranks #43 in the Security category.
Protect Uploads is the #43 ranked Security app on WordPress, with a 4.8 average rating from 12 reviews, as of Sep 11, 2026.
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Protect Uploads ranks #43 of 666 in Security on WordPress. It holds a 4.8★ average from 12 reviews on WordPress.
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- No standout positives in the measured data.
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- −Only 12 reviews — the average can still move with a few new ratings
How Protect Uploads works
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The uploads directory is where the files of the WordPress library are stored. Unfortunelty, this directory is not protected. A person who wants to see all your library could list it instantly going to : http://yourwebsite/wp-content/uploads . This plugin will hide the content by adding an index.php file on the root of your uploads directory or by setting an htaccess which will return a 403 error (Forbidden Access).
Depending on your server setting, the htaccess option could be disabled.
New in Version 0.7.0:
Site Health checks: See at a glance — under Tools → Site Health — whether your uploads directory is protected from browsing, what server you are running, and whether any risky file types are sitting in your uploads folder.
WordPress 7.0 ready: Fully tested on WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.3.
All features:
Directory Protection: Stop visitors from browsing your uploads directory (index.php or .htaccess 403).
Image Watermarking: Add text watermarks to your uploaded images with customizable position, opacity, and font size.
Right-Click Protection: Prevent users from right-clicking to download or save your images.
Password Protection: Secure individual media files with passwords. Multiple passwords can be set for each file with custom labels.
Access Logging: Track who accesses your password-protected files with detailed logs including IP address and user agent.
Site Health Checks: Built-in protection status tests with actionable advice.
Need more protection? Protect Uploads Pro adds image watermarks with bulk operations, expiring download links, role-based access with server-level enforcement, hotlink protection, download analytics, and a Protected Download block.
