Title: Security Headers Author: SimonRWaters Published: April 10, 2015 Last modified: February 26, 2019 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/security-headers/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1467219) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/security-headers/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1467219) # Security Headers By [SimonRWaters](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonrwaters/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/security-headers.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/) ## Description TLS is growing in complexity. Server Name Indication (SNI) now means HTTPS sites may be on shared IP addresses, or otherwise restricted. For these servers it is handy to be able to set desired HTTP headers without access to the web servers configuration or using .htaccess file. This plug-in exposes controls for: * HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) * HPKP (Public-Key-Pins) * Disabling content sniffing (X-Content-Type-Options) * XSS protection (X-XSS-Protection) * Clickjacking mitigation (X-Frame-Options in main site) * Expect-CT HSTS is used to ensure that future connections to a website always use TLS, and disallowing bypass of certificate warnings for the site. HPKP is used if you don’t want to rely solely on the Certificate Authority trust model for certificate issuance. Disabling content sniffing is mostly of interest for sites that allow users to upload files of specific types, but that browsers might be silly enough to interpret of some other type, thus allowing unexpected attacks. XSS protection re-enables XSS protection for the site, if the user has disabled it previously, and sets the “block” option so that attacks are not silently ignored. Clickjacking protection is usually only relevant when someone is logged in but users requested it, presumably they have rich content outside of WordPress authentication they wish to protect. Expect-CT is used to ensure Certificate Transparency is configured correctly. ## Installation 1. Upload “security_headers.php” to the “/wp-content/plugins/” directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7514e96f5f92c51058b91eb215e4221897eaabdc64e6f005e9a00c9f64d68bd2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Incompatible with Tawk.to](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/incompatible-with-tawk-to/)󠁿 [krsi78](https://profiles.wordpress.org/krsi78/) May 14, 2020 Just a quick warning: if you enable this plugin, the Tawk.to widget is no longer displayed in Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Edge is not affected (yet?). ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e8289bcbef3b84e15978ecd7d61b7e5a670205ed893f46dd1619f72c5f19c2a7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-5823/)󠁿 [flch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/flch/) February 11, 2019 Works great and makes security much easier. Thanks for this great plugin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7709bddfa73a181bf2248fb13474e8ef164638a2c4b1296948929c1fe190826e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[handles these security points no one else does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/handles-these-security-points-no-one-else-does/)󠁿 [tone_milazzo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tone_milazzo/) June 21, 2018 My topic can’t be empty so I’m writing this to fill it. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/58d4f86f8302099fc2ca5d2da21b7e161c5de34ecf7039b6be33ec11a2f75d35? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-5036/)󠁿 [bozon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bozon/) June 19, 2017 2 replies Works really well! Tested with [link removed] For the future releases it would be good to include Content-Security-Policy and the forthcoming Expect-CT options. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b063142a541de8a7f5fa3c3a6d2f1d789c76757429e1564817db69b7c9006f89? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-4081/)󠁿 [WebBever](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webbever/) May 26, 2017 Easy to use, works like a charm! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/182886ecc0bf0de1ef7617aba1c0234a9b6d40f9d46c7e437399746ae2c4c619? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent plugin, easy to use.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-easy-to-use-5/)󠁿 [tjdurden](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tjdurden/) September 3, 2016 1 reply Thanks for this. Very easy to install and configure. [ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Security Headers” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ SimonRWaters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonrwaters/) * [ Simon Waters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simon-waters/) [Translate “Security Headers” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/security-headers) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-headers/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/security-headers/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/security-headers/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/security-headers/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1 Fix missing close anchor which breaks recent WordPress #### 1.0 Add support for wp-login.php page Add support for Expect-CT header #### 0.9 Removed unnecessary whitespace in HSTS header (thanks Thomas) Added Referrer-Policy header Corrected plugins name from “HTTP Headers” to “Security Header” (thanks Jamie) Removed trailing semi-colon from X-XSS-Protection (it worked but not needed) #### 0.8 Add headers to admin section of WordPress Added option to set the X-Frame-Options headers to main site Added HSTS Preload header (thanks to Jamie) #### 0.7 Add report-uri Fix handling of non-numeric blank strings for HPKP max-age #### 0.6 HPKP support Check for TLS before emitting HSTS or HPKP headers #### 0.5 Change h2 for h1 for accessibility per #31650 #### 0.4 License change Clarify wording for XSS protection in readme #### 0.3 Prepare for release #### 0.2 Added Sonarqube file and formatting changes #### 0.1 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.1** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **4,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.8.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.1.22** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/) * Tags * [hsts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hsts/)[https](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/https/) [nosniff](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nosniff/)[tls](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tls/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/security-headers/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 8 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/security-headers/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ SimonRWaters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simonrwaters/) * [ Simon Waters ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simon-waters/) ## Support Got something to say? 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