Is Better Headers free?

Yes, Better Headers is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Better Headers?

Better Headers has 100 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Better Headers alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Better Headers include Better Font Awesome, Better Admin Users Search, Better Passwords. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Better Headers work with the latest WordPress?

Better Headers has been tested up to WordPress 6.6.5. It requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+.

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Better Headers

Name: Better Headers
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: bettersecurity

Improve the security of your website by easily setting HTTP response headers to enable browser protection

By bettersecurity·Better·Free

5(1 reviews)

·100 active installs·Updated 1 year ago

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As of April 2026, Better Headers is a WordPress better plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Better Font Awesome.

5/51 reviews

100active installs

3.0K+total downloads

7 yearssince 2019

Overview

This plugin does not make any changes to your server configuration, such as the .htaccess file, but instead sends the headers as part of the WordPress page response. The reason for this is that many of them are not valid for assets such as stylesheets and images, but are sent anyway if the server configuration method is used.

Unlike many security plugins, these headers are also sent for your admin panel, where security is arguably the most important.

Headers that can be set include…
* Feature-Policy
* Referrer-Policy
* Strict-Transport-Security
* X-Frame-Options
* X-Content-Type-Options
* X-XSS-Protection
* X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies
* Expect-CT

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