Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security
Patchstack automatically identifies and mitigates security vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins, themes, and core.
4.9(61 reviews)
·40K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Patchstack is a WordPress firewall plugin with 40K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 61 reviews. It has been downloaded 563K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 72% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware….
4.9/561 reviews
40K+active installs
0%resolved
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Patchstack is a powerful tool that helps identify security vulnerabilities within your websites’ plugins, themes, and WordPress core. It is powered by the WordPress ecosystem’s most active community of ethical hackers. Patchstack is trusted by leading WordPress experts such as Pagely, Cloudways, GridPane, Plesk, and others!
Patchstack is a security plugin for WordPress that finds WP core, plugin and theme vulnerabilities in your websites.
The free version includes up to 48-hour early warning for new vulnerabilities found by our security research community. It also allows you to automatically update vulnerable software, manage updates remotely, and get snapshot reports on your sites’ security status.
The paid version includes automatic vulnerability protection. Patchstack deploys hi…
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Recent Reviews
Helpful Outreach from Triage
by Ideal Postcodes·5 months ago
Originally this was a 1 star review but triage team turned it around. Patchstack published CVE-2025-57923 and did not respond for a couple weeks while we actively tried to respond to a purported vulnerability.
However the Head of Threat Intelligence at Patchstack reached out to us directly. We were able to communicate directly, understand the underlying concerns and he helped us resolve this issue within hours. Very helpful. Triage team obviously doing their best. Much credit to them.
- This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Ideal Postcodes.
- This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Ideal Postcodes. Reason: Patchstack have since reached out to quickly resolve this issue
- This topic was modified 5 months, 1 week ago by Steven Stern (sterndata).
Smart extra layer of protection for WordPress
by robertozoll·10 months ago·1 reply
Patchstack has been a great tool for keeping my WordPress sites secure. I really like the early vulnerability alerts and the virtual patching feature—it gives me peace of mind knowing that known issues are blocked even before plugins are officially updated.
It’s lightweight, doesn’t slow down the site, and the dashboard makes it easy to monitor multiple installations.
That said, it’s not a complete security suite—so I still use it alongside a firewall. But as a vulnerability monitor and patching layer, it works very well.
Highly recommended.
Best support
by Playzare·1 year ago·1 reply
Was talking to their AI support and it automatically switched to human who solved my issue by herself. Never saw this ! perfect support, perfect tool for security combined with CF
Plugin and support is awesome!
by Sculley·1 year ago·1 reply
Patchstack is a must have for security. Their support is awesome too!
Excellent service
by John Blackbourn·1 year ago·1 reply
An excellent and valuable service that’s backed by a company that contributes a significant amount of resources and money directly back to the WordPress ecosystem.
Download Trends
Today: 219Yesterday: 325This week: 4KPeriod total: 210K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.3
93.7%
v2.2
5.0%
v2.1
1.3%
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