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Protect Admin

Protect admin accounts from being deleted or modified by other users. This plugin will always be hidden from all users other than the admin who instal …

By KeystrokeClick·Admin·Free
5(5 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month ago
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As of April 2026, Protect Admin is a WordPress admin plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 28K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are down 16% this week. Top alternative: Loginizer.

5/55 reviews
2.0K+active installs
28K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

This plugin protects selected WP Admin accounts, and standard posts created by those Admins, from being deleted or edited by other users. This plugin is hidden from all users other than the Admin who installs it. Only users with the “Administrator” role can be protected.

This plugin might be useful if you want to share admin access with other users (i.e. IT team, developers, etc) but don’t want to risk impacting the accounts of certain Admins. Or, perhaps you’re the developer or IT member who might need this plugin to prevent other non-technical Admins from accidentally deleting your account or key Admins on specific projects.

How It Works

  • As soon as the plugin is activated, it will store the ID of the user that activates the plugin. The plugin will then be hidden from all u…

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

55 reviews
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Recent Reviews

Absolutely awesome plugin
by teeboy4real·1 year ago

This plugin has solved a basic need or requirement iv’e always had with wordpress.

Please add this 2 features

  1. Prevent custom post types published by protected admins from being edited or deleted
  2. Prevent comments published by protected admins from being edited or deleted

Thanks for creating this plugin

Does exactly what it says
by Chris·3 years ago

Simple to use plugin and does exactly what it says. This should be party of all BuddyPress, BuddyBoss or any other membership addons. Thank you!

Very useful
by mickhele·4 years ago·1 reply

I didn’t know how to protect the admin with id 1, and I solved the problem quickly and easily with this plugin. Even though I didn’t need more functions, I also bought the Pro version because I wanted to thank the developer with a small donation.
I hope that it will be kept up to date because of its particular function in terms of security.
Thanks!

very useful
by dreamsoft·5 years ago·1 reply

thanks for this very useful plugin!

Great plugin! Saved me!
by tosasilviu·6 years ago

Works like a champ. Thank you.

Download Trends

Today: 15Yesterday: 19This week: 96Period total: 7K

Compatibility

WordPress4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP5.3+ required

Version Adoption

v2.1
92.2%
Other
7.8%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.1.6

  • Updated Freemius SDK
  • Compatibility check
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

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Plugin Info
Version
2.1.6
Last Updated
Mar 3, 2026
WP Requires
4.7+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
5.3+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
28K+
Added
Jan 12, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

adminprotectuser accountadmin accountprevent admin deletion

Developer

K
KeystrokeClick
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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