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 …
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.
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.
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…
This plugin has solved a basic need or requirement iv’e always had with wordpress.
Please add this 2 features
Thanks for creating this plugin
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!
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!
thanks for this very useful plugin!
Works like a champ. Thank you.
| WordPress | 4.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
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