All In One WP Security & Firewall vs Verve SSL
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| Feature | All In One WP Security & Firewall v5.4.10 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Verve SSL v2.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 1M+ | 10+ |
| Last updated | September 17, 2026 | June 21, 2019 |
| Editions | All-In-One Security (AIOS) · AIOS Premium ($) | Verve SSL |
| Pros | Two-factor login included in the free version; PHP firewall plus .htaccess 5G and 6G rule sets; Audit log and file change detection with email alerts; Login lockout, renamed login URL and CAPTCHA options | Forces HTTPS for login and admin with no configuration; Rewrites insecure links for logged-in users; Single file with no settings or database tables |
| Cons | Malware scanning and country blocking are Premium only; Many options; some .htaccess rules can break sites if misapplied; Database backup tab relies on UpdraftPlus | Last tested with WordPress 5.2.2 and not updated since 2019; Requires a working SSL certificate on the site; Sends a Location header on anonymous page loads (nohttps) |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| Features (Security plugins checklist) | ||
| Firewall | Yes | — |
| Malware scan | Paid | — |
| Login protection | Yes | — |
| Two-factor login | Yes | — |
| Activity log | Yes | — |
| Free version | Yes | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Scheduled file change detection with email alert, Google reCAPTCHA or Cloudflare Turnstile on login, registration and forms, Blocks passwords found in the Have I Been Pwned database, Comment spam protection and spammer IP blocking, Blocks fake Googlebot and Bingbot using published IP ranges, File permission checks and file protection settings, Change the database table prefix, Password tool, WHOIS lookup, custom .htaccess rules, visitor lockout, Tracks logged-in users and login activity | Force HTTPS on login and admin for logged-in users, Send logged-out visitors back to HTTP, Rewrite http URLs to https in page output, Lowercase URLs on redirect |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | — |
| Plugins | Contact Form 7, UpdraftPlus | — |
| Other | Google reCAPTCHA, Cloudflare Turnstile, Have I Been Pwned, UpdraftCentral | — |
| Requires WordPress | 5.0 | 3.3.1 |
| Requires PHP | 5.6 | — |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 5.2.2 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | developers.google.com, www.bing.com, teamupdraft.com, api.pwnedpasswords.com, challenges.cloudflare.com, www.google.com, api.ipify.org, ipecho.net, ident.me, tnedi.me, ip-api.com, ipinfo.io | — |
| Blocks | 1 | — |
| Shortcodes | 1 | — |
| Custom tables | 8 | — |