What is Site Secrets?

Site Secrets focuses on preventing unauthorized visitors from accessing a WordPress site. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.

Who is Site Secrets for?

Site Secrets is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and administrators.

Does Site Secrets have a free plan?

Yes — Site Secrets is free to use.

Is Site Secrets still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Site Secrets?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Site Protection, SiteBrief, and SMNTCS Private Site.

Who develops Site Secrets?

Site Secrets is developed by Daniel Bachhuber.

How long has Site Secrets been around?

Site Secrets first shipped in 2014.

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Site Secrets

Name: Site Secrets
Author: Daniel Bachhuber

wordpress.orgWebsite firewall, bot & spam protection

Site Secrets is a free WordPress plugin that restricts site access to authenticated users by redirecting unauthenticated visitors to the login screen. It supports membership-based access by default and can be configured to allow any logged-in user.

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Overview

4 features

Site Secrets is a Website firewall, bot & spam protection project. It focuses on preventing unauthorized visitors from accessing a WordPress site. Site Secrets is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site owners and administrators. Site Secrets costs nothing to use. It runs on the web.

It is developed by Daniel Bachhuber, and it first shipped in 2014. Key capabilities include login redirection, private site access, and membership restriction. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Login redirection
Private site access
Membership restriction
Logged-in user access

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Browser

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy PolicyFree tierGitHub

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed7 Sept · 23:52 UTC
Site Secrets verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Site Secrets

What is Site Secrets?: Site Secrets focuses on preventing unauthorized visitors from accessing a WordPress site. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.
Who is Site Secrets for?: Site Secrets is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners and administrators.
Does Site Secrets have a free plan?: Yes — Site Secrets is free to use.
What platforms does Site Secrets run on?: Site Secrets runs on the web.
Is Site Secrets still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Site Secrets?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Site Protection, SiteBrief, and SMNTCS Private Site.Site Protection SiteBrief SMNTCS Private Site
Who develops Site Secrets?: Site Secrets is developed by Daniel Bachhuber.
How long has Site Secrets been around?: Site Secrets first shipped in 2014.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web · API
Languages: English
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
First seen: 7 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners and administrators
Model: B2B
Solves: Preventing unauthorized visitors from accessing a WordPress site.

Registered as

GitHub: DFMdata/Site-Secrets
WordPress.org: site-secrets

Developer

Daniel Bachhuber

GitHub

Open source

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Index record

Indexed: 7 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 7 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: site-secrets-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 7 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 7 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/site-secrets

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