TrustedSite

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

At 20,000 active installs and a popularity score of 64, it sits in a niche corner of the security/trust category, well behind mass-market plugins like Wordfence and Jetpack.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated on 26 August 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.8.5, the plugin is current, though a null PHP requirement and limited changelog visibility make it harder to gauge long-term upkeep.

User Rating

13/15

A rating of 84 out of 100 from 26 reviewers is solid, but the small sample size means a handful of strong opinions are driving the number.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened and zero resolved is a double-edged signal: either the plugin works without friction, or users have given up on the forum and gone straight to the vendor.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with the current WordPress release and a back-compat floor of 4.2.1, which is generous, and the trust-badge category itself is light on hard compatibility dependencies.

Scores higher than 64% of indexed plugins

About

Trust badges to increase sales.

Active Installs 10k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.2/5

Last Updated 2026-09-18 6:37am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.2.1+

Tested Up To 7.1.1

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 High

Most recent: September 2, 2026

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What It Does

TrustedSite displays third-party trust badges and certifications on a WordPress site, signalling to visitors that the business has been vetted for legitimacy and security. It also collects verified reviews that surface on-site as social proof. In practice, you install it, verify your site through the TrustedSite onboarding flow, and the plugin renders the badge widgets on your pages.

Who It's For

This is aimed at small-to-medium e-commerce stores and online retailers whose main hurdle is buyer hesitation at checkout. Subscriptions businesses, marketplaces, and sites in trust-sensitive verticals like financial services or healthcare will also get the most out of it, since those audiences actively look for third-party trust signals before handing over payment details.

Who Should Skip It

If your site already runs a dedicated reviews platform like Trustpilot with strong organic traffic, or if your primary concern is actual site security rather than displaying a badge, TrustedSite adds little value. Content blogs, portfolios, and B2B lead-gen sites with no transactional funnel will not see meaningful conversion lift.

The Bottom Line

TrustedSite delivers a specific, narrow function: displaying trust badges and verified reviews to reduce purchase hesitation, and it does so without bloat. With 20,000 installs, a fresh update, and zero reported support issues, it is a reasonable pick for conversion-focused e-commerce sites, though its 69.14 overall score reflects that it is a specialist tool, not a foundational security plugin. Treat it as a conversion add-on, not a security layer.

Pick this when your real goal is to enforce HTTPS, fix mixed-content warnings, and harden the SSL layer, which it does for 3,000,000 sites.

Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 97/100

Pick this if you need an actual firewall, malware scanner, and login protection rather than a visible trust badge for visitors.

Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 94/100

Pick this when you want security bundled with backups, performance, and analytics from a single Automattic-backed plugin.

All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 91/100

Pick this for a free, broad-coverage security suite covering firewall rules, login lockdown, and database hardening across 1,000,000 installs.

Safe SVG 89/100

Pick this if your trust concern is sanitising uploaded SVGs to close an XSS vector, which is a very different problem than visitor-facing trust signals.