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How to Add McAfee SECURE Seal to Your WordPress Site for Free

Last updated on August 14th, 2015 by Editorial Staff
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How to Add McAfee SECURE Seal to Your WordPress Site for Free

If you’ve shopped on the internet, then you’re probably familiar with website security seals such as Norton and McAfee. These badges show users that you have taken all the necessary precautions to make your website safe and secure. This social proof helps increase user’s trust level to subscribe to your website and make a purchase. In this article, we will show you how to easily add McAfee SECURE seal on your WordPress site for free.

cAfee SECURE Trust seal on a WordPress site

What is McAfee SECURE?

McAfee SECURE is a new certification program by McAfee that lets your visitors know that your website is safe.

This is a great solution for small business owners. The free plan will show the trustmark to 500 visitors per month. For $9 per month you can upgrade to the pro plan which allows you to show trust mark to unlimited users.

Social Proof like security seals are proven to boost engagement and increase sales. The video below explains what this security seal does in 50 seconds:

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How to Install McAfee SECURE in WordPress

First thing you need to do is install and activate the McAfee SECURE plugin on your website. Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » McAfee SECURE to configure the plugin.

McAfee SECURE plugin settings

Simply provide your email address and your website’s domain name and then click on the get started button.

This will take you to McAfee Secure website, where you need to provide your personal and business information like name, company name, phone number, etc.

Creating your McAfee SECURE account

McAfee will now run some tests on your site, and you will land on a confirmation page. This page will show all tests passed under the security heading. You will also be reminded to confirm your email address. Simply check your inbox for an email from McAfee and then click on the confirmation link inside it.

Confirmation page

Since you already have the plugin installed on your WordPress site, the McAfee SECURE trust badge will be automatically installed on your site. You can simply visit your website to see it in action.

To further strengthen your security, you can add an SSL and HTTPS in WordPress. We also recommend using Sucuri, to regularly monitor your website for malicious code and activity.

We hope this article helped you add McAfee Secure badge to your WordPress site. You may also want to take a look at our list of 40 useful tools to manage and grow your WordPress blog.

If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.

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16 Comments

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  1. Khoa says:
    Aug 15, 2018 at 8:05 am

    I can not find it on settings because it show another place under it and when I press McAfee Secure it did not show the registration requirement

    Reply
  2. Sam says:
    Mar 8, 2018 at 8:29 am

    hello is it possible to do it on local host

    Reply
  3. joey .s says:
    Jul 11, 2016 at 6:46 pm

    how to Add McAfee SECURE ID Protection to my woocommerce site?

    Reply
  4. Rudolf says:
    Apr 7, 2016 at 9:56 am

    The monthly fee for over 500 visitors a month is much higher then stated in this article. I would have to pay $599 a month for one site and $29 for another. Apart from that, Mcafee isn’t exactly brilliant when it comes to finding out malware.
    So, no thank you, I rather invest into real security instead. :-)

    Reply
  5. Wendy says:
    Feb 28, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    I wanted to know if a website can have this logo fraudulently just to make people think it is a secure site, like a scam. I wanted to order something from a site it has the McAfee sign, but no other security like the HTTPS, or reviews or customer service number just email contact is the McAfee sign enough? Please help ! Thank you

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Mar 3, 2016 at 1:13 am

      No, the sign itself is not enough. If you are concerned you should check for more signs of security.

      Reply
  6. Gaurav Khurana says:
    Aug 15, 2015 at 1:37 am

    Thanks for sharing, its a good idea, what kind of test mcafee will conduct. What if it reports some problem, can we correct those problems.

    Reply
  7. Jeffrey Frankel says:
    Aug 7, 2015 at 4:30 am

    Hello

    A great tip. I added McAfee Secure pluggin to my website and it worked perfectly, and the little seal looks great, does not cover anything up, but is visible.

    Reply
  8. fajar siagian says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    its that work for other CMS

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    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 7, 2015 at 3:58 pm

      Yes, it does.

      Reply
  9. Brennan says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 5:18 pm

    I am confused. On WP.org it says it’s free for 500 visitors. I don’t see that’s it’s free for up to 500,000. Am I missing something? Here is an excerpt from the page:

    The McAfee SECURE trustmark lets visitors see that your site is safe—alleviating security concerns and increasing engagement and conversions. Add the plugin to your site and display the trustmark for up to 500 visitors per month, at no charge.

    Reply
  10. Frans Kemper says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 3:23 pm

    I tried to install the ZIP, but got in trouble. Only received lines about errors in some PHP script.
    Am I doing something wrong? How difficult can it be?

    Reply
  11. Sunil Suri says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    Hi Syed,

    As soon as I read your article, I implemented Mcafee on my website.
    Thanks for the great information.

    ~Sunil Suri

    Reply
  12. Chris says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 11:26 am

    “Since you already have the plugin installed on your WordPress site, the McAfee SECURE trust badge will be automatically installed on your site.” Where? Can we position it?

    “… it allows you to display McAfee SECURE seal on your website for up to 500,000 visitors per month, at no charge.” Their plugin page says 500.

    Reply
  13. Christoforos says:
    Aug 6, 2015 at 10:26 am

    Hi there,
    thanks for the tip! I just register my website but I see that the limit is only for 500 visitors per month and not 500,000 visitors per month as you mention on your article above.

    Anyway, thank you for the tip!

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Aug 6, 2015 at 6:59 pm

      Our mistake, we apologize for the inconvenience. We have updated the article with the correct information. Thank you for letting us know.

      Reply

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