a3 Lazy Load vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

a3 Lazy Load is a Mobile Oriented, very simple to use plugin that will speed up sites page load speed. The more content heavy your site the better the plugin will perform and the more you will see the improvements in performance. See this demo of a page with 1,000 images (yes 1,000 images) to load. a3 Lazy Load is inspired by and powered by the ressio Lazy-Load-xt JavaScript. 100% COMPATABLE WITH WORDPRESS 6.0 WordPress 5.5 introduced lazy loading for all images uploaded to a sites media library and 5.7 introduces Core lazy load for iframes and 5.9 contained performance enhancements. a3 Lazy Load Image options work side-by-side with these, but then enhances it by lazy loading all the images loaded from outside of the media library, or on older browsers that do not support the new WP attribute and any iframes or videos that are not lazy loaded by WordPress. DISABLE WORDPRESS LAZY LOAD The plugin includes an option to completely disable WordPress Core Lazy Load if that is what you want to do. IMAGE LAZY LOAD For more flexibility when ON you can choose to ON | OFF lazy load all images that are not loaded from the WordPress media Library in: Post, Pages and Custom Post Types (All Content areas) Widgets (Sidebar, header and footer) Apply to post thumbnails Apply to gravatars HORIZONTAL SCROLL Supports lazy loading of images in containers that use horizontal scroll. The admin Images options has a section where you enter the classname or ID of the container that uses horizontal scroll. VIDEO LAZY LOAD From the a3 lazy Load admin panel turn Video Support ON | OFF. When ON you can choose to ON | OFF lazy load for videos in Video embeded by URL in Post and Pages (All Content areas) Video in Widget types, Text Widget and HTML Widgets. iFRAME LAZY LOAD a3 Lazy Load has built in support for content that is added by iframe from any source in content and widgets and will lazy load any iframe that WordPress core does not load. Examples WordPress embedded media Facebook Like boxes with profiles, Like buttons, Recommend Google+ Profile Google Maps POST EMBED Fully compatible with WordPress embed post on any site feature introduced in version WP version 4.4 Makes embed post load much faster WORDPRESS AMP Built in auto support for WordPress AMP plugin Built in support for Better AMP plugin There are no setting options for exclude /amp – Lazy Load is just never applied to the /amp endpoint When the url is loaded in browser without /amp Lazy Load is applied JETPACK SITE ACCELERATOR (Photon) This is an option that you turn on as the Jetpack Accelerator (Photon CDN images) has its own lazy load feature that needs to be OFF first to be able use a3 Lazy Load as your lazy Load engine. Some users prefer to use a3 Lazy Load as it applies Lazy Load to videos and iframes as well as images. WebP IMAGES a3 Lazy Load has built in automatic support for WebP images. There are no settings for this as a3 Lazy Load will automatically detect if an image has a WebP version and lazy load the WebP version. If no WebP image exists, the appropriate jpg or png version will be lazy loaded. Also fully support browser detection of WebP. LAZY LOAD EFFECTS a3 Lazy Load gives you the option to lazy load images with a FADE IN or SPINNER effect FADEIN see demo SPINNER see demo Option to create a custom Lazy Load pre-load background colour PERFORMANCE TWEAKS a3 Lazy Load gives you the option to load its script from your sites HEAD or from the FOOT. Note that your theme must have the wp_footer() function if you select FOOTER load. Note the plugin CSS is always loaded from the HEAD. EXCLUDE IMAGES & VIDEO a3 Lazy Load allows you to easily exclude any image or video by class name from having the Lazy Load effect applied. See FAQ’s JAVASCIPT DISABLED FALLBACK a3 Lazy Load has built in Noscript fallback if user has JavaScript turned off in their browser. Developers who use underscore.js in their applications can use the Noscript parameter to exclude their plugins content from Lazy Load. THEME & PLUGIN COMPATIBILITY a3 Lazy Load works with any WordPress theme that follows the WordPress Theme Codex. However, many Theme & Plugin developers will use a custom written function to add objects, example the theme has a home page with layout created by a custom function they have written. a3 Lazy Load cannot know what these functions are and so cannot apply to the objects loaded by that custom function. If your images or objects not being Lazy Loaded in a certain section of your site, but are Lazy Loaded everywhere else you will know this is the cause. Please if this happens raise a support ticket with the developer, explaining that they just need to add a simple tag to their custom functions so that a3 Lazy Load apply to their custom function and be fully compatible. Here is a list of a3 lazy Load filter tags to include in your ticket to make it easy for the developer. Don’t forget when a developer does add full compatibility with a3 Lazy Load please let us know via a support ticket on this forum and we will add them to the list below. These are just some of the more popular plugins that are either tested 100% compatible with a3 Lazy Load or tags has been added for 100% compatibility. Plugin – Advanced Custom Fields (Free and Premium) Plugin – WooCommerce Plugin – JetPack Plugin – Elementor (Free and Pro) Plugin – WP Offload Plugin – WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache, Autoptimize Plugin – Youtube Embed Plugin – WordPress AMP Plugin – WPTouch. Note – Set to not apply on Mobiles if WPTouch is installed Plugin – MobilePress – Set to not apply on Mobiles if MobilePress is installed WebP Plugins – Smush, EWWW Image Optimizer, Imagify, WebP Express Plugins – Will not conflict with any plugin that has lazy load built in CDN’s – JetPack Accelerator, Cloudfront, Cloudflare and all other known CDN architecture. MORE FEATURES Full support of jQueryMobile framework WordPress Multi site ready. Backend support for RTL display. Translation ready JOIN THE a3 LAZY LOAD COMMUNITY When you download a3 lazy Load, you join our community. Regardless of if you are a WordPress newbie or experienced developer if you are interested in contributing to a3 Lazy Load development head over to the a3 Lazy Load GitHub Repository to find out how you can contribute. Want to add a new language to a3 Lazy Load? Great! You can contribute via translate.wordpress.org USAGE Install and activate the plugin Open WordPress Settings menu Click on a3 Lazy Load menu Turn ON Lazy Load and all preferred settings Save Changes and enjoy the improved performance Lazy Load will give your site

Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate. Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, including proper 301 https redirection and SSL enforcement, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features. We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is: Lightweight: Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won’t load any redundant code. Easy-to-use: 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup. Security Features Easy SSL Migration Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click. 301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess Secure cookies Let’s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation. Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security. WordPress Hardening Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses. Prevent code execution in the uploads folder Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration Disable XML-RPC Disable directory browsing Username restrictions (block ‘admin’ and public names) and much more.. Vulnerability Detection Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action. Login Protection Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email. Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro. Advanced SSL enforcement Mixed Content Scan & Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix them to HTTPS, both Front- and Back-end. Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list. Firewall Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks. 404 blocking – Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors. Region blocking – Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions. Automated and customisable Firewall rules. IP blocklist and allowlist. Security Headers Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware. Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc. Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers. Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy. Vulnerability Measures When a vulnerability is detected in a plugin, theme or WordPress core you will get notified accordingly. With Vulnerability Measures, you can configure simple but effective measures to make sure that a critical vulnerability won’t remain unattended. Force update: An update process will be tried multiple times until it can be assumed development of a theme or plugin is abandoned. You will be notified during these steps. Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can’t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin. Advanced Site Hardening Choose a custom login URL Automated File Permissions check and fixer Rename and randomize your database prefix Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder Disable application passwords Control admin creation Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests Login Protection Secure your website’s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures. Two-Step verification (Email login) 2FA (two factor authentication) with TOTP Passwordless login with passkey login Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change Limit Login Attempts With Limit Login Attempts you can configure a threshold to temporarily or permanently block IP addresses or (non-existing) usernames. You can also throw a CAPTCHA after a failed login (hCaptcha or Google reCaptcha) Access Control Restrict access to your site for specific regions. Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist. Useful Links Documentation Security Definitions Translate Really Simple Security Issues & pull requests Feature requests Love Really Simple Security? If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying Really Simple Security Pro, which includes some excellent security features and premium support. About Really Simple Plugins Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by Really Simple Plugins. For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the le acme2 PHP Let’s Encrypt client library, thanks to ‘fbett’ for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We’re on GitHub as well!