Bookslots – Simple Booking & Appointment Scheduler vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Bookslots is a powerful yet simple appointment booking and scheduling plugin for WordPress. Allow your clients to book appointments, consultations, and services directly from your website without endless email exchanges or calendar conflicts. Perfect For ✓ Service Businesses – Hair salons, barbershops, spas, beauty services ✓ Healthcare – Doctors, dentists, therapists, counselors ✓ Consultants – Coaches, advisors, lawyers, accountants ✓ Fitness – Personal trainers, yoga instructors, gym sessions ✓ Education – Tutors, teachers, training sessions ✓ Professionals – Real estate agents, photographers, freelancers Why Choose Bookslots? 🚀 Easy Setup – Get started in minutes with intuitive configuration 📱 Mobile Responsive – Beautiful booking forms on all devices ⏰ Timezone Smart – Automatically displays times in your visitor’s timezone 🎨 Customizable Themes – Choose from default or premium modern designs 📧 Email Notifications – Automatic booking confirmations for you and clients 📅 Calendar Download – Clients can download .ics files to add to their calendar 💼 Multi-Provider – Manage multiple staff members with individual schedules 🎯 No Conflicts – Real-time availability prevents double-bookings Key Features For Business Owners: * Unlimited services/calendars with custom durations * Multiple staff members with individual schedules * Flexible availability settings (days, hours, breaks) * Prevent last-minute bookings with advance notice * Control appointment intervals and buffer times * Email notifications for new bookings * Admin dashboard with booking overview For Your Clients: * Simple 3-step booking process * See real-time availability * Select preferred staff member * Choose convenient time slots * Download appointment to calendar (.ics) * Mobile-friendly interface * Timezone-aware scheduling Built for WordPress: * Standalone – no dependencies on other plugins * Works with any WordPress theme * Lightweight and fast – won’t slow down your site * Secure and WordPress-standards compliant * Regular updates and support How It Works Setup Your Services – Create appointment types (e.g., “Haircut – 30 minutes”) Add Your Team – Add staff members and set their working hours Embed the Form – Use shortcode [bookslots calendar="1"] anywhere Start Accepting Bookings – Clients book instantly, you get notified Shortcode Usage Basic form: [bookslots] Pre-select a service: [bookslots calendar=”58″] Position the form: [bookslots calendar=”58″ position=”center”] [bookslots position=”left”] [bookslots position=”right”] Video Demo Watch our quick 2-minute setup guide: Support Need help? We’re here for you! * Documentation * Support Forum * Report Issues Coming Soon (Pro Version) 🌟 Advanced Features: * Payment integration (Stripe, PayPal, WooCommerce) * Google Calendar & Zoom integration * SMS notifications * Custom email templates * Advanced analytics & reports * Client management (CRM) * Recurring appointments * Group bookings * Custom fields builder * Multi-location support * Export bookings to CSV Privacy Policy Bookslots stores booking information including: * Customer name and email address * Selected service and provider * Appointment date and time * IP address (for spam prevention) This data is stored in your WordPress database and is not sent to external services. You can delete bookings at any time from the WordPress admin. Credits

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!