Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs CF7 Mate – AI Form Builder, Styler & Multi-Step Forms for Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 is rock-solid but plain. CF7 Mate fills in the parts most people end up writing CSS or shopping around for: a clean visual styler that lives inside your page builder, an AI generator that writes a working CF7 form from a one-sentence description, and a few extra field types CF7 doesn’t ship — star ratings, range sliders, an international phone field. Nothing replaces CF7. You still build and manage forms in the regular CF7 editor. CF7 Mate just makes the result look the way you want and adds the things power users keep asking for. Works with Divi 4 & 5, the WordPress block editor, Elementor, and Bricks. Product site · Documentation · Pricing · GitHub AI Form Generator (free) Describe the form you want in plain English — “a booking form with name, date, time slot, and a notes box” — and CF7 Mate writes the Contact Form 7 markup for you. The result is a normal CF7 form you can save, edit field-by-field, or extend with any other CF7 plugin. There’s no proprietary format and no lock-in. You bring your own OpenAI (or compatible) API key. Generation costs a fraction of a cent per form, and your key is stored only in your own WordPress database. Useful for contact forms, booking forms, surveys, NPS questionnaires, quote requests, job applications, and anything else you’d normally build by hand. Visual styling that lives in your builder Open a CF7 form inside Divi, Elementor, Bricks, or the WordPress block editor and you get the same point-and-click styling controls you already use for the rest of your page — colors, typography, spacing, focus states, responsive breakpoints. No CSS file to maintain, no shortcode to remember. The integrations are real builder modules, not generic shortcode wrappers, so they pick up your theme’s global colors, presets, and breakpoints automatically. Extra field types CF7 doesn’t ship Star rating for reviews, feedback, and CSAT-style questions. Range slider for budgets, quantities, and quote calculators. International phone number with a country flag picker and dial-code prefixing. Heading, separator, image, and icon decorative elements to break up long forms. Each one is registered as a real CF7 form tag — the values land in your notification emails like any built-in field. Grid layout for CF7 Arrange fields into responsive multi-column rows so your forms don’t look like a stack of inputs on desktop. Per-breakpoint column counts mean a 3-column lead form on desktop still stacks cleanly on phones. Pro features The Pro plan (cf7mate.com/pricing) adds the heavyweight features most form-building plugins charge extra for: Multi-step forms — split long forms into a guided wizard so visitors don’t bounce. Conditional logic — show, hide, or skip fields and steps based on what the user enters. Form entries — save every submission to your own WordPress database with search, filter, and CSV export. Never lose a lead to a missed email. Form analytics — per-form views, submissions, and conversion rate, stored locally, no third-party tracker. Form scheduling — open and close any form on a date/time window with a custom closed-state message. Conditional email routing — send notifications to different recipients based on what the user picked. Save and continue later — let visitors resume long forms from an email link. Style presets — save a styled form as a reusable preset and apply it to other forms in one click. White label (Agency plan) — replace CF7 Mate branding with your own for client sites. Everything stays inside the standard CF7 workflow. Pro doesn’t fork CF7 or hide your data — entries live in your database, schedules in post meta, analytics in your database. Who this is for Anyone who uses Contact Form 7 and wants modern styling, smarter forms, or both. We hear most often from agencies and freelancers building branded forms for clients, service businesses capturing leads, and event organizers running registration windows. Privacy The free plugin sends nothing off your site. The AI generator sends only your design prompt (not user submissions) to the AI provider you configure. The Pro license check exchanges your license key with our licensing server — no form data, no submissions. Form Entries stores submissions only in your own database. Source The free plugin is open source: github.com/plugpressco/cf7-styler-for-divi. Issues and PRs welcome.

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!