Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs Connections Business Directory Anniversary and Birthday

This is an extension plugin for the Connections Business Directory plugin please be sure to install and active it before adding this plugin. Automatically send email congratulating individuals in you directory on their anniversary or birthday. Features Choose which type of event emails to send. You can choose to enable support for either Anniversaries or Birthdays or both. Optional admin notification when event emails are sent. The admin notification email is completely configurable. The email for the anniversary and birthday are separately configurable allowing you create a custom email based on the event. Includes advanced features such as: Define the number of days ahead of the event to sent the email. The time of day the email should be sent. How many emails to send per batch to help prevent going over you web host email send limits. Here are some great free extensions (with more on the way) that enhance your experience with the business directory: Utility Toolbar :: Provide quick links to the admin pages from the admin bar. Login :: Provides a simple to use login shortcode and widget. Custom Fields Business Open Hours :: Add the business open hours. Local Time :: Add the business local time. Facilities :: Add the business facilities. Income Level :: Add an income level. Education Level :: Add an education level. Languages :: Add languages spoken. Hobbies :: Add hobbies. Misc Face Detect :: Applies face detection before cropping an image. Premium Extensions Authored :: Displays a list of blog posts written by the entry on their profile page. Contact :: Displays a contact form on the entry’s profile page to allow your visitors to contact the entry without revealing their email address. CSV Import :: Bulk import your data in to your directory. Custom Category Order :: Order your categories exactly as you need them. Custom Entry Order :: Allows you to easily define the order that your business directory entries should be displayed. Enhanced Categories :: Adds many features to the categories. Form :: Allow site visitor to submit entries to your directory. Also provides frontend editing support. Link :: Links a WordPress user to an entry so that user can maintain their entry with or without moderation. ROT13 Encryption :: Protect email addresses from being harvested from your business directory by spam bots. SiteShot :: Show a screen capture of the entry’s website. Widget Pack :: A set of feature rich, versatile and highly configurable widgets that can be used to enhance your directory.

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!