Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs Dilli

This plugin integrates with the Dilli Email Validation API (DEVA) to block fake or incorrectly formatted email addresses at form submission, ensuring higher-quality leads and significantly reducing spam. This plugin requires an API Key which can be obtained for FREE by signing up here. Learn more about Dilli Email Validation API here. This plugin hooks directly into the WordPress core email validation function (is_email()), which is used by most major form plugins. That means it works out of the box with popular form builders like: Contact Form 7 WPForms Gravity Forms Ninja Forms Jetpack/Grunion contact forms WordPress registration forms and many others. No need to modify your forms — just install and activate the plugin. Features Validates email address format. Ex: email address fooAtdillilabs.com is invalid because of missing ‘@’ Checks for existence of MX records of the email address domain. Ex: [email protected] is invalid because no MX records exist for domain dlfkdlfkf.co. Checks for Disposable/Temporary email addresses. Ex: [email protected] is invalid because mailinator.com provides temporary shared temporary email inboxes. Checks for conformity with ESP (Email Service Provider) grammar rules. Ex: [email protected] is invalid because Yahoo does not allow user part (bob in this case) to be less than 4 characters. Checks for profanity in user part of email address. Ex: f***[email protected] is invalid. Checks user and domain parts of an email address for known malicious patterns. Ex: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] will be treated as invalid. Checks email address domain against a known blacklist. Checks email address against a known blacklist of frequently used email addresses for spam. Checks for reserved domains. Ex: example.com is a reserved domain. Therefore, [email protected] is not allowed. Checks for Role-based email addresses. Ex: [email protected] will be treated as invalid. Checks for safe domains. Restricts emails whose domains represents sites with adult content. Checks for non-business email address. Ex: *@gmail.com, *@yahoo.com, *@hotmail.com email addresses will be treated as invalid. Checks the IP address of the user submitting the form against a known list of malicious IP addresses. Add custom blocklist. You may request certain domains, emails and users to be blocked. Available Languages English German (Deutsche)

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!