Drop Shadow Boxes vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Drop Shadow Boxes highlight important content on your posts, pages and widget areas. Personalise the box with drop shadow effects like raised, lifted and perspective and choose whether the box has an inside shadow, outside shadow and rounded corners. The plugin includes a widget and shortcode builder with a preview so you can test your box before adding it. The shadows will display correctly on most browsers – some older versions of Internet Explorer may not display the shadows – but they will display the box with the content so nothing will be missing on the page. See the examples of drop shadow boxes to see how the plugin performs on your browser: I’m offering this plugin free of charge. If you use it and like it please consider giving it a rating. Stay in touch by following me on facebook: Steven Henty Instructions The plugin itself doesn’t require any configuration. There isn’t a setting page. You can access the widget from the Widgets dashboard page – drag, drop and configure as you would any other widget. Look for the Drop Shadow Box block in the new block editor (Gutenberg). The shortcode builder in the classic editor allows you to add Drop Shadow Boxes to posts and pages. You can access it from the media toolbar while you’re editing the post/page by clicking on the box icon next to the upload/insert media button. Shortcode Reference If you prefer not to use the shortcode builder, or if you’d like to modify an existing drop shadow box here’s the shortcode reference guide. Example usage: [dropshadowbox]your content[/dropshadowbox] [dropshadowbox align=”left”]your content[/dropshadowbox] [dropshadowbox effect=”raised”]your content[/dropshadowbox] [dropshadowbox effect=”horizontal-curve-bottom” rounded_corners=”false”]your content[/dropshadowbox] Shortcode Attributes: align = [left/right/center/none] default: “none” width = [width plus units e.g. “250px” or “50%”] default: not set height = [width plus units e.g. “250px”] default: “auto” background_color = [colour code or name e.g. “#A8A8A8” or “blue”] default:”#ffffff” border_width = [width in pixels] default “2” border_color = [colour code or name e.g. “#A8A8A8” or “blue”] default:”#dddddd” rounded_corners = [true/false] default: “true” inside_shadow = [true/false] default: “true” outside_shadow = [true/false] default: “true” effect_shadow_color = [red/green/blue/yellow/white] default: gray (known issue: this color option will not worrk for the effect “raised”) effect = [name of the effect] default: “lifted-both” Possible values for the effect attribute: * none * lifted-left * lifted-right * lifted-both * curled * perspective-left * perspective-right * raised * vertical-curve-left * vertical-curve-both * horizontal-curve-bottom * horizontal-curve-both inline_styles = [true/false] default: “false” (only for use inside third party widgets and only works when allow_url_fopen is enabled in php.ini) padding = [width plus units e.g. “250px” or “50%”] Defines the space between the box border and the box content. e.g. 20px. Default:10px; margin = [width plus units e.g. “250px” or “50%”] Defines the space around the box. e.g. 20px. Default:not set; max_width = [width plus units e.g. “250px” or “50%”] Defines the maximum width for the box e.g. 300px min_width = [width plus units e.g. “250px” or “50%”] Defines the minimum width of the box e.g. 200px Language Versions Drop Shadow Boxes is currently available in English, Spanish (es_ES), German and Serbian. Many thanks to Fabio Vogt for the translation into German. http://www.fabiolous.de And to Ogi Djuraskovic, First Site Guide for the Serbian translation http://firstsiteguide.com The shortcode builder will automatically switch to the language configured in wp-config.php. If you’d like to contribute other languages please get in touch with me here: http://www.stevenhenty.com/contact/ You’ll find the .po file in the plugin root. I’d be happy to link to your website but requests with spammy links will be ignored. Support If you find any that needs fixing, or if you have any ideas for improvements, please get in touch: http://www.stevenhenty.com/contact/ Please also get in touch if you’re using the latest version of your browser but the shadows are not displaying.

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!