Fast eBay Listings vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Use Fast eBay Listings to integrate WordPress with eBay. Quickly display up-to-date eBay items and feedback on your WordPress blog. Promote items from your eBay store or promote any items on eBay as part of an affiliate marketing strategy using the eBay Partner Network. Fast eBay Listings is a certified eBay Compatible Application and is actively maintained to ensure continued support for the latest eBay API updates. Display single items or a grid of search results from eBay Show feedback ratings and comments from your eBay seller account Slideshow presentation or ‘load more’ buttons for continuous scrolling Simple to use Blocks with live preview to arrange eBay items in the WordPress Block Editor Easy UI to add eBay search shortcodes in Classic Editor Dynamic widget to show eBay items relevant to the current page Show items from a given seller, any seller, or items specific to a post’s author Filter results by category, price range, seller type, buying options etc. Handy eBay category chooser tool – no manual lookup of category ID numbers by hand! Items are shown with thumbnail size and aspect ratio of your choice Full item details can be shown: price, end date, BIN, condition, location, description etc Deferred loading and inbuilt caching of listing for faster page loads Geotarget eBay results to the local eBay site of your visitors Earn commission on click-throughs via the eBay Partner Network and track with your own reference IDs Highlighting of priority listings that earn high rates of commission SmartLinks features to make other eBay links on your site promotable affiliate links → More details and documentation can be found at fubaby.com A key feature of Fast eBay Listings is the ability to utilize the eBay Partner Network to earn commission on click-throughs from the listings to eBay. A great way to monetize your website, whether you present your own items on eBay or others. With the free version of this plugin, 50% of the links presented will earn the developer commission to cover the support and maintenance of this plugin. As such, the display of an ad disclosure notice is mandatory. A premium subscription version of the plugin is available that will attribute 100% of all clicks to your eBay Partner Network account, to maximize your earnings. It also provides full control of the ad disclosure notice, including the option to remove it. Do also check out the sibling Fast Etsy Listings plugin, offering similar functionality to integrate your WordPress site with Etsy. Support Fast eBay Listings has been maintained and supported since 2016 and has been kept up to date with the latest eBay API changes. You will be supported for many more years. You can get support, help, or assistance in using Fast eBay Listings in a number of ways: Visit the plugin support forum on the WordPress.org site here Contact me directly via email here I’ll endeavor to follow up as soon as I can and resolve any issues you’re having. Usage Utilize either easy-to-use Blocks in the Block Editor or visual editors for Classic Editor shortcodes, no need for you to type any shortcodes manually. The key blocks / shortcodes you can add to your pages are: eBay Search Presents a list of eBay items, based on given search criteria. You can narrow down items to display by entering eBay search query, an eBay category, eBay seller(s) or min/max prices. The display of the results can be tailored into a grid with dimensions of your choosing and optionally as a slideshow. If any parameters are left blank, defaults from the plugin setting will be used. eBay Seller Feedback Present the feedback rating and comments from your eBay seller account or shop, with links to it. A great way to show your reputation on your company website. eBay Item Present details of a single eBay item listing. Simply enter the eBay item ID of the product. eBay RSS Feed Present a list of eBay items from an RSS Feed as generated from RSS Ground or Auction Request. Results can be presented in a grid with dimensions of your choosing and optionally as a slideshow. Use this to migrate your existing RSS feeds until you can replace them with the more feature-rich eBay search Block/Shortcode. Shortcodes For reference, if you wish to manually enter shortcodes in the Classic Editor text view, you can find the syntax and details of shortcode parameters supported here. Fixed Search Widget This widget presents an eBay search similar to the eBay Search shortcode and will show the results from a fixed eBay search query. Dynamic Search Widget This widget presents an eBay search similar to the Fixed Search widget, however, the search query is dynamically driven by the current page displayed. For pages and posts, either custom metadata can drive the query, or the title is used as the search query. Custom meta key you can use are: ‘ebay-query’, ‘ebay-category’, ‘ebay-seller’, ‘ebay-minprice’, ‘ebay-maxprice’, ‘ebay-minbids’ and ‘ebay-maxbids’. When browsing categories or tags, the category or tag is used as the eBay query. As a fallback, a default query can be specified in the widget settings for other pages. Use this widget to display eBay items related to the page visitors are reading. You can of course filter this by a given eBay category, seller, price, etc. SmartLinks Fast eBay Listings includes a SmartLinks tool to turn all other eBay links on your site into promotable affiliate links. When enabled, it will automatically convert all of your eBay links and connect them to your Campaign ID. This is a great feature if your site already has many links to eBay that you wish to make affiliate links and thus earn on click-throughs via the eBay Partner Network. SmartLinks will not update any existing affiliate eBay links, it will only update unaffiliated eBay links you may have on your site. Affiliated links will be made ‘nofollow’ links and optionally, open in a new window/tab. Terms & Conditions By using this plugin you must abide by the eBay and eBay Partner Network code of conduct. Including, but not limited to: Always display the ‘Right Now on eBay’ logo alongside eBay results. Promote eBay items alongside unacceptable topics, e.g. sexually explicit material, violence, weapons, illegal goods, and discriminatory or hate-orientated content. Improper influence, to trick or mislead an end user into clicking a link to eBay (ensure links to eBay contain the term ‘eBay’ in their text). All sites displaying links monetized via the eBay Partner Network (EPN) must show an ad disclosure notice in accordance with the EPN Network Agreement. Fast eBay Listings reserves the right to block usage for non-complying sites.

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!