Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs Geek Digital Sync for YouTube

Geek Digital Sync for YouTube is the ultimate solution to synchronize your YouTube channel with your WordPress blog. Built for content creators and businesses, this plugin automates the repetitive task of publishing videos to your website. Every hour, the plugin scans your YouTube channel for newly uploaded videos. When a new video is found, it automatically creates a WordPress post containing the original title, description, tags, and sets the YouTube video thumbnail as the post’s Featured Image. Free Version Features: * Automatic Synchronization: Hourly checks using native WP-Cron. * Manual Sync Button: Force sync your videos instantly without waiting for the next cron cycle. * Full Import: Pulls Title, Description, and Tags from the original video. * Native Thumbnails: Downloads the video cover and sets it as the Featured Image in the Media Library. * Duplicate Prevention: Smart system ensuring a video is never imported twice. * Author Attribution: Choose which WordPress user will author the publications. * Multiple Categories: Define which categories the new videos should be organized into. * Draft Posts: Videos are imported as Drafts for your review before publishing. Need more power? Check out the PRO version: The free version allows you to sync one (1) channel. If you manage multiple channels, agencies, or blog networks, upgrade to Geek Digital Sync for YouTube PRO! * Unlimited Channels support using Custom Post Types. * Different categories and authors for each channel. * Advanced dashboard management. * Visit Geek Digital Services to learn more. External Services This plugin requires connection to the Google YouTube Data API v3 to function. It sends requests to https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/playlistItems and https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/videos including your provided YouTube API Key and Channel ID to retrieve video metadata (title, description, thumbnails, tags). No personal user data from your site visitors is tracked or sent. By using this plugin, you are using the YouTube API Services, and you agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy: * YouTube Terms of Service * Google Privacy Policy

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!