GEO my WP vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Welcome to the ultimate geolocation, mapping, and proximity search solution for WordPress. Using GEO my WP plugin, and the powerful features of Google Maps API and OpenStreetMaps, you can easily geotag any of your post types, BuddyPress members and other components. Create unlimited advanced, proximity search forms to search and find any of the geotagged components of your site. With GEO my WP, creating a real estate, events, directory, classifieds, social networking and any other type of location-based website is a simple task. Visit GEO my WP website form more information. Check out the live demo. Key features of GEO my WP Post Types Locator BuddyPress Members Locator Advanced location form Advanced Proximity Search Forms Builder Mashup Maps Single Location widget and shortcode Current Location Shortcode and Widget Can be used with Google Maps API or OpenStreetMaps and LeafLet Theme Flexibility Developer Friendly Post Types Locator Add geographic location to any of the registered post types of your site. Display post location on a map, and create proximity search forms to search and find posts based on address, distance categories and more. BuddyPress Members Locator Let the BuddyPress members of your site to easily add location to their profile. Let them search and find other members near them or near any address using an advanced proximity search form. Advanced Location Form Add location to your posts, Buddypress members, and other components, using the advanced location form that GEO my WP provides. Drag the marker to the location on a map, pick from suggested results using Google address autocomplete while typing an address, enter coordinates, or manually enter the address fields. This is as flexible and accurate as it gets. Advanced Forms Builder Create unlimited mashup maps and proximity search forms to search and find post types, BuddyPress members, and other components, based on an address, distance, categories, profile fields and more. Mashup Maps Create unlimited mashup maps to display the location of your post types, BuddyPress members and other components. Powered By Google Maps API GEO my WP takes full advantage of the powerful features of Google Maps API. Allows for simple and accurate geolocation using Google maps, address autocomplete, auto-locator and more. LeafLet and OpenStreetMaps Out of the box GEO my WP also supports LeafLet and OpenStreetMaps, which you can use instead of Google Maps. Single Location widget and shortcode Display map and location details of a single component, such as a post or BuddyPress member, anywhere on a page using shortcode or widget. Current Location Shortcode and Widget Present the visitors of your site with a location form which allows them to add their current location. Once added, the visitor’s current location will be saved and can be used with the different features of GEO my WP. Such as setting your proximity search forms to display locations nearby the visitor’s location. Theme Flexibility Why limit yourself to a specific theme? Being a shortcode based plugin, GEO my WP has no limits and you can use it with any WordPress theme. Developer Friendly Yes, GEO my WP is already a powerful plugin out of the box. However, together with its many action hooks and filters, the options are limitless.

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!