Global AI Gallery vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Global AI Gallery creates clean, functional galleries on any WordPress site: Dedicated Custom Post Types for Galleries and Albums Responsive Grid layout (1–6 configurable columns) PhotoSwipe 5 lightbox with keyboard, arrow and touch swipe navigation YouTube support — paste a URL and the plugin handles the thumbnail and playback Native Elementor widget Schema.org ImageGallery markup for SEO Accessible — ARIA, focus trap, screen-reader friendly Multi-language ready — Polylang/WPML compatible, .pot file included No external dependencies — everything is vendored, no CDN calls Pro Version The Pro add-on (sold separately) adds Masonry, Justified and Carousel layouts, Vimeo and self-hosted videos, premium lightbox with zoom/share/download, animated filters, interactive albums, and premium templates. Learn more at https://globalai.software/plugin-global-ai-gallery External services This plugin connects to YouTube to display video content that the site administrator has chosen to add to a gallery or album. No data is sent unless an admin explicitly adds a YouTube URL to a gallery item. YouTube thumbnail lookup (i.ytimg.com) When a gallery item is a YouTube video, the plugin requests the thumbnail URL from https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ /maxresdefault.jpg (with a fallback to hqdefault.jpg) using wp_remote_head(). Only the video ID is sent in the URL. The result (a URL string) is cached locally for 24 hours via WordPress transients to avoid repeat requests. – Data sent: the YouTube video ID that the administrator added. – When: the first time a gallery containing that video is rendered, and every 24 hours after the cache expires. – Service provider: Google LLC. – Terms of service: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms – Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy YouTube embed iframe (youtube.com or youtube-nocookie.com) When a visitor opens a YouTube video in the lightbox, the browser loads the embed from https://www.youtube.com/embed/ — or, if the “Use youtube-nocookie.com” setting is enabled (Settings → Global AI Gallery), from https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ . This is a standard browser iframe; the plugin does not perform any server-side request. – Data sent: the YouTube video ID, plus whatever YouTube itself collects from the visitor’s browser (User-Agent, Referer, cookies — unless the cookieless host is used). – When: only when a visitor actually plays a YouTube video on the page. – Service provider: Google LLC. – Terms and privacy: same links as above. The plugin does not contact any other external service. No telemetry, analytics, license servers, or auto-update endpoints are called by this Free version. Security This plugin exposes one public REST endpoint to support deferred rendering of galleries from the frontend without requiring a logged-in user: GET /wp-json/global-ai-gallery/v1/render/ — returns the HTML for a single published gallery. The endpoint declares `permission_callback => __return_true` (public) because a published gallery is public content by definition, exactly like the post that embeds it. The handler then enforces a real read-permission check before rendering anything: 1. is sanitised with absint() and validated to be a positive integer before reaching the handler. 2. The post must exist and be of the gawpg_gallery custom post type; otherwise a 404 WP_Error is returned. 3. Read access is checked the same way WordPress core checks it (WP_REST_Posts_Controller::check_read_permission()): a publish gallery is readable by anyone, but any non-public status (draft, pending, private, future, trash) only renders when the current user actually has read access to that specific post (current_user_can( 'read_post', $id )) — otherwise 404. 4. Password-protected galleries are never rendered without the password. post_password_required() is honoured (respecting the wp-postpass cookie), returning a 401/403 WP_Error when the password has not been entered. 5. The endpoint only returns rendered HTML; it never reads or writes user data, options, transients, or any other server state. This is the same content the visitor can already see by visiting the gallery’s public page or any post that embeds it via the shortcode, so making the endpoint authenticated would add no privacy or security benefit.

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!