Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs reCaptcha by BestWebSoft

reCaptcha plugin is an effective security solution that protects your WordPress website forms from spam entries while letting real people pass through with ease. It can be used for login, registration, password recovery, comments, popular contact forms, and other. reCAPTCHA Version 3, Version 2, Invisible are included. Users are required to confirm that they are not a robot before the form can be submitted. It’s easy for people and hard for bots. View Demo Free Features Add reCaptcha to: Registration form Login form Reset password form Protected post password form Comments form Contact Form Testimonials Login & Register Form Custom form Hide reCaptcha for the allowlisted IP addresses Disable the submit button Validity check of keys in admin panel Available reCaptcha themes for Version 2: Light (default) Dark Compatible with Limit Attempts Hide reCaptcha in your forms for certain user roles Hide reCaptcha Badge (Invisible and V3) Supports reCaptcha: Version 2 Version 3 Invisible reCAPTCHA Add custom code via plugin settings page Compatible with latest WordPress version Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos Multilingual and RTL ready Edit error message Hide Login page Force Strong Passwords Pro Features All features from Free version included plus: Compatible with: Contact Form 7 (since v 3.4) Subscriber Multilanguage Jetpack contact form Fast Secure Contact Form MailChimp for WordPress Ninja Forms Gravity Forms WPForms Caldera Forms Elementor Pro Contact Forms LearnDash Registration Page BuddyBoss Formidable Forms Forminator Forms Compatible with WooCommerce: Login form Register form Lost password form Checkout billing form Compatible with Divi: Divi Builder Contact form Divi Builder Login form Divi Theme Contact form Compatible with bbPress: New Topic form Reply form Compatible with BuddyPress: Registration form Comments form Create a Group form Compatible with Forums – wpForo: Login form Registration form New Topic form Reply form Compatible with Ultimate Member: Login form Registration form Profile form Compatible with BWS Login Register Form: Login form Registration form Forgot Password form Compatible with Easy Digital Downloads Form: Login form Registration form Forgot Password form Select reCaptcha language manually Activate reCaptcha on certain Weekdays and Hours Change size: normal or compact (for version 2) Configure all subsites on the network Block disposable emails Administrator Login notification Get answer to your support question within one business day (Support Policy) Upgrade to Pro Now If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature Documentation & Videos [Doc] User Guide [Doc] Installation [Doc] Purchase [Video] Installation Instruction [Video] Purchase, Installation & Configuration [Video] User Guide Help & Support Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help – https://support.bestwebsoft.com/ Affiliate Program Earn 20% commission by selling the premium WordPress plugins and themes by BestWebSoft – https://bestwebsoft.com/affiliate/ Translation Czech (cs_CZ) (thanks to Michal Kučera, www.n0lim.it, PaMaDeSSoft, www.pamadessoft.cz) French (fr_FR) German (de_DE) Japanese (ja) Italian (it_IT) Portuguese (pt_BR) Romanian (ro_RO) Russian (ru_RU) Spanish (es_ES) Turkish (tr_TR) (thanks to Lordiz, www.lordiz.com) Ukrainian (uk) Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit. Recommended Plugins Updater – Automatically check and update WordPress website core with all installed plugins and themes to the latest versions. Contact Form – Simple contact form plugin any WordPress website must have. Subscriber – Add email newsletter sign up form to WordPress posts, pages and widgets. Collect data and subscribe your users. Multilanguage – Translate WordPress website content to other languages manually. Create multilingual pages, posts, widgets, menus, etc. Credits lib/recaptchalib.php – Copyright © 2007. Mike Crawford, Ben Maurer (reCAPTCHA – http://recaptcha.net). All Rights Reserved. The plugin uses Google Recaptcha (Google LLC) services to process data and protect against spam. https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ Terms of service https://policies.google.com/terms. Privacy Policy https://policies.google.com/privacy. This plugin incorporates a license verification mechanism to ensure the authenticity of your license key and provide access to premium features and updates. The verification process involves connecting securely to our external service hosted at BestWebSoft website https://bestwebsoft.com. Privacy Policy https://bestwebsoft.com/privacy-policy/. End user license agreement https://bestwebsoft.com/end-user-license-agreement/.

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!