IKOL Business vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

IKOL Business plugin With this IKOL plugin you get a quick access to a fully functional, yet simple, AI assistant, chat and contact form for your website. You can manage all your chats and contact queries from our web or a mobile apps. It is probably the easiest plugin to set up, so no worries. How to set up chat with IKOL Business plugin Easy, it takes 3-5 minutes, just follow these steps carefully: Go to IKOL web app. If you have an account, login, if you don’t set up an account. In the main menu on the left find the chat icon, hover over it and choose Settings. Click on Embedding chat > Embed with WordPress plugin Copy your customer code Now go to wordpress dashboard of your website Download IKOL Business plugin and launch it IKOL Business plugin will show up in your main wordpress menu on the left. Click on it. Paste your customer code, turn chat on and save Go back to IKOL web app and in the main menu click on Website > Contact Enable chat and choose when your chat is to be active (days and hours). As you can see there are other settings here as well. Remember to click Publish at the bottom. That’s it! Go to your website and see the chat icon in the lower right corner of the screen. Requirements The WordPress IKOL Business plugin is free, but you need to have IKOL account. You can setup an account here. Read more about IKOL Business on our website. Third-party services This plugin relies on third-party services, provided by IKOL Business. Virtually all features of this plugin require IKOL Business as a third-party service and are not implemented inside this plugin. The features include: – IKOL chat widget – IKOL contact form – IKOL services list and booking form When you activate any of the mentioned features on your WordPress site, this plugin embeds JS code from IKOL servers (cdn.ikol.com/res.stikol.com domains). This code enables desired functionality through iframes on your WordPress site. You can easily customize these widgets through the IKOL Business web or mobile app. Please refer to support page for more information. Understanding Rules and Privacy For your peace of mind, it’s good to know how IKOL handles your information and the rules they follow. You can find all the details in these documents: – Terms and conditions – Privacy policy Get in Touch If you have any questions, need help, or just want to say hello, reach out to us at support page. We’re here to assist you!

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!