Amit Indexing Engine vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Amit Indexing Engine helps WordPress site owners get their pages discovered by search engines faster. Google allows approximately 10 URL indexing requests per day. If you have 250 pages, that means 25 days of manual work. This plugin automates the notification process. Features Auto-submits 10 URLs daily at 3 AM via WordPress cron Smart priority system (service pages submitted before blog posts) One-click bulk submit all URLs to IndexNow Auto-publish detection (new content submitted on publish) URL tracker dashboard with status management Supports all custom post types Works with any WordPress theme No external accounts or API keys required How It Works The plugin notifies search engines about your pages through official, search-engine-approved channels. It uses the IndexNow protocol to notify Bing, Yandex, Seznam, and Naver, and pings Google and Bing sitemap endpoints. Submitting a URL does not guarantee indexing; search engines decide when and whether to index based on content quality and crawl budget. External Services This plugin connects to the following third-party services to notify search engines about your URLs. No user data or personal information is transmitted. The only data sent is your publicly accessible sitemap URL and your publicly accessible page URLs. IndexNow API This plugin sends your page URLs to the IndexNow API at api.indexnow.org to notify participating search engines (Bing, Yandex, Seznam, Naver) about new or updated content on your site. This happens when you click the submit buttons or when the daily auto-scheduler runs. Service provider: IndexNow (open protocol by Microsoft and Yandex) Data sent: Your site’s hostname, a verification key, and a list of your public page URLs When data is sent: On manual submit, on daily cron schedule, and on new post publish IndexNow Terms of Use IndexNow Privacy Policy IndexNow FAQ Google Sitemap Ping This plugin sends your sitemap URL to Google’s ping endpoint at google.com/ping to notify Google that your sitemap has been updated. Service provider: Google LLC Data sent: Your publicly accessible sitemap URL When data is sent: On manual ping, on daily cron schedule, and on new post publish Google Terms of Service Google Privacy Policy Bing Sitemap Ping This plugin sends your sitemap URL to Bing’s ping endpoint at bing.com/ping to notify Bing that your sitemap has been updated. Service provider: Microsoft Corporation Data sent: Your publicly accessible sitemap URL When data is sent: On manual ping and on daily cron schedule Microsoft Terms of Use Microsoft Privacy Statement

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!