Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs LoftLoader

Small and powerful. LoftLoader helps you to add a beautiful animated preloader to your website, and have full control of its look, without writing any code. Features & Options Enhanced settings panel with WordPress Customizer. Pure CSS3 animations for better performance. Works in any modern browser. Use JavaScript to detect if the page is fully loaded. 5 ending animation effects. 7 loading animation effects. 2 of them support custom image. Unlimited background color. Also can change the opacity. Unlimited loader color. Can add different loaders for different pages on one site (New feature since v2.0. Only works for “Pages”.). Responsive & retina ready. Option to enable/disable the preloader. Option to enable preloader on site homepage only. Close button to quit the loading screen. Users can set when to show the close button (range: 5 to 20 seconds), and customize the close button text. Ready for translation (.pot file included). Light weight, fast. Coded with SASS. CSS & JS minified. Online Documentation To know how to use the plugin, please click the link to check online documentation. It’s the documentation of Pro version. But you can still find Lite version features details in it. How to contact us If you have any questions or encounter a problem while using LoftLoader, please create a topic in the support forum. If you contact us via email, please indicate that your question corresponds to LoftLoader Lite. To speed along the support request, please follow the steps below Update to the latest versions of your WordPress, themes and plugins. Check online documentation and FAQ first. Test by following this guide to check if it is a conflict with other plugins or themes. If you still cannot find a solution, please contact us. When submit your support request, please follow the guide. Pro Version LoftLoader Pro is available. Upgrade to pro version and get more stunning features! Handpick – Turn the preloader on for specific pages or posts. Hide the preloader for picked post types – products, portfolios, etc. Option to display the preloader once per visitor session. Support gradient background color, full background image, and repeating background pattern. More ending animations. Loader – 19 types of animations to choose. 6 of them support custom images. Looping – Animation can be set to loop forever, and some animations can be set to run just once (ends after page has loaded). Progress – Progress bar, counting percentage, or both. Any color. Position, size & font control. Message – Enter your custom welcome or loading message to display. Control color, position & font. And supports Random Message feature. Load Time – Set a minimum load time to prevent the pre-loader from disappearing too fast. Device Control – Choose to show the loading screen on all devices, or hide on mobile, or show on mobile only. Option to enable smooth page transition effect. Check the example. Choose to save customize styles as inline styles in or as an external .css file. Option to disable page scrolling while loading. Can add different loaders for different Pages, Posts and custom post types (such as portfolios, products, etc.) on one site. Users can choose which elements to detect during the loading process (All elements / Images / Videos / Images & Videos). Purchase once, free lifetime update with new features. Check some examples created by pro version. Please note: Although you may find that LoftLoader Lite (the free version) can run on older versions of WordPress (below v4.7), LoftLoader Pro only supports WordPress v4.7 or higher. Because the Pro version has more features than the Lite version, including some new features introduced after WordPress 4.7. We always recommend using the latest versions of WordPress to ensure compatibility with your theme and other plugins.

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!