Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs Notice Vault – Hide, Manage & Organize Admin Notices

Take Control of Your Dashboard with Notice Vault Every WordPress admin knows the feeling: you open your dashboard, and it’s buried under a pile of plugin notices, update nags, “thanks for installing” notices, and review requests. The important warnings get lost in the noise — and the noise never stops. Notice Vault captures every admin notice as it fires and moves it into one tidy popup. Your dashboard stays quiet, and nothing is thrown away — each notice waits in the popup until you are ready to read it. Hide Admin Notices Without Losing Them Most plugins that hide admin notices simply delete the markup, and the message is gone for good. Notice Vault works differently: it hides admin notices from the dashboard and keeps a copy of every one of them in your own database. You get a calm screen and the full record of what WordPress, your plugins and your theme tried to tell you. All Your Dashboard Notifications in One Place Captured dashboard notifications are sorted into six categories — success, error, warning, info, system and non-standard — and presented together in a single popup with category filters, an Unread/All toggle and a live counter in the admin bar. Instead of scrolling past a wall of alerts on every single admin page, you glance at one number and open the vault when it suits you. Read, Keep or Dismiss Notices on Your Terms Mark notices as read one at a time or in bulk, and dismiss notices you have already dealt with so they stop coming back. Read state is stored per user, so every administrator keeps their own view of the vault. Anything you leave alone expires automatically after a number of days you choose. You Decide Which Admin Notices Get Hidden Nothing disappears behind your back. Each of the six notice types carries its own rule: Show in popup moves that category off the dashboard, Do nothing leaves it exactly where WordPress put it. Error notices and WordPress core update and security nags stay on the dashboard by default, so critical alerts are never hidden from you. 🔥 Why you’ll Love it 🔥 Simplify Your Workspace: Move noisy admin notices out of the dashboard and into a dedicated popup. Nothing Gets Lost: Hide admin notices without deleting them — every captured notice stays readable in the vault. Improve Productivity: Focus on your work and your content instead of closing endless alert boxes. Granular Control: Configure every notice category separately — send it to the popup or leave it alone. Lightweight & Fast: Admin-only by design. Zero overhead on the front end. ⚡ Key Features Capture & Centralize: Admin notices fired through admin_notices, network_admin_notices, user_admin_notices, and all_admin_notices are captured into a single popup. Per-Type Rules: Configure each of the six notice categories (success, error, warning, info, system, non-standard) to either show in the popup or stay on the dashboard as usual. Admin Bar Counter: A “Notices” item appears in the WordPress admin bar with a live unread counter and a quick preview of your most recent dashboard notifications. Three Popup Styles: Pick between Slide from Right (default), Modal Popup (centered), or Slide from Right (Large) for bigger screens. Mark as Read & Dismiss Notices: Clear notices individually or in bulk, or dismiss them entirely. Read state is per-user, so each admin keeps their own view. Auto-Expire: Notices older than a configurable number of days (default 30, range 1–365) are removed automatically by a daily cron job. Privacy-First: All notices are stored locally in your WordPress database. No external services, no tracking, no phone-home. 🌟 Experience a Distraction-Free WordPress Workflow Whether you manage a network of client sites or simply write on your own blog and are tired of constant upselling, Notice Vault keeps admin notices organized instead of scattered — a professional, quiet, distraction-free place to work. 📌 Built to do ONE Job well Notice Vault is free and independent, with a single focus: giving you back a calm dashboard by capturing the admin notices that clutter it — without touching your site’s frontend or slowing anything down. Privacy Policy Notice Vault does not: Send any data to external servers Use cookies or tracking Share data with third parties Store notices anywhere other than locally in your site’s database

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!