Ocean Extra vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Ocean Extra adds extra features and flexibility to the OceanWP theme for a turbocharged experience. Build any type of a professional looking website without any coding knowledge and by controlling every aspect of it with ease. With Ocean Extra you’re in command and have full authority over available features and options. 👉 Ocean Core Extensions Bundle 👉 Ocean Full Website Templates 📘 Documentation 🎬 Video Tutorials 💙 Join the official OceanWP Facebook community and always be up to speed with the latest news. Check out the video when Ocean Extra’s Theme Panel received a makeover to become OceanWP Panel and an overview of its capabilities Ocean Extra is a 100% free WordPress plugin that enriches your website building experience by adding extra features to the OceanWP free theme. Save time and effort, and reduce the need for additional plugins or custom codes. Everyone deserves a polished website with expert features, and so do you. 🔥 Check out the Premium Features for additional power, energy and ability. Copyright Ocean Extra, Copyright 2016-2025 OceanWP LLC Ocean Extra is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. Ocean Extra uses the following third-party resources: Font Awesome Fonts, Copyright Fonticons, Inc. License: SIL OFL 1.1 License – https://scripts.sil.org/OFL Source: https://fontawesome.com/ Font Awesome Icons, Copyright Fonticons, Inc. License: CC BY 4.0 License – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: https://fontawesome.com/ Font Awesome Code, Copyright Fonticons, Inc. License: MIT License – https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT Source: https://fontawesome.com/ Features Features listed below are just a fraction of the most significant Ocean Extra possibilities: * Host Google fonts locally * Adobe Fonts integration * Custom templates support * Individual page / post control * Freemium website templates import * WordPress widgets * Mega Menu * Menu icons * Various shortcodes * Customizer sections control * Customizer search * Customizer reset * Customizer styling import / export * Integration * Extra settings * Admin settings * Website preloader * Premium licenses panel & more HOST GOOGLE FONTS LOCALLY 1-click solution, no font upload required. (Any Google font you apply from the Customizer)[https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/808-host-google-fonts-locally] will load from your site automatically, making your website faster and GDPR friendly in an instant. This feature also supports the Elementor page builder and Google fonts applied through it. ADOBE FONTS INTEGRATION Add Adobe Fonts (Typekit) to your OceanWP theme. The (integration supports Adobe fonts usage)[https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/849-how-to-add-adobe-fonts-typekit] with the OceanWP theme and plugins (Customizer), as well as Elementor. CUSTOM TEMPLATES SUPPORT Create as many templates as you like, using any page builder you want, including Gutenberg. Create and apply a custom header or footer directly through the Customizer. Display custom templates using shortcodes, hooks or even custom codes. INDIVIDUAL PAGE / POST CONTROL This feature is enabled through the metabox settings and gives you full control over every page or post on your website independantly from your global Customizer settings. For example, you can apply a different page layout or a custom sidebar; you can enable or disable the Header, Top Bar, Page Title, Footer Widgets, Footer Copyright. You can apply a different navigation menu, header style, page title style, play with colors, custom titles, apply templates through shortcodes and much, much, much more. FREEMIUM WEBSITE TEMPLATES Don’t feel like starting a website from scratch? Import one of the freemium full website templates and edit content and styling as you go. Depending on the template type, each contains sample pages, sample posts and Customizer styling. Website templates are also known as demos or site kits. WORDPRESS WIDGETS Enrich your widget areas such as sidebars or footer with additional widgets like: About Me, Contact Info, Recent Posts (with thumbnails), Custom Menu, Social Icons, Social Share and more. MEGA MENU Turn your website navigation into a mega menu with a simple setup directly through the WordPress Menus option. MENU ICONS Add icons to some or all of your menu items. Several icon libraries are supported, like Font Awesome, Simple Line Icons, Dashicons and more. VARIOUS SHORTCODES Use OceanWP shortcodes to display dynamic content on your website, such as: current year, current user, login / logout link, breadcrumbs, WooCommerce cart and more. CUSTOMIZER SECTIONS CONTROL Disable any of the Customizer panels from loading, to increase the Customizer loading time or focus on your tasks. This feature allows you to disable only those panels created by the OceanWP theme or any of the Ocean plugins. Likewise, you can enable all panels back again. CUSTOMIZER SEARCH The search option within the Customizer helps you find all relevant settings instantly. Enable or disable per need. CUSTOMIZER RESET Unhappy with your Customizer settings and styling? Or you would like to import different styling? Reset all current settings to OceanWP’s default values and apply your design. CUSTOMIZER STYLING IMPORT / EXPORT Export your Customizer styling options to use on other sites, to save as backup or simply speed up the design process. Likewise, import an existing Customizer styling file and apply all settings in a breeze. INTEGRATION The Integration panel helps you enable SVG file upload support for the WordPress Media Library, connect with MailChimp, Google reCaptcha, Google Maps and more. EXTRA SETTINGS The Extra Settings panel allows you to disable or enable Ocean Extra plugin components, like the meta box, custom templates support, widgets, etc. ADMIN SETTINGS The Admin Settings panel offers control over additional features, like regenerating the local Google fonts CSS file, disabling the “edit” link on post archive pages which is visible to admins, and more. WEBSITE PRELOADER Dealing with heavy page content such as videos or slow hosting? Enable the (website preloader feature)[https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/851-oceanwp-website-preloader] on your website to reduce bounce rate, entertain visitors, brand site or more. PREMIUM OCEAN FEATURES Some of the most outsanding premium features controled by the Ocean Extra’s OceanWP Panel include: * Ocean Images: Import royalty free images and icons directly to your Media Library, a feature that is included in the Ocean Core Extensions Bundle and the Ocean Pro Demos plugin. * Full Website Templates: Import any of the 220+ full website templates (demos, site kits) to kick start your website fast. * Elementor Widgets: Disable or enable any of the widgets that come with the Ocean Elementor Widgets plugin. * Elementor Library: Control the settings of the Elementor Sections Library, that counts over 60 various designs. Create your page content as you. This feature is included in the Ocean Core Extensions Bundle and the Ocean Pro Demos plugin. * Gutenberg Blocks: Disable or enable any of the blocks that come with the Ocean Gutenberg Blocks plugin. * White Label: Whitelabel your OceanWP theme, personalize it and make it your own, with the Ocean White Label plugin.

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!