Papaya Assist – AI Chatbot for WordPress (RAG Knowledge Base Support) vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Papaya Assist is an AI chatbot plugin for WordPress that turns your website into a smart support system powered by Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Instead of generic AI answers, the chatbot responds using your own content — including FAQs, product documentation, help articles, policies, and manuals. This makes it ideal for customer support, knowledge bases, SaaS onboarding, and eCommerce support automation. With Papaya Assist, you can deploy a fully functional AI support chatbot in minutes — no coding, no training models, and no complex setup required. The chatbot appears as a floating chat widget on every page of your WordPress site and works seamlessly on desktop and mobile. Key Features: AI chatbot for WordPress powered by OpenAI and RAG Upload documents (PDF, DOCX, TXT) to build your knowledge base Automatic AI customer support based on your website content One-click setup from WordPress admin (no external setup required) Fully customizable chat widget (colors, title, branding) Real-time streaming AI responses for natural conversation experience Secure document processing with vector search (Pinecone) Mobile-friendly chat widget with fullscreen mobile mode Lightweight frontend — no heavy CSS or JS libraries Works with most WordPress themes and caching plugins How It Works: Install and activate Papaya Assist Sign up or log in from your WordPress dashboard Upload your documents (FAQ, guides, manuals, policies) Click “Process Documents” to build your AI knowledge base The chatbot automatically answers visitor questions using your content Third-Party Services This plugin uses external services provided by Papaya Assist to deliver AI chatbot functionality. No data is sent to third-party services until you activate the plugin and connect an account. Papaya Assist Admin API URL: https://34i2s32sx774dqpo6wssfi2jzy0ycwmw.lambda-url.us-east-1.on.aws Purpose: Account login, authentication, document upload, ingestion, usage tracking, and account management Data sent: email, API key, tenant ID, file metadata, and passwords (secure HTTPS) Papaya Assist Chat API URL: https://iirqt9b6h3.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Prod/chat Purpose: Non-streaming chatbot responses Data sent: visitor messages, conversation history (last 10 messages), tenant ID Papaya Assist Streaming API URL: https://dd63bb6z7j4r7pyiwvi5sqmhcq0gsgyz.lambda-url.us-east-1.on.aws/ Purpose: Real-time streaming AI chat responses (default mode) Data sent: visitor messages, conversation history (last 10 messages), tenant ID Papaya Assist Authentication URL: https://weng.ca/auth/chatbot/ Purpose: Sign up / login for plugin activation Data sent: tenant ID (URL parameter only) Amazon S3 (Document Storage) Purpose: Secure document storage for uploaded knowledge base files Data sent: full document contents via presigned upload URLs OpenAI API URL: https://api.openai.com Purpose: AI response generation and document embedding (RAG processing) Data sent: user queries, conversation context, and document content Terms: https://openai.com/terms/ Privacy: https://openai.com/privacy/ Pinecone Vector Database URL: https://pinecone.io Purpose: Stores embeddings for document-based semantic search (RAG retrieval) Data sent: vector embeddings generated from uploaded documents Terms: https://www.pinecone.io/terms/ Privacy: https://www.pinecone.io/privacy/ All services are hosted on AWS (us-east-1). By activating this plugin and creating an account, you agree to Papaya Assist Terms and Privacy Policy: https://weng.ca/terms https://weng.ca/privacy

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!