Plugin Detective – Troubleshooting Conflicts vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

Plugin Detective helps you troubleshoot issues on your site quickly and easily to find the cause of a problem. Once the culprit is found, the problem plugin can be quickly deactivated. You can even fix your site when it has the white screen of death (fatal error). You’ll want to have Plugin Detective installed, so if your site crashes from a conflict or bad plugin update, you can get it back up and running quickly! Plugin Detective is your best friend when you need to: – Troubleshoot WordPress plugin conflicts – Remove stuck .maintenance files – Recover your site from fatal errors caused by plugins We’ve all been there–something’s broken on your site. You’ve looked around the web for advice about what to do and have stumbled across the typical wisdom: deactivate all your plugins and then reactivate them one by one, checking your site for the problem after each reactivation. Ugh. Sure, it works. But who has time for that? Find Plugin Conflicts with Detective Otto Bot Detective Otto Bot walks you through solving your case one step at a time, all from one single screen. Open a case and tell Detective Otto where you’re seeing the problem. If your site requires any plugins to run correctly, tell Otto about those, too. Then, Otto will interrogate the suspects and track clues, checking in with you from time to time. All you need to do is answer “Yes, it’s fixed” or “No, it’s still broken” each time. Otto will do the rest and find the culprit in minutes. Best of all – Plugin Detective can work even if you’re seeing the White Screen of Death on your site or if all you can see are PHP errors. Please have a look at the FAQ’s for how to access Plugin Detective and log into WordPress even if you can’t get to your login screen. Once Otto has identified the culprit, you can quickly deactivate the troublesome plugin and go about your day. Remove Stuck .Maintenance File or Scheduled Maintenance Have you gotten stuck in maintenance mode on WordPress? The dreaded “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute” message haunts you; the minute never ends! With Plugin Detective installed you can quickly get out of these situations without the hassle of deleting files via your host or FTP. Just tack on this slug to the end of your website URL: /wp-content/plugins/plugin-detective/troubleshoot/?restore=1 So that your URL looks like this: https://yoursite.com/wp-content/plugins/plugin-detective/troubleshoot/?restore=1 This will prompt you to log in and automatically remove that stuck maintenance file for you. Who Can Use This Troubleshooting Tool? Plugin Detective is a tool that requires no coding experience or technical knowledge to use. For that reason, Plugin Detective is the ideal troubleshooting and conflict-checking tool for: Any WordPress website owner Developers and technical support engineers Plugin and theme owners and their support teams Debug Tool Features Strategically activate and deactivate plugins on your site to help you find the plugin causing trouble Open Plugin Detective for troubleshooting on any page on your site – both in the backend and the frontend! Choose any subset of your active plugins as the baseline for your testing Loved by Plugin Support Teams The Simply Schedule Appointments and Draw Attention support teams love to share this conflict-checking tool with their customers. Plugin Detective makes it easy for their clients to debug performance issues and figure out plugin conflicts in a jiffy! 1.2.14 – 2023-06-10 Features and Improvements Fix PHP 8.2 compatibility 1.2.13 – 2023-05-25 Features and Improvements Update required WP version to 6.1 1.2.12 – 2023-05-25 Features and Improvements Update required WP version to 6.1 1.2.11 – 2023-04-27 Features and Improvements PR:#25 – Compatibility with WordPress 6.2 1.2.10 – 2023-04-11 Fixes PR:#19 – Prevent fatal error on WP versions where WP_Textdomain_Registry doesn… Features and Improvements 1.2.9 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.8 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.7 – 2023-03-28 Fixes Features and Improvements 1.2.6 – 2023-02-24 no changes 1.2.3 Fixed for WP 6.1 compatibility 1.2.1 Fixed for WP 5.9 compatibility 1.1.8 Fixed for WP 5.8 compatibility 1.1.8 For older changelog entries, please see the additional changelog.txt file delivered with the 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!