PublishPress Planner – Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

PublishPress Planner has all the tools you need to plan WordPress content including a Content Calendar, Content Overview, Kanban Board, content notifications, and more. PublishPress Planner is ideal for WordPress sites that publish and promote high-quality content. Our goal is to help you publish content from inside WordPress. Our aim is to build SaaS-style features in WordPress so people don’t need an extra service to plan your content. Why use Trello, ClickUp, Notion, CoSchedule, or other products when you already have WordPress? PublishPress Planner Pro Upgrade to PublishPress Planner Pro This plugin is the free version of the PublishPress Planner plugin. The Pro version comes with all the features you need to plan and schedule WordPress content. Click here to purchase the best premium WordPress content scheduling plugin now! Content Calendar The Content Calendar gives you a powerful overview of your publishing schedule. This screen works as a marketing calendar and an editorial calendar. You can easily see when content is planned, and when it was published. You can also drag-and-drop content to a new publication date. By default, you see all the WordPress content you have planned for the next few weeks. If you need to drill down, you can filter the calendar by post status, categories, users or post types. Click here to read about the Content Calendar. Content Overview The Content Overview screen is a companion to the Calendar screen. Whereas the Calendar allows you to see content organized by dates, Content Overview allows you to drill down and see content organized by status, categories, or users. This content organizer allows to choose any data from WordPress to show in columns. In the top-right corner is a “Print” button. Click this to get a printable overview of all your planned content. Click here to read about the Content Overview. Content Board The Content Board screen is a kanban board that you can use to organize your content. The Content Board provides one column for each status. You can drag-and-drop posts to change their status between Draft, Pending Review, Published, Scheduled, and more. Click here to read about the Content Board. Notifications Notifications keep you and your team up to date on changes to important content. Users can be subscribed to notifications for any post, either individually or by selecting user groups. PublishPress Planner allows you to create powerful notification workflows based on post types, categories, status changes and much more. Click here to read about the Content Notifications. Slack Notifications This PublishPress Planner Pro feature integrates your notifications with Slack. You can send notifications directly to a Slack channel and even reply without logging into WordPress. Click here to read about the Slack Notifications. Reminder Notifications This PublishPress Planner Pro feature allows you to send notifications either before or after the publishing date for content. For example, before publication, you can send a reminder to editors, asking them to proof-read the post for publication. Or two or three days after publication, you can send a reminder to various team members, asking them to promote the post on social media. Click here to read about the Reminder Notifications. Join PublishPress and get the Pro plugins The Pro versions of the PublishPress plugins are well worth your investment. The Pro versions have extra features and faster support. Click here to join PublishPress. Join PublishPress and you’ll get access to these Pro plugins: PublishPress Authors Pro allows you to add multiple authors and guest authors to WordPress posts. PublishPress Blocks Pro has everything you need to build professional websites with the WordPress block editor. PublishPress Capabilities Pro is the plugin to manage your WordPress user roles, permissions, and capabilities. PublishPress Checklists Pro enables you to define tasks that must be completed before content is published. PublishPress Future Pro allows you to schedule changes to WordPress Posts. PublishPress Permissions Pro is the plugin for advanced WordPress permissions. PublishPress Planner Pro is the plugin for managing and scheduling WordPress content. PublishPress Revisions Pro allows you to update your published pages with teamwork and precision. PublishPress Series Pro enables you to group content together into a series. PublishPress Shortlinks Pro allows you to create custom URLs for your posts and external links. PublishPress Statuses Pro enables you to create additional publishing steps for your posts. Together, these plugins are a suite of powerful publishing tools for WordPress. If you need to create a professional workflow in WordPress, with moderation, revisions, permissions and more… then you should try PublishPress. How Does Planner Compare to Other Plugins? There are other Editorial Options for WordPress including SchedulePress, Nelio Content, Edit Flow, Coschedule and more. PublishPress Planner is significantly cheaper than CoSchedule with is a hosted SaaS service. Most people use Planner for free, whereas Coschedule costs for more than just 1 user. When compared to WordPress plugins, Planner stands out for its power and flexibility. Our aim is to give you all the power of a SaaS service, directly inside your WordPress site. PublishPress Planner was originally based on the Edit Flow plugin but has had more updates in recent years. Bug Reports Bug reports for PublishPress Planner are welcomed in our repository on GitHub. Please note that GitHub is not a support forum, and that issues that are not properly qualified as bugs will be closed. 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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!