PushAlert – Web Push Notifications for WordPress and WooCommerce vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

PushAlert plugin for WordPress Web Push Notifications automates integration, and allows your users to subscribe to push notifications. It also adds an easy to use interface right next to the editor, which lets you push notifications automatically on publishing a post. Benefits of PushAlert Browser Notifications for WordPress and WooCommerce: Push Notifications have up to 10 times better click-through rate than traditional marketing methods like emails and very high visibility even without being clicked. Engaging visitors at the right time gets more clicks and increases your traffic instantly. It also helps in bringing back visitors to your website. Easier to get a lot of subscriptions as Push Notifications don’t require any personal information. WooCommerce stores also get (Only on PushAlert!) automated abandoned cart notifications, price-drop and product back in stock alerts to boost sales by as much as 30% as well as shipment notifications with tracking button. Works on both Desktop and Mobile devices (without app) even when browser is closed. Here are some more features to give your website an instant boost: Broader Reach: PushAlert Web Push Notifications work on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Opera on both desktop and mobile devices. It works across all major OS platforms including Windows, iOS 16.4+, iPadOS 16.4+, MacOS (OSX), Linux, ChromeOS as well as Android. Audience Creator: Target specific subscribers based on their interests, location, URL and other custom parameters for more effective re-engagement and higher conversions. Welcome Drip: With the welcome drip campaign you can send a series of notifications to new subscribers. With these you can automate customer on-boarding, engagement and direct the way they navigate your website. Conversion Funnels: Create a funnel playbook for your subscribers based on which products they visit on your store. With a browse abandoned funnel, you can not only bring more leads but also minimize drop-off from your website. RSS Push and NewsLetter: You can now send automatic notifications whenever a post is published using your RSS feed. A recurring newsletter notification with the top posts of the day, can now also be sent at a scheduled time everyday, right from the PushAlert Dashboard. Complete Localization with Multi-lingual Support: PushAlert prompts can now be shown in any language and a single notification can be sent in multiple languages, automatically delivered in the subscriber’s language. Timezone based scheduling: Schedule notifications based on the timezone of your subscribers to reach them when they are active, resulting in more engagement and higher revenue. A/B Notification: By creating two variants of the same notification with different title, message and images; PushAlert’s intelligent algorithm determines which version works best and sends it for better conversion. Segmentation with Advanced Targeting: With segments, you can personalize notifications for your customers based on their interests. We already have segments based on Location, Device, Browser and OS. Schedule Notifications: If you have any deals, announcement that needs to be sent at a particular time, you can easily schedule that beforehand. Advanced Stats: With our stats you can clearly see which notifications are fetching better engagement with real-time click-through rate. PushAlert’s Fully Automated WooCommerce Marketing Solution: Abandoned Cart Notifications: On average, 70% of all carts are abandoned but most of them are recoverable by reaching out to customers at the right time. PushAlert lets you recover lost sales with automated and personalized abandoned cart notifications, when customers forget to checkout. In-Stock Notifications: Now you won’t loose any customer even when a product is out of stock, customers can subscribe to alerts and will get a direct notification (automated) on their phone or PC as soon as the product they wanted is back in stock with a direct Add to Cart button (Only on PushAlert!). Price Drop Notifications: You may have already spent a lot on marketing and bringing customers to your store, but many of them leave without making a purchase, sometimes a higher price than what they were willing to pay could be a reason. With PushAlert, your customers will automatically get to know when a product they like is on sale or at a discount with an Add to Cart button (Only on PushAlert!). In essence, no additional spending on marketing for promoting a sale. Shipment Alerts: Want to let customers know that their order is on the way, PushAlert sends real-time automated notifications with tracking details. Send Notification to Individual Customers: Right from the WordPress Dashboard, you can directly target a single user with their email ID or user ID to send personalized notification. You can start with a lifetime free account with unlimited notifications and as you grow, move to one of the paid plans for more features. With PushAlert you can convert your visitors into customers and keep them coming back to your website. All online businesses, e-commerce stores and blogs are implementing push notifications, and it’s time you do too. If you’ve any query or issue, please get in touch with us at [email protected] Configuration Add the Website ID, Rest API Key, Configuration ID and FCM/GCM Sender ID from the Integrate section of your PushAlert dashboard.

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!