Security Ninja For MainWP vs Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

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!

Security Ninja helps you identify vulnerabilities and harden the security of your WordPress websites. Paired with MainWP, you can now manage and monitor all your connected sites from one central location. This MainWP extension brings Security Ninja into your MainWP dashboard so you can manage and monitor all connected sites from one place. Free version: Run Security Ninja’s Security Tests and Core Scanner remotely on one or more child sites. View results for all connected sites: vulnerabilities (plugins and themes), Security Tests table, Core Scanner summary, and Malware Scanner summary (last run and count when scans are available on the child site). The Security Ninja column in the MainWP Sites table shows test score and vulnerability count. The extension main page is the All Events overview (with a Pro upsell message for free users). Pro version: Everything in Free, plus: remote Malware Scanner (included when you use “Run all security scans” or dedicated malware scan actions, on Pro child sites); unified events log with filters and search; full malware scan file list on the per-site tab; White Label bulk action to manage child site settings; Update database tables (bulk and per-site); Pro Reports tokens for Security Ninja data. Event logs and full malware details require Security Ninja Pro on child sites. Note: To view event logs and scan data, your child sites must have Security Ninja Pro installed. You can still monitor free sites from the MainWP dashboard, but features like event logging only work if those sites also have premium features enabled. The “Update database tables” action requires Security Ninja 5.271 or newer on the child site. Remote IP management and enriched event details require Security Ninja 5.285+ on child sites and Security Ninja for MainWP 2.1.0+ on the dashboard. This extension helps you save time, stay in control, and manage security across all your sites—whether you’re handling a handful or hundreds. MainWP is an invaluable tool for those who manage multiple WordPress websites. To combine the two, you need to install this extension on your master MainWP website. Links and Documentation Security Ninja for MainWP Extension Page Get Started with MainWP and Security Ninja Install the Security Ninja MainWP extension from within the MainWP dashboard Login to your MainWP dashboard Navigate to WP > Plugins Search for ‘Security Ninja MainWP’ Install and activate the plugin Install the Security Ninja MainWP extension manually Download the plugin Login to your MainWP dashboard Navigate to WP > Plugins Click Add New and then Upload Plugin Browse to the file, select it and click Install Now Click Activate Plugin once prompted.