SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager 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!

SEO Redirection is a complete redirect manager for WordPress. Create, edit, and track 301/302/307 redirects from a single dashboard — no FTP, no .htaccess editing, and no developer knowledge required. Whether you are migrating a site, restructuring permalinks, cleaning up after a redesign, or recovering lost traffic from broken links, SEO Redirection keeps your old URLs pointing to the right destinations and your visitors out of dead ends. Why use SEO Redirection? Protect your SEO ranking — redirects are created automatically whenever a post or page URL changes. Recover lost traffic — turn 404 errors into proper redirects with a single click. Migrate sites painlessly — redirect old paths, entire folders, or whole domains in bulk. Stay GDPR-compliant — configurable IP logging levels for every jurisdiction. Works on any host — pure WordPress, no Apache or Nginx configuration required. Redirect Management Create 301, 302, and 307 redirects in a couple of clicks. Wildcard and regular-expression patterns to match many URLs at once. Folder redirection — move an entire directory and all its content in one rule. Redirect index.php, index.html, and index.htm. Add redirects directly from the post/page editor via the Redirection Box. Quick-add redirects from the WordPress admin toolbar. Redirect-loop detection prevents ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS at both save-time and runtime. 404 Error Tracking Automatic discovery and logging of every 404 hit on your site. Fix Google Search Console crawl errors (404 & soft 404) without leaving WordPress. One-click “convert this 404 into a redirect”. Full IP, browser, OS, country, and referrer data for every error. Conditional & Advanced Redirects Redirect based on login status, referrer, or to random pages. Redirect any URL — not just non-existent ones. Full support for emojis and international URLs. Campaign-link redirects (works correctly with fbclid, utm_source, gclid, msclkid, etc.). Logging & Statistics Hit counts and last-access timestamps for every redirect. Complete redirect history — searchable, sortable, exportable. Per-redirect statistics show when, where, and how often a URL was hit. Import & Export Import existing rules from the popular “Redirection” plugin. Full import/export to keep staging and production environments in sync. Multi-language Support WPML integration for multilingual sites. Privacy & GDPR Configurable IP logging — collect full, partial, or no IP data to match the legal requirements of your region. Compatibility WordPress 4.1 → 6.9+ PHP 7.0 → 8.4 PRO Version Need more? Upgrade to SEO Redirection PRO for additional features and priority support.