Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs Smart Cycle Discounts – Scheduled, Recurring & AI-Built Pricing Campaigns for WooCommerce

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!

Automated dynamic pricing and scheduled sales for WooCommerce. Smart Cycle Discounts lets you create a discount campaign in minutes and run it on autopilot — sale prices apply on schedule, conflicts are caught before they cost you money, and your prices revert cleanly when the sale ends. Cycle AI — describe the sale you want in plain English and the AI drafts a complete campaign in seconds. It reads your real catalog, picks the right products and discount type, and drops everything into the wizard for your review. Keep chatting to refine (“make it 25% instead,” “limit to 200 uses”) and launch when you’re ready. No more editing products one by one. No more forgetting to end a sale. No more wondering which discount is overriding which. Pick your discount type (percentage off, BOGO, tiered pricing, and more), choose your products, set your schedule, and the plugin handles the rest — from activation to expiration, automatically. A built-in setup wizard scans your store on first install, detects conflicting plugins, and walks you through creating your first campaign. Most merchants are up and running in under 3 minutes. Video Tutorial Key Features Cycle AI — describe what you want in plain English, the AI drafts a store-aware campaign. Free: 10 drafts/month. Pro: 50/day Set it and forget it — campaigns activate and expire on schedule, no manual work Auto-apply or coupon code delivery — every campaign can either fire automatically at checkout or require a code customers enter, on every discount type (not just percentage/fixed) Percentage off, fixed amount, BOGO — all free, no upgrade required Tiered pricing, spend thresholds, bundles — available in Pro Recurring promotions — set up a “Weekend Sale” once, it repeats automatically Smart conflict detection — the plugin warns you before overlapping discounts cause problems Campaign Intelligence — tells you which promotions are working and what to do next 5-step wizard — create a campaign in minutes with guided setup and live preview Setup wizard — scans your store on first install, detects conflicts, gets you started fast Priority system — control exactly which discount wins when campaigns overlap Works with any theme — uses WooCommerce’s native sale price system Perfect For Stores running seasonal sales (Black Friday, holiday, summer) that need to start and stop on time Stores with multiple promotions that need to avoid conflicts and overlapping discounts Stores that want to automate recurring deals (weekly specials, daily flash sales) B2B and wholesale stores using role-based or tiered quantity pricing Anyone tired of manually editing product prices every time a sale starts or ends WooCommerce Discount Types and Dynamic Pricing Features Free version includes: Percentage discounts Fixed amount discounts BOGO (Buy One Get One) deals Coupon-code campaigns — require a shared code at checkout for any discount type URL auto-apply (?wsscd_code=YOURCODE) for sharing codes in emails and social posts Free shipping toggle inside campaign setup User role targeting (include/exclude roles) Location targeting by billing or shipping country Recurring campaign scheduling — certain weekdays, days of the month, or daily time windows Pro version adds: Tiered quantity discounts (volume pricing) Spend threshold discounts (cart-based conditions) Bundle deals (percentage, fixed, flat bundle pricing) Bulk unique-code generation (up to 50,000 single-use codes per campaign, CSV export) Single-use enforcement (lock a code to one redemption per code or per customer) Advanced discount-rule controls for deeper eligibility and margin protection Advanced subscription discount controls (when WooCommerce Subscriptions is active) Full analytics dashboard and advanced exports Advanced WooCommerce Promotion Engine Smart Cycle Discounts is built as a campaign system, not a one-off rule editor. Campaign lifecycle management (draft → scheduled → active → expired) Smart product targeting (all products, specific products, random products, categories, advanced filters) Timezone-aware scheduling automation Priority resolution when campaigns overlap Optimized caching and operations for larger WooCommerce catalogs WooCommerce Promotion Conflict Detection Before launch, Campaign Health and Campaign Intelligence evaluate operational risks including: Promotion conflicts and overlapping discounts Priority ties across concurrent campaigns Stock exposure and product readiness Schedule and timing consistency Discount integrity and risk indicators This shifts teams from reactive troubleshooting to proactive promotion control. WooCommerce Campaign Analytics and Intelligence Smart Cycle Discounts includes campaign-level operational insight so you can evaluate: Which campaigns are driving meaningful revenue Which discounted products perform best Which promotions should be scaled, paused, or redesigned The analytics dashboard helps stores optimize promotions instead of guessing which discounts work best. Advanced analytics depth and exports are available in Pro, while base Campaign Intelligence guidance is included in the free version. Popular WooCommerce Promotion Use Cases Smart Cycle Discounts can be used to run: WooCommerce BOGO campaigns WooCommerce bulk discount and tiered pricing campaigns WooCommerce scheduled sales and recurring promotions WooCommerce bundle discount campaigns and product packages WooCommerce flash sales and seasonal campaigns WooCommerce customer-segment discounts (roles and locations) WooCommerce coupon code campaigns (private codes for email blasts, influencer codes, loyalty rewards) WooCommerce promotion cycles with planned campaign scheduling Why Store Owners Switch to Smart Cycle Discounts Most discount plugins let you create rules. Smart Cycle Discounts lets you run promotions. Common problems with other discount plugins: Discounts calculated on-the-fly slow your store to a crawl “Sale” filter plugins can’t find your discounted products Two discounts overlap and customers get double savings you didn’t intend The free version is empty — every useful feature is locked behind Pro Uninstalling leaves leftover sale tags and data in your database How Smart Cycle Discounts is different: Sale badges and strikethrough on your storefront — discounts render through WooCommerce’s price filters, so your theme’s “Sale!” badge and crossed-out pricing appear automatically on shop, category, product, and search pages. No frontend JavaScript, and no bulk price rewrites on activation — active-campaign data is cached and product terms batch-loaded to keep pages fast. Built-in conflict detection — Campaign Intelligence catches overlapping discounts, priority ties, and pricing risks before your customers do. You’ll know about problems before they cost you money. Genuinely useful free version — percentage off, fixed amount, BOGO, scheduling, recurring campaigns, role targeting, and location targeting are all included free. No bait-and-switch. Clean uninstall — deactivating or removing the plugin restores your original prices and removes all plugin data. No leftover sale tags or orphaned database entries. Performance-first architecture — active campaigns are cached, product terms are batch-loaded, and admin assets only load on plugin pages. Your store stays fast. Documentation & Resources Getting started Installation guide Create your first campaign Free vs Pro features Guides Discount types reference Scheduling & recurring campaigns Cycle AI Use case walkthroughs Developer documentation Troubleshooting More Full documentation hub Plugin page WooCommerce discount calculator Changelog Support forum More from Webstepper TrustLens — Fraud Prevention & Chargeback Defense for WooCommerce — Smart Cycle Discounts grows your revenue; TrustLens protects it. It scores every customer 0–100 and catches return abuse, coupon fraud, fraud rings, and card-testing attacks before they hit your margin — all 8 detection modules free, and you stay in control: block, allowlist, or just watch. Get Started Install and activate the plugin The setup wizard scans your store and checks for conflicts Create your first campaign — describe it to Cycle AI or use the 5-step wizard Your discounts go live automatically — no product editing needed Need Help? Documentation Support Forum External Services This plugin’s Cycle AI feature (optional, opt-in) relies on a hosted AI service operated by Webstepper to generate campaign drafts from natural-language descriptions. What the service does. When you use Cycle AI, the plugin sends your typed prompt and a summary of your store catalog to Webstepper’s hosted endpoint at cycle-ai-proxy.usa-mv96.workers.dev. That endpoint verifies your plan tier with Freemius, enforces a per-plan usage quota, then forwards the request to OpenAI (api.openai.com). OpenAI generates the campaign draft, which is returned to your site and rendered in the Cycle AI chat panel for your review. The draft is never published as a live campaign until you explicitly approve and save it through the wizard. What data is sent. Your typed prompt and the conversation history for the current draft. A summary of your store catalog: product names, IDs, category names, tag names, and category product counts. Used so the AI can reference real products and categories when drafting campaigns. Your Freemius install ID, anonymous install UID, and (if you have a Pro license) your license secret key. Used to validate your plan tier and enforce quotas. What data is NOT sent. The plugin does not transmit customer names, customer email addresses, order data, transaction history, or any personally identifiable information about your shoppers. When data is sent. Only when you explicitly click a button that invokes Cycle AI (typing a prompt and pressing Send, or refining an existing draft). The plugin does not make any background calls to the service. Consent. Before the first Cycle AI call, the plugin shows a consent modal listing exactly what data will be sent and linking to Webstepper’s privacy policy and terms of service. No data is transmitted until you accept. You can revoke consent at any time by disabling the feature. Providers and policies. Webstepper (hosted AI service, rate limiting, tier validation): Privacy Policy — Terms of Service OpenAI (the underlying language model): Privacy Policy — Terms of Use If you do not use Cycle AI, no external service calls are made by this plugin.