Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery

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!

SMS Alert is a WooCommerce SMS plugin for OTP verification, order notifications, abandoned cart recovery, stock alerts, login with OTP, and SMS automation. It helps store owners: • Reduce fake COD orders • Recover lost sales • Improve customer communication • Send real-time SMS alerts This plugin requires an account with SMS Alert to send SMS messages. Demo accounts include free test credits. 🎥 Setup Video: Why Use WooCommerce SMS Notifications? Email open rates are declining. SMS messages have higher open and response rates. SMS Alert is built for WooCommerce workflows, including: • OTP verification • COD validation • Abandoned cart recovery • Multivendor notifications • Booking reminders • CRM-triggered SMS automation With WooCommerce SMS Alert, you can: ✔ Improve order confirmation reliability ✔ Reduce fake orders using OTP verification ✔ Recover abandoned carts via automated SMS ✔ Send low stock and back-in-stock alerts ✔ Enable login and registration with OTP ✔ Notify admins instantly about new orders Perfect For • eCommerce stores • Multivendor marketplaces • Booking websites • LMS websites • Membership sites • Indian WooCommerce stores requiring DLT compliant SMS Popular Use Cases • WooCommerce OTP verification • Login with OTP • Order status SMS alerts • Abandoned cart recovery SMS • DLT compliant SMS notifications • Multivendor WooCommerce SMS alerts • Booking confirmation SMS Core Features 📦 WooCommerce Order SMS Notifications • SMS alerts for new orders • Admin SMS notifications • SMS for all order statuses • Custom SMS templates • Dynamic order variables support 🔐 OTP Verification (One Time Password) • OTP for order confirmation • OTP only for COD orders (optional) • Login with OTP • Registration with OTP • Reset password with OTP • Role-based OTP verification • Limit resend attempts • Country-based OTP restriction 🛒 Abandoned Cart Recovery • Capture abandoned carts automatically • Send reminder SMS alerts • Recover lost sales • Track cart recovery performance • Compatible with block-based checkout 📢 Stock & Inventory Alerts • Low stock alert to admin • Out of stock alert • Back in stock notifier for customers • Real-time inventory SMS updates 📊 Campaign & Customer Sync • Sync customers to groups in SMS Alert dashboard • Send promotional SMS campaigns • Daily SMS balance report • Low balance alert 🧩 Developer Friendly Hooks available to: • Send SMS programmatically • Modify SMS content before sending • Capture SMS API responses • Extend WooCommerce SMS triggers Integrations Compatible with 50+ WordPress plugins including: • Form builder plugins • Booking and appointment plugins • Membership and CRM tools • Multivendor and WooCommerce extensions Form Builders 👨 Contact Form 7 to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Ninja Forms to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 WPForms to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Fluent Forms to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Gravity Forms to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Elementor Website Builder to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Formidable Form Builder to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Forminator Contact form to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder to send notification to customer and admins 👨 Jetform to send notification to customer and admins 👨 Everest Forms to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Form Maker Plugin to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 WS Form to send notification to customer and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP Membership, LMS & User Management 👨 UsersWP – User Registration & User Profile support mobile number verification via OTP during registration and allows users to log in using OTP instead of a password. 👨 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin to send notifications to student and admin, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 ARMember to send notification to users and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP 👨 Membership pro to send notification to users and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP and also send reminder notifications 👨 New User Approve to send notifications to users regarding their status updates. Booking Integrations 👨 WooCommerce Bookings to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Booking Calendar to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Bookit Calendar to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Easy Appointments to send appointment confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Amelia Booking Plugin to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Simply Schedule Appointments Booking Plugin to send appointment confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Quick Restaurant Reservation to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Five Star Restaurant Reservations to send booking confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 gAppointments to send appointment confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 salon booking system to send appointment confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. 👨 Booknetic to send appointment confirmation to customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications. CRM & Marketing 👨 Fluent CRM to send automated notifications to customers and admins 👨 WP ERP to send automated notifications to customers and admins 👨 Jetpack CRM to send automated notifications to customers and admins 👨 Uncanny Automator to send automated notifications to customers and admins 👨 Groundhogg to send automated notifications to customers and admins 👨 Wp Fusion plugin to capture the data in smsalert group Marketplace, Affiliates & Community 👨 Affiliates Manager to send notification to Affiliates and admin 👨 WP adverts to send notification to author, customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications 👨 WPCafe plugin to send notification to author, customers and admin, and also send reminder notifications WooCommerce Extensions 👨 Product Vendors 👨 Returns and Warranty Requests to send RMA status update to customer 👨 WooCommerce Subscriptions 👨 Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce to send notifications to drivers and verify the order with an OTP during delivery. 👨 Woocommerce Simple Auctions 👨 WP Loyalty to send notifications to customers 👨 TeraWallet – For WooCommerce to send credit and debit transaction notifications to customers. Support & Helpdesk 👨 awesome support to send notifications to customers and admin Digital Store Integrations 👨 Easy Digital Downloads to send support notifications to customers and admins, and verify mobile number through OTP Events & Travel Integrations 👨 Events Manager to send event booking confirmation to customer and admin 👨 WP Travel Engine to send event booking confirmation to customer and admin, and verify mobile number through OTP And many more. Compatibility 👉 Sequential Order Numbers Pro to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 WooCommerce Order Status Manager to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Admin Custom Order Fields to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Shipment Tracking to send delivery notifications to customers and admin 👉 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce to send delivery notifications to customers and admin 👉 Aftership – WooCommerce Tracking to send delivery notifications to customers and admin 👉 Ultimate Member to verify mobile number through OTP 👉 Member Mouse to send notifications to customers, and admins, and also send reminder notifications. 👉 Pie Register to verify mobile number through OTP 👉 WP-Members Membership Plugin 👉 User Registration to verify mobile number through OTP 👉 Easy Registration Forms 👉 RegistrationMagic Plugin to verify mobile number through OTP 👉 Profile Builder to verify mobile number through OTP 👉 Buddypress to verify mobile number through OTP and Login With OTP 👉 Dokan Multivendor Marketplace to send notifications to vendor and verify their number during signup. 👉 MultiVendorX Marketplace to send notifications to vendor and verify their number during signup. 👉 WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Claim GST for Woocommerce to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 WooCommerce Multi-Step Checkout 👉 WooCommerce Serial Numbers to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Return Refund and Exchange For WooCommerce to send notifications to customers and admin 👉 Local Pickup Plus to send notifications to store manager 👉 Raffle ticket generator to send notifications to customers and admin Support We provide 24×7 email support for this plugin • Email support: [email protected] • Feature requests: WordPress support forum This plugin requires an account with SMS Alert to send SMS messages. 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