Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs WP User Manager – User Profile Builder & Membership

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!

The most customizable profiles & community builder WordPress plugin WP User Manager lets you create highly customizable user profiles together with custom user registration, login, password recovery and account customization forms to your WordPress website. WP User Manager is the best solution to manage your community. Powerful and flexible, yet easy to setup and use. With WP User Manager you can create almost any type of WordPress membership website where your visitors can join and become members. Create a custom login page, have full control over the registration form, give your site a member area, let the users manage their user data. Website | Addons | Documentation | Support Features included Frontend forms: Allow users to register and login from the front of the site. Customize the registration form with custom fields to collect data Stripe integration: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more Custom email notifications: Customize the emails sent to users when the register, reset their password and more Custom avatars: Users can edit their site avatar by uploading an image from the account page Elegant user profiles: All users have a public profile page to display their data Shortcodes editor: Easily add the plugin shortcodes to pages or posts with the shortcode generator and editor Roles editor: Edit roles and their capabilities. Create new roles and duplicate existing ones Beautiful user directories: Display users in a directories that can be displayed anywhere on the site SEO URLs: All the URLs are SEO friendly Content restriction: Restrict content for certain users, by logged in status, or by role Passwords management: Allow users to update their password from their account page Custom fields editor: Create custom user fields that can be used to collect data on registration Custom widgets: Display user data and forms in sidebars using widgets Custom redirects: Control where the users are redirected to on login, registration and more Powerful tools: Tools to be in control of your site and who registers Developers friendly: Customize and integrate with other plugins with a large number of hooks and filters Extensive documentation: Full documentation and expert support Translation Ready – The plugin and addons are fully localized ready for translation Read more about our features on wpusermanager.com Premium Features For more advanced functionality check out the pricing page. Custom Fields: Add custom fields to members profiles and registration forms WooCommerce: Integration with WooCommerce. Collect payment at registration, allow members to update their billing and shipping addresses, display product purchases, reviews and more! Stripe Pro: Integration with Stripe. Collect payment at registration with Stripe, restrict access to your site, remove the commission fees. User Verification: Send a verification link via email upon registration or manually approve users before they can login Groups: Give your users the ability to create and join groups Security: Add password security features and user login management features Registration Forms: Create unlimited registration forms, create multi-step forms, customize forms with HTML, and have full control over form settings Frontend Posting: Allow your users to submit posts and other content from the frontend Advanced Custom Fields: Collect ACF user data at registration and allow users to see and edit the data on their profile Social Login & Registration: Allow your users to quickly login and register with their favorite social network account, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & Instagram Private Content: Provide private content for all your users, as well as user specific content so you can tailor for each member Mailchimp: Sync users with Mailchimp upon registration & more Google reCAPTCHA: Stop spam registrations on your website for free Content Restriction Plus: One-click restriction to posts, pages and custom post types Likes: Allow your users to like posts, pages and other content hCaptcha: Stop more bots. Start protecting user privacy with hCaptcha WPML: Translate your custom fields, field groups, registration forms, and emails using WPML Personal Data: Allows the user to request an export of personal data and request erasure of personal data from the account page for GDPR compliance Delete Account: Allows the user to delete their own profile from the frontend account page Free Extensions Newsletter: Subscribe your members to your Newsletter plugin lists easily during registration Username Length: Set minimum and maximum characters length for usernames Translations Want to add a new language to WP User Manager? Awesome! You can contribute via translate.wordpress.org. Please read the official translation tutorial for more information. Support Support is provided only through the support forum. Join the support forum to ask questions and get help regarding WP User Manager. Free support is provided exclusively for bugs and help using the plugin. Please read the support policy https://wpusermanager.com/support-policy/. Before opening a support topic please read the faqs and documentation. Support for premium addons is provided exclusively through the premium support platform. Support for premium addons cannot be provided through WordPress.org due to the rules put in place by the WordPress.org team.