Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) vs WPC Smart Messages 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!

Showing on-site messages are proven to greatly improve the customer engagement, avoid errors in the purchase process and keep your customers stay informed about the latest promotions and discounts. WPC Smart Messages for WooCommerce provides a series of powerful features for creating sophisticated combinations of conditions and sources and displaying custom personalized, automatic real-time messages. Getting your message across effectively to all customers and visitors of your site is even easier with a lot of other WPC features integrated, which enhances the power of on-site messaging for online stores. Any kind of on-site messages can be crafted: purchase notice, sale event announcement, account alerts, transactional errors, etc. and placed on any wished position. Using shortcode, icon, image or custom codes and place to make your messages stand out and place them anywhere using action hooks to grab visitors’ attention in a matter of seconds. Live demo Get a preview of how messages can do wonders for your site. Beautiful examples and more Great Benefits Inform promotional news & notice to visitors Engage and convert visitors into customers Enhance the user experience & compliance Facilitate faster deal closing and payment process Reduce customer support cost & cart abandonment Key Features Place messages on all pages, single product pages, shop/archive pages, etc. Insert messages on custom page using action hooks General: informative notices, error alerts, freeship & order payment success logs, etc. Display personalized messages for different user roles Positions on archive/shop pages: before/after products, titles, prices Positions on single product pages: before/after titles, summary, prices, excerpt, add to cart, meta, product tabs, related products, sharing, etc. Positions on cart page: before/after cart, cart table Positions on checkout page: before/after checkout, customer details, shipping & billing address Complex conditional combination: date & time, user role, product types, categories, tags, attributes, on-sale & out of stock products, etc. Message text supports shortcode, icon, link, & image Comprehensive list of built-in shortcode Compatible with WPC Countdown Timer shortcode Compatible with the WPC Brands plugin Compatible with WPC Smart Quick View & WPC Fly Cart Types of On-site Messages Using this plugin, online shop owners can craft any kind of messages, notices or alerts to deliver what they need to inform or tell customers & visitors and place in the relevant position to make sure they can take effect as expected. Basically, users can process 3 types of messages: general notices, marketing messages & transactional notices. General notices General notices can be placed across the store, on all pages or custom selected pages. It’s often about the recent changes or important pieces of information that customers should know before adding any products to the cart or placing their order. Holiday break or vacation leave notices Changes in business hours of the store Special management amid crisis, illness, covid, etc. General policy notices Marketing Messages As a marketing strategy, showing on-site messages is one of the most proficient but still simple ways to inform and educate visitors about what they need to pay attention to. Introduce limited-time offers, give away, or sales events Cross-sell & up-sell product suggestion Remind when the product is on sale or ready for preorder Urge customers with the low-threshold notice Notify when a product is nearly out of stock or will be restocked Remind customers of checking out valid discounts, gifts, or coupons Personalized message: related products that buyers might be interested in Encourage social sharing and referral for products Transactional Notices Transactional notices are reminders of the buyer’s account, the special points that customers need to pay attention to during the payment process or delivery time. Any delays or special notes can be informed to customers promptly right on the cart and checkout pages to make sure they have acknowledged everything they need to know. This will avoid misunderstandings and reduce the refund/ return rate. Notify the order processing time or purchase limit Encourage order value increase for free shipping or gifts Introduce available payment methods, installment or quote Inform the estimated packing and delivery time Custom cart and checkout messages Guide customers in filling out billing details & addresses Encourage buyers to subscribe or log in when purchasing Real-time Automatic Messages Users can combine a number of date and time conditions to configure how and when the messages are visible on the site. When users insert the built-in shortcode into the message text, the displayed date and time will be calculated in real time. To strengthen the effectiveness and emphasize the urgency of the time-sensitive content, they can also use the shortcode from the WPC Countdown Timer plugin to show a beautiful real-time countdown clock. The conditions can be complex or simple based on users’ preferences and configurations: date & time, user role, product categories, tags, brands, types, attributes, etc. It’s even possible to filter special product types such as Smart Bundles, Smart Composite and Smart Grouped Products to display customized messages on them. The WPC Brands is a free plugin from WPClever that allows users to create and manage products by brand. Combining these two plugins, users can process and display messages on branded products with ease. WPC Smart Messages will automatically provide the precise display based on the real-time calculation of the date-time, stock, item count, cart count, cart total, discount amount or percentage, product price’s configurations. Sample messages: The Black Friday event will start in 2 days 10 hours. There are 1000 people interested in this product. 200 customers have pre-ordered this. Preorder for this product will be closed on June 06. Hurry up, only 4 days left. This product price will change back to $100 in 5 days 19 hours. You will save $40 for purchasing this bundle right now. Hurry up, offer ends soon. Purchase this product right now to enjoy 20%. Offer is available in 5 days only. Your cart total is $45. Purchase $50 more to enjoy free shipping. Your cart has 5 products, add 4 more items to get a free gift for your order. Nice, you have just successfully purchased an item from X company. Here are some hand-picked products from X company that you might be interested in. This product is only compatible with some models. Check out the list of compatible products here. This product is out of stock now. It will be restocked within 10 days. Our store will be away for the Christmas celebration after 20 days 10 hours. We will be back on December 26, 2022. Smart Messages on Quick View & Fly Cart What’s more, WPC Smart Messages is integrated into WPC Smart Quick View and WPC Fly Cart, so they can work in sync with each other. Sellers can display custom messages right on the Quick View and Fly Cart popup to enhance the effectiveness and deliver meaningful pieces of information to visitors no matter which corner they are in. Smart Messages with Radio Buttons & Smart Bundles WPC Smart Messages have specific positions for displaying messages on variable products’ product pages using WPC Variations Radio Buttons interface. Plus, on Smart Bundle’s pages, users can also choose some particular places for showing Smart Messages properly and grab the attention better. Need more features? Please try other plugins from us: WPC Smart Compare WPC Smart Quick View WPC Smart Wishlist WPC Smart Notification WPC AJAX Add to Cart