Vulnity Security vs Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN

Vulnity Security brings enterprise-grade threat detection to WordPress. It connects your site to Vulnity’s SIEM platform, correlates events, and alerts you before issues become incidents. Features Real-time security event collection and forwarding to Vulnity SIEM. Dashboard widgets that highlight critical findings and remediation steps. Scheduled security scans for core files, plugins, and themes. Centralized logging compatible with major SOC workflows. Integration Requirements To receive alerts, configure an API token and endpoint URL provided by your Vulnity SIEM account. Detailed configuration instructions are displayed after activating the plugin under Vulnity > Settings. WordPress Multisite is not supported in Vulnity Security 1.4.0. Network activation and subsite activation are blocked to avoid mixing configuration, firewall storage, cron jobs, or uninstall cleanup between subsites. Vulnity Security 1.4.0 requires WordPress 6.2 or newer. Older WordPress versions are blocked fail-safe so the plugin stays inactive instead of registering security, firewall, cron, REST, or SIEM behavior on an unsupported runtime. External Services This plugin connects to Vulnity’s external API hosted on Supabase Edge Functions (domain: euxnoekqasvzwfcbybkg.supabase.co, base URL https://euxnoekqasvzwfcbybkg.supabase.co/functions/v1) to power SIEM alerts, inventory sync, and mitigation updates. What the service is and what it is used for: Vulnity SIEM API for pairing/unpairing, heartbeat checks, sending alerts, testing connectivity, syncing inventory, and receiving mitigation policies. Endpoints used: /pair-plugin, /unpair-plugin (pairing and disconnecting the site). /heartbeat (periodic health check). /connection-test (manual connection test). /scan-site-info (inventory sync). /generic-alert, /brute-force-alert, /file-security-alert, /manage-user, /user-management-alert, /permission-change-alert, /file-editor-alert, /plugin-change-alert, /theme-change-alert, /core-update-alert, /suspicious-query-alert, /scanner-detected-alert (security alerts). /mitigation-config, /mitigation-update (mitigation policy sync and block/unblock updates). /delegated-login-callback (audit confirmation of a delegated wp-admin login, signed with the reinforced v2 scheme). Assisted connection (linking token): From the Vulnity panel you can start an assisted connection instead of copying a Site ID and Pairing Code. The panel issues a single-use, short-lived (15 minute) linking token and hands it to this site with a server-side POST to wp-admin; the plugin stores it in a transient tied to your user account and renders a confirmation card that names the organization and the registered domain. The bearer is never placed in the URL, the fragment, the DOM, the page HTML or any browser JavaScript. Confirming requires a valid nonce and re-authentication with your current WordPress password; only then does the plugin exchange the token for the site credentials against /pair-plugin over HTTPS, server-side. The exchange only succeeds when this site’s URL matches the domain registered in the panel, the pending token is discarded after three failed confirmations, and redirects are never followed for these requests. What data is sent and when: Pairing/unpairing: site ID and pair code (manual mode) or the single-use linking token (assisted mode), the site URL and home URL, plugin/WordPress/PHP versions, and timestamp when pairing or disconnecting occurs. Heartbeat: site ID, URLs, site metadata (name, language, timezone, theme), and runtime info (plugin/WordPress/PHP versions, latency) on a scheduled interval. Alerts: site ID, alert type/severity, timestamps, and event details (such as IP address, user/action metadata, or file change context) whenever a security event is detected. Inventory sync: site inventory details (installed plugins/themes/core metadata) when inventory sync runs. Mitigation: site ID, block/unblock actions, IP address, reason, duration, and rule metadata when mitigation rules are synced or enforcement actions occur. Why the data is sent: To associate the site with your Vulnity account, deliver security alerts to the SIEM, validate connectivity, synchronize inventory and mitigation policies, and keep firewall enforcement consistent. Policies: See the Vulnity Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for details on how data is handled. License This plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0 or later. You are free to redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GPL as published by the Free Software Foundation. The complete license text is included in the bundled license.txt file and is also available online at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

Compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load automatically with the powerful Smush image optimizer to keep your WordPress site fast, without losing quality. Smush makes it easy to optimize images, compress images, and deliver images faster across your entire WordPress site. This all-in-one image optimizer automatically reduces image file sizes, enables image lazy load, and serves modern formats like WebP and AVIF, all without breaking image quality or adding extra work. Whether you’re running a blog, store, or portfolio, Smush helps you optimize images at scale and keep your site fast with a trusted WordPress image optimizer. Trusted by 1+ Million Sites | 4.8/5 Star Rating Get everything you need to optimize images and speed up your site. Smush works out of the box with no complicated setup – just install and let it handle the rest. Compress images without losing quality Reduce image file size automatically while keeping your images sharp and clear. Smush is an easy-to-use image optimizer which let’s you compress images using both lossless and lossy compression, giving you the best balance of quality and performance without extra work. You can also compress images outside the media library using Directory Smush, making it easy to optimize images stored in theme folders, plugins, or other directories on your server. Lazy load images for faster pages Enable image lazy load across your site so images load only when needed. This image optimizer improves initial page speed and creates a smoother experience for visitors without extra configuration. Serve WebP and AVIF images automatically (PRO) Convert images to WebP and AVIF and serve them automatically to supported browsers. Smush helps you optimize images using next-gen formats to reduce file size and improve load times across your WordPress site. Deliver images faster with an Image CDN (PRO) Serve images through a global image CDN to reduce latency and improve load times for visitors around the world. 119 global CDN servers Up to 500 GB of bandwidth Faster image delivery based on visitor location Improved performance for image-heavy and high-traffic sites Automatically resize and fix image dimensions (PRO) Eliminate common PageSpeed warnings and improve layout stability with automatic image sizing. Smush dynamically resizes images to perfectly fit their containers, regardless of original size, helping fix the “Properly size images” warning in Google PageSpeed Insights. It also automatically adds missing width and height attributes to your images, improving rendering speed and reducing layout shifts. This helps you meet the “Ensure images have explicit width and height” recommendation without any manual work. Optimize your entire site, automatically Smush works across your whole site as a powerful image optimizer to optimize images as you upload them and maintain performance over time without manual work. Optimize images automatically on upload Compress images in bulk or individually Works with your existing media library No need to re-upload images Enable image lazy load across your site Convert images to WebP and AVIF Deliver images with an integrated image CDN Automatically resize and serve correctly sized images Optimize images outside the media library with Directory Smush Built for performance Smush improves page speed and overall performance by reducing image weight and improving how images are delivered. Reduce page load times Improve user experience Better performance for image-heavy pages Supports image lazy load and preload images (PRO) for faster perceived performance Works with your existing setup Smush is built to work with your current WordPress setup, including popular themes, page builders, and plugins. Compatible with Gutenberg, Elementor, WPBakery, and more Works with WooCommerce stores No need to change your workflow Easy to enable and configure Designed to be simple You don’t need to be a performance expert to optimize images with Smush image optimizer. Works out of the box Simple settings when you need them No technical knowledge required Safe to use on any site Why choose Smush? There are plenty of image optimization plugins, but Smush focuses on making it easy to optimize images, compress images, and improve performance without complexity. As a leading WordPress image optimizer, Smush gives you powerful optimization tools without the technical hassle. Trusted by over 1 million WordPress users Built specifically for WordPress Regular updates and improvements Backed by the WPMU DEV team Get started in minutes Install Smush, activate it, and start to compress images, optimize images, and enable image lazy load right away. This easy-to-use image optimizer helps most sites see improvements immediately without changing how they upload or manage images. About Us WPMU DEV is a premium supplier of quality WordPress plugins, services and support. Learn more here: https://wpmudev.com/ Don’t forget to stay up to date on everything WordPress from the Internet’s number one resource: WPMU DEV Blog Hey, one more thing… we hope you enjoy our free offerings as much as we’ve loved making them for you! Contact and Credits Originally written by Alex Dunae at Dialect (dialect.ca, e-mail ‘alex’ at ‘dialect dot ca’), 2008-11.