Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate.

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)

<p>Easily improve site security with WordPress Hardening, Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), Login Protection, Vulnerability Detection and SSL certificate.</p>
<h3>Really simple, Effective and Performant WordPress Security</h3>
<p>Really Simple Security is the most lightweight and easy-to-use security plugin for WordPress. It secures your WordPress website with SSL certificate generation, properly enforcing en redirecting to https, scanning for possible vulnerabilities, Login Protection and implementing essential WordPress hardening features.</p>
<p>We believe that security should have the absolute minimum effect on website performance, user experience and maintainability. Therefore, Really Simple Security is:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Lightweight:</strong> Every security feature is developed with a modular approach and with performance in mind. Disabled features won&#8217;t load any redundant code.</li>
<li><strong>Easy-to-use:</strong> 1-minute configuration with short onboarding setup.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Security Features</h3>
<h4>Easy SSL Migration</h4>
<p>Migrates your website to HTTPS and enforces SSL in just one click.</p>
<ul>
<li>301 redirect via PHP or .htaccess</li>
<li>Secure cookies</li>
<li>Let&#8217;s Encrypt: Install an SSL Certificate if your hosting provider supports manual installation.</li>
<li>Server Health Check: Your server configuration is every bit as important for your website security.</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress Hardening</h4>
<p>Tweak your configuration and keep WordPress fortified and safe by tackling potential weaknesses.</p>
<ul>
<li>Prevent code execution in the uploads folder</li>
<li>Prevent login feedback and disable user enumeration</li>
<li>Disable XML-RPC</li>
<li>Disable directory browsing</li>
<li>Username restrictions (block &#8216;admin&#8217; and public names)</li>
<li>and much more..</li>
</ul>
<h4>Vulnerability Detection</h4>
<p>Get notified when plugins, themes or WP core contain vulnerabilities and need appropriate action.</p>
<h4>Login Protection</h4>
<p>Allow or enforce Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for specific user roles. Users receive a two-factor code via Email.</p>
<h3>Improve Security with Really Simple Security Pro</h3>
<p><a href="https://really-simple-ssl.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Protect your site with all essential security features by upgrading to Really Simple Security Pro.</a></p>
<h4>Advanced SSL enforcement</h4>
<ul>
<li>Mixed Content Scan &amp; Fixer. Detect files that are requested over HTTP and fix it, both Front- and Back-end.</li>
<li>Enable HTTP Strict Transport Security and configure your site for the HSTS Preload list.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Firewall</h4>
<p>Really Simple Security Pro includes a performant and efficient WordPress firewall, to stop bots, crawlers and bad actors with IP and username blocks.</p>
<ul>
<li>404 blocking &#8211; Blocks crawlers as they trigger unusual numbers of 404 errors.</li>
<li>Region blocking &#8211; Only allow/block access to your site from specific regions.</li>
<li>Automated and customisable Firewall rules.</li>
<li>IP blocklist and allowlist.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Security Headers</h4>
<p>Security headers protect your site visitors against the risk of clickjacking, cross-site-forgery attacks, stealing login credentials and malware.</p>
<ul>
<li>Independent of your Server Configuration, works on Apache, LiteSpeed, NGINX, etc.</li>
<li>Protect your website visitors with X-XSS Protection, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, a Referrer Policy and CORS headers.</li>
<li>Automatically generate your WordPress-tailored Content Security Policy.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Vulnerability Measures</h4>
<p>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&#8217;t remain unattended.</p>
<ul>
<li>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.</li>
<li>Quarantine: When a plugin or theme can&#8217;t be updated to solve a vulnerability, Really Simple Security can quarantine the plugin.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Advanced Site Hardening</h4>
<ul>
<li>Choose a custom login URL</li>
<li>Automated File Permissions check and fixer</li>
<li>Rename and randomize your database prefix</li>
<li>Change the debug.log file location to a non-public folder</li>
<li>Disable application passwords</li>
<li>Control admin creation</li>
<li>Disable HTTP methods, reducing HTTP requests</li>
</ul>
<h4>Login Protection</h4>
<p>Secure your website&#8217;s login process and user accounts with powerful security measures.</p>
<ul>
<li>Two-Step verification (Email login)</li>
<li>Enforce strong passwords and frequent password change</li>
<li>Limit Login Attempts</li>
</ul>
<p>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)</p>
<h4>Access Control</h4>
<ul>
<li>Restrict access to your site for specific regions.</li>
<li>Add specific IP addresses or IP ranges to the Blocklist or Allowlist.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Useful Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://really-simple-ssl.com/knowledge-base-overview/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://really-simple-ssl.com/definitions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Security Definitions</a></li>
<li><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/really-simple-ssl" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate Really Simple Security</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Really-Simple-Plugins/really-simple-ssl/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Issues &amp; pull requests</a></li>
<li><a href="https://really-simple-ssl.com/feature-requests/" rel="nofollow ugc">Feature requests</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Love Really Simple Security?</h3>
<p>If you want to support the continuing development of this plugin, please consider buying <a href="https://www.really-simple-ssl.com/pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Really Simple Security Pro</a>, which includes some excellent security features and premium support.</p>
<h3>About Really Simple Plugins</h3>
<p>Our mission is to make complex WordPress requirements really easy. Really Simple Security is developed by <a href="https://www.really-simple-plugins.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Really Simple Plugins</a>.</p>
<p>For generating SSL certificates, Really Simple Security uses the <a href="https://github.com/fbett/le-acme2-php/" rel="nofollow ugc">le acme2 PHP</a> Let&#8217;s Encrypt client library, thanks to &#8216;fbett&#8217; for providing it. Vulnerability Detection uses WP Vulnerability, an open-source initiative by Javier Casares. Want to join as a collaborator? We&#8217;re on <a href="https://github.com/really-simple-plugins/really-simple-ssl" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> as well!</p>


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