Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL)
Active installs3,000,000+ rounded
Current authorReally Simple Plugins
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release13 days ago 26 Oct 2026
Support8 / 8 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record20
Rating4.9 /5 · 8,869
Added to directory15 Mar 2015
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by Really Simple Plugins throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| markwolters | 13 | 04 Aug 2025 | 27 Jul 2026 |
| marcelsanting | 2 | 04 Sep 2025 | 10 Feb 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 3,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
173,325 downloads a day over the last 7 days, rising 843% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 933,524/day31 Oct 2026
12 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.8 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.9 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 13 Jun 2026 and 30 Aug 2026: 19 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Recent reviewers for Really Simple SSL focus heavily on dependability, with 6 of 19 reviews describing the plugin as working well or handling HTTPS and mixed content fixes without further attention. Ease of use draws similar attention, as 5 of 19 reviewers call the setup simple or intuitive. Security functionality gets specific credit too, with 5 of 19 reviews pointing to SSL support or ongoing site protection as a core benefit. Against that, isolated complaints surface: 1 of 19 reviews describes the plugin as unreliable and requiring repeated reinstallation, and 1 of 19 reports no response from paid Pro support after multiple tickets.
- 6 of 19 mention the plugin working reliably or as expected. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- 5 of 19 describe the plugin as simple or easy to use. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 5 of 19 credit the plugin's SSL or security functionality specifically. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- 1 of 19 describe the plugin as unreliable, citing repeated reinstallation. [1]
- 1 of 19 report an unanswered paid Pro support request. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 08 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 7,699 | 12,936 | 14,429 | 15,861 | 40,170 | 27,546 | 12,985 | 12,089 | 13,159 | 933,524 | 64,472 | 126,416 | 50,632 |
| Ratings total | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,868 | 8,869 | 8,869 | 8,869 |
| Version | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.3 | 9.8.4 | 9.8.4 | 9.8.4 | 9.8.4 | 9.8.4 |
| Support threads | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Threads resolved | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (3,000,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory11 years ago 15 Mar 2015
Requires WP6.6
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 26 Oct 2026, 13 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 8 of 8 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 3 other plugins, 3 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 26 Oct 202613 days agoVersion 9.8.4 released
- 15 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 9.8.3 released
- 14 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 9.8.2 released
- 01 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 9.8.1 released
- 24 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 9.8.0 released
- 19 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 9.7.0 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 06 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 9.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 17 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 9.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 05 May 20266 months agoVersion 9.5.11 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 28 Apr 20266 months agoVersion 9.5.10.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 31 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 9.5.9 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 26 Feb 20268 months agoVersion 9.5.8 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 10 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 9.5.7 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by marcelsanting.
- 19 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 9.5.6 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 15 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 9.5.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 01 Dec 202511 months agoVersion 9.5.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 18 Nov 202512 months agoVersion 9.5.3.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 14 Oct 202513 months agoVersion 9.5.2.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by markwolters.
- 04 Aug 202515 months ago2 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 04 Aug 2025 and 04 Sep 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 15 Mar 201511 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 18 Nov 2024 · Urgent: Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes Over 4 Million SitesThe Hacker News
- 06 Sep 2024 · Our journey towards Really Simple SecurityReally Simple Security
- 06 Dec 2023 · Really Simple SSL and Complianz join the team.blue familyteam.blue Newsroom
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by Really Simple Plugins for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 13 days ago (26 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 3,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 8,869 ratings, averaging 4.9 out of 5.
- 8 of 8 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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