G Online Sites

<p><strong>G Online SMS</strong> connects your WordPress site to the <a href="https://sms.gonlinesites.com/app" rel="nofollow ugc">G Online SMS gateway</a> so you can send SMS messages automatically based on events in WordPress, or manually to any phone number.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>OTP / Two-Factor Authentication:</strong>
<ul>
<li>SMS verification code on WordPress login (2FA after password check).</li>
<li>Phone number verification at WooCommerce checkout before order placement.</li>
<li>Phone number confirmation on user registration.</li>
<li>Verify new phone number when changed in WooCommerce My Account.</li>
<li>Configurable code length (4–8 digits) and expiry (1–30 minutes).</li>
<li>Maximum 3 failed attempts before code is invalidated.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Send single or bulk SMS</strong> directly from the WordPress admin.</li>
<li><strong>Bulk SMS by user role</strong> — target all subscribers, customers, or any custom role.</li>
<li><strong>User lifecycle notifications:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Notify admin when a new user registers.</li>
<li>Send a welcome SMS to every new user.</li>
<li>Send a farewell SMS when an account is deleted.</li>
<li>Optional login-alert SMS to admin.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce integration:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Customise SMS messages per order status (pending, processing, completed, refunded, etc.).</li>
<li>Notify admin when a new order is placed.</li>
<li>Supports rich order placeholders: <code>{order_id}</code>, <code>{order_total}</code>, <code>{customer_name}</code>, <code>{order_items}</code>, and many more.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Contact Form 7 integration:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Send SMS to admin AND the form submitter simultaneously on submission.</li>
<li>Per-form overrides via the Additional Settings tab.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Gravity Forms integration:</strong>
<ul>
<li>Send SMS to admin AND the submitter when an entry is submitted.</li>
<li>Use <code>{field_id:N}</code> or <code>{Field Label}</code> placeholders.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>SMS Log</strong> — every sent and failed message is recorded with status, recipient and trigger source.</li>
<li><strong>Test SMS button</strong> — verify your API key right from the settings page.</li>
<li>Fully translatable (<code>.pot</code> file included).</li>
<li>No Bootstrap or external CSS loaded site-wide — lightweight admin-only assets.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Supported Placeholders (WooCommerce)</h4>
<pre><code>{order_id} `{order_number}` `{order_total}` `{order_status}` `{order_date}` `{customer_name}` `{customer_first_name}` `{customer_last_name}` `{customer_email}` `{customer_phone}` `{billing_address}` `{shipping_address}` `{payment_method}` `{shipping_method}` `{order_items}` `{subtotal}` `{tax_amount}` `{currency}` `{coupon_code}` `{site_name}` `{site_url}`
</code></pre>
<h4>Supported Placeholders (User notifications)</h4>
<pre><code>{first_name} `{last_name}` `{display_name}` `{user_email}` `{user_login}` `{site_name}` `{site_url}`
</code></pre>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to the <strong>G Online SMS gateway</strong> to send SMS messages and check account balance. This is a third-party service operated by G Online Sites.</p>
<h4>What data is sent and when</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>When sending an SMS</strong> — the recipient’s phone number, the message text, your Sender ID, and your API key are transmitted to the gateway. This happens every time an SMS is triggered (user registration, WooCommerce order status change, form submission, manual send, etc.).</li>
<li><strong>When checking balance</strong> — only your API key is sent. This happens each time the plugin dashboard page is loaded.</li>
</ul>
<h4>No data is sent without your action</h4>
<p>No data is ever transmitted unless you have entered a valid API key in the plugin settings. The plugin makes no external calls on the front end of your website.</p>
<h4>Service provider details</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Service:</strong> G Online SMS — bulk SMS messaging gateway for Ghana and beyond.</li>
<li><strong>Provider:</strong> G Online Sites</li>
<li><strong>Gateway URL:</strong> https://sms.gonlinesites.com/app</li>
<li><strong>Terms of Service:</strong> https://sms.gonlinesites.com/app/terms</li>
<li><strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://sms.gonlinesites.com/app/privacy</li>
</ul>
<p>By using this plugin you agree to the terms of service and privacy policy of the G Online SMS gateway listed above.</p>


G Online SMS

Send automated SMS notifications from WordPress — OTP/2FA, WooCommerce orders, Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms and more.

Paul

Shield Security

<p>Most security plugins hand you a dashboard full of alerts and expect you to know what to do next. Shield works differently.</p>
<p>It blocks threats automatically, repairs what it can on its own, and then <strong>shows you exactly what still needs your attention</strong> — ranked by impact, not volume. Less noise. More action.</p>
<h4>🤖 Security That Runs Itself</h4>
<p>The most powerful thing Shield does is what it handles without you:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Automatic IP Blocking</strong> — every visitor is quietly scored as they interact with your site. Failed logins, firewall blocks, silentCAPTCHA failures, and other signals accumulate into a reputation score. When a visitor’s score crosses the threshold, Shield blocks them — automatically, without you lifting a finger</li>
<li><strong>Automatic File Repair</strong> — when a file integrity scan finds a changed WordPress core file, Shield pulls the original from WordPress.org and restores it. Detected and fixed, without waiting for you to act</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Bot Recognition</strong> — Shield identifies legitimate crawlers (Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yandex, Apple) and known services (ManageWP, Pingdom, Stripe, CloudFlare) and never blocks them. Your SEO and monitoring tools keep working</li>
</ul>
<h4>🧭 Guided Security, Not Just a Dashboard</h4>
<p>Shield organises your security into four focused areas so you always know where to look:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Queue</strong> — things that need your attention, ranked by priority. Not everything at once — just what matters right now</li>
<li><strong>Investigate</strong> — dig into blocked IPs, security events, and the specific signals that triggered each one</li>
<li><strong>Configure</strong> — guided setup for each protection area, with clear recommendations matched to your site</li>
<li><strong>Reports</strong> — a clear view of what Shield has blocked, detected, and repaired over time</li>
</ul>
<p>The goal: guide you quickly towards action, not bury you in data.</p>
<h4>🛡️ Free Protection</h4>
<p><strong>Bot Blocking & Firewall</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><code>silentCAPTCHA</code></strong> — blocks bad bots on login, registration, lost password, and comment forms using passive signals invisible to real visitors. No CAPTCHA keys. No external requests. No JavaScript that breaks your forms. Everything runs on your server (GDPR friendly).</li>
<li>Firewall rules blocking common WordPress attack patterns — SQL injection probes, known exploit signatures, suspicious request parameters</li>
<li>XML-RPC protection — disable or restrict entirely, including pingbacks and trackbacks</li>
<li>REST API firewall — block unauthenticated requests</li>
<li>Fake crawler detection — identifies bots spoofing legitimate search engines</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Login & Account Security</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Two-factor authentication (2FA)</strong> — email codes, Google Authenticator, or YubiKey OTP for all users</li>
<li>Brute force protection with configurable login attempt limits and cooldown</li>
<li>Session locking — tie sessions to a browser or IP to stop account theft after a successful login</li>
<li>User enumeration blocking — closes off <code>?author=</code> probes used to harvest usernames before an attack</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Scanning & Integrity</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Core file scanning</strong> — compares WordPress core against official checksums and repairs changed files automatically</li>
<li>Suspicious PHP detection — flags PHP files in locations where they have no business being</li>
<li>Abandoned plugin detection — identifies unmaintained plugins most likely to carry unpatched vulnerabilities</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Visibility & Control</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Security Admin PIN</strong> — lock Shield’s own settings so other administrators cannot quietly weaken your configuration</li>
<li>Security activity log — logins, user changes, plugin and theme events, post edits, and suspicious requests: Everything in one clear view</li>
<li>IP Rules — automatic & manual block and bypass rules, CIDR range support, full per-IP request history</li>
</ul>
<h4>🤝 CrowdSec Integration</h4>
<p>Shield is the only WordPress security plugin with a native CrowdSec integration. CrowdSec aggregates threat signals from millions of sites into a shared IP reputation network — your site blocks known attackers before they ever probe you, using intelligence far beyond your own traffic history.</p>
<h4>✨ ShieldPRO</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Passkeys</strong> — phishing-resistant, passwordless login for users</li>
<li><strong>Backup login codes</strong> — emergency 2FA access when a device is lost</li>
<li><strong>AI-based malware scanner</strong> — detects known and unknown PHP malware</li>
<li><strong>Plugin & theme file scanning</strong> — compares installed files against WordPress.org originals, flagging unauthorised changes</li>
<li><strong>Vulnerability scanning</strong> — active checks across all installed plugins and themes</li>
<li><strong>Broader spam protection</strong> — WooCommerce, EDD, Contact Form 7, Ninja Forms, Elementor, and more</li>
<li><strong>Traffic rate limiting</strong> — cap request rates per IP to absorb high-volume bot floods</li>
<li><strong>User suspension</strong> — manual or automatic suspension of idle accounts</li>
<li><strong>MainWP integration</strong></li>
<li><strong>White Label</strong> — rename and rebrand Shield for client sites</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who It’s For</h4>
<p>Shield suits site owners, agencies, and MSPs who want protection that runs itself — not a plugin that demands constant attention to be useful.</p>
<p>If you have been burned by security plugins that generate more noise than protection, or dashboards that tell you everything is wrong without telling you what to fix, Shield was built to be the alternative.</p>


Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning

Smart WordPress security that blocks bots automatically, guides you to what matters, and repairs problems — without drowning you in noise.

G Online SMS vs Shield Security – Smart Bot Blocking, Brute-Force Login Protection & File Scanning