dwinden

@gerroald

Thank you for finally responding to the One-Click Secure issue.
Any idea what happened to the other topic ?

… as the One Click button was only ever intended to be a tool for helping to speed up the configuration of the settings known to have few conflicts on the vast majority of sites

Let’s focus for a moment on the part from your reaction highlighted above.

I would agree with that statement IF display of the Important First Steps modal box was optional.
However it is not. A first time user of the plugin will ALWAYS be presented with the Important First Steps modal box.
Even though they do initially get an option, when dismissed, the user is automatically confronted with the Important First Steps modal box upon ANY subsequent action. Note I’m specifically describing the scenario, right after plugin install\activation.

So since iThemes calls this modal box Important First Steps it is safe to assume that there is a high probability that first time users simply follow the recommendations … and finally click on the One-Click Secure button.

It then reports:

Site Secured. Check the Dashboard for further suggestions on securing your site.

“Site Secured” ? Huh ! Since the code behind the One-Click Secure button is removed, not a single setting is being changed… NOTHING has been secured ! Now what is a One-Click Secure button doing on a modal box named Important First Steps when clicking that button does ab-so-lu-te-ly NOTHING to secure your site ?

“Check the Dashboard for further suggestions on securing your site.” ! Huh ! Since the Security Status feature has been removed from the Dashboard there is NOTHING to check !

So common sense tells me first time users will be confused or at least mislead …
Something that can simply be prevented by REMOVING the One-Click Secure button from the Important First Steps modal box …

It’s a pity that the GA data tracking feature does not track how often the One-Click Secure button is being clicked upon. But I’m pretty sure it’s being clicked upon a LOT …

I also noticed that one of the features which would normally be enabled by the One-Click Secure button is Brute Force Protection.
Which I think is a pretty important feature …

Please reconsider, for now I rest my case.

Anyone reading this topic and who agrees with my findings please add a

@dwinden +1

post to this topic.

The other topic had already received 2 of such posts (including a third yesterday in the form of only an email notification since the topic’s status was set to closed).

dwinden

@andrew Nevins

Is that documented anywhere ?

If so I apologize for any inconvenience I caused 😉

dwinden

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