Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks for WordPress Plugin Directory
By Anh Tran
Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks is the #100 ranked admin app on WordPress, with a 5.0 average rating from 10 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Anh Tran. With a rating of 5.0★ from 10 reviews, it currently ranks #100 in the Admin category.
AppRanks data: Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks ranks #100 in Admin on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 15% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Admin category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 10 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Anh Tran — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (10) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks works
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Falcon is a lightweight WordPress plugin that helps you speed up your site, harden security, clean up bloat, and fine-tune how WordPress works — without a heavy stack of separate tools.
Toggle only what you need from a clear settings UI. Export and import settings to reuse the same setup across sites.
Features Performance Make pages load faster and cut unnecessary front-end work.
HTML page cache — serve static HTML and skip WordPress, themes, and plugins on cache hits
Disable Heartbeat to reduce server load
Remove ?ver= query strings from CSS/JS for better browser caching
Disable emoji scripts and styles
Remove jQuery Migrate on the front end
Load selected CSS files asynchronously to reduce render-blocking
Security Reduce common attack surfaces and protect your content.
Limit login attempts (block an IP after 3 failed tries for 1 hour)
Hide detailed login error messages
Force login to view the site
Disable the REST API for unauthenticated requests
Disable XML-RPC
Restrict upload file types (including WebP and AVIF when enabled)
Comment spam protection with a simple honeypot
Block common AI crawlers via robots.txt
Use scheme-less asset URLs to avoid mixed content warnings
Cleanup Strip unused markup and keep the database lean.
Header
Hide WordPress version
Remove shortlink, REST API link, adjacent posts links, feed links, RSD link, and WLW manifest link
Admin
Use the site icon on the login screen
Hide update nags
Remove default dashboard widgets
Remove admin footer text and the WordPress admin bar logo
Frontend
Disable embeds
Clean up menu item classes and IDs
Remove Recent Comments widget CSS
Database
Clean revisions, auto drafts, trashed posts, spam/trashed comments, expired transients, orphaned meta, unused terms, and optimize tables
Content Control the editor, comments, media, and publishing behavior.
Editor
Disable the block editor (Gutenberg) and use the classic editor
Disable post revisions
Disable texturize (smart quotes and auto formatting)
Comments
Disable comments site-wide
Remove the website field from the comment form
Media
Disable thumbnail generation
Disable big image scaling
Disable EXIF-based image rotation
Publishing
Limit front-end search to posts only
Disable self pingbacks
System Site-wide controls for maintenance and WordPress internals.
Maintenance mode (customize the message with maintenance.php in the active theme)
Block external HTTP requests
Disable application passwords
Disable auto-updates
Disable WP-Cron (use a real server cron instead)
Remove privacy tools from the admin menu
Email Cut noisy notifications and send mail reliably.
Notifications
Disable admin email verification prompts
Disable update notification emails
Disable new user emails to admins
Disable password change/reset emails
Delivery
Change the default from name and email address
Send WordPress email via SMTP
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Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Admin#100of 669Top 15%
- Performance#106of 762Top 14%
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Frequently asked questions
What is Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks?
Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 10 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Admin category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Anh Tran.
Who uses Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks?
Currently around 2,000 active stores have installed Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Admin category on WordPress.
Where does Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks rank on WordPress?
Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks currently sits at position #100 in the Admin category on WordPress. That places it in the top 15% of 669 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.