Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks vs Redux Framework

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 You might also like If you like this plugin, you might also like our other WordPress products: Meta Box – A powerful WordPress plugin for creating custom post types and custom fields. Slim SEO – A fast, lightweight and full-featured SEO plugin for WordPress with minimal configuration. GretaThemes – Free and premium WordPress themes that clean, simple and just work. Auto Listings – A car sale and dealership plugin for WordPress.

Redux was built by developers for developers. We save you months if not years in your development time. Everything we do is to help innovation in the industry. ♥️ What the Plugin does? Redux is a simple, genuinely extensible, and fully responsive options framework for WordPress themes and plugins. Built on the WordPress Settings API; Redux supports many field types, custom error handling, custom fields & validation types, and import/export functionality. But what does Redux actually DO? We don’t believe that theme and plugin developers should have to reinvent the wheel every time they start work on a project. Redux simplifies the development cycle by providing a streamlined, extensible framework for developers to build on. Through a simple, well-documented config file, third-party developers can build out an options panel limited only by their imagination in a fraction of the time it would take to build from the ground up! 🚀 What fields does Redux offer? Accordion ACE Editor Background Border Box Shadow Button Set Checkbox / Multi-Check Color (WordPress Native) Color Gradient Color Palette Color RGBA Color Scheme Content Custom Fonts Customizer Date Date/Time Dimensions (Height/Width) Divide (Divider) Editor (WordPress Native) Gallery (WordPress Native) Google Maps Icon Select Image Select (Patterns/Presets) Import/Export Info (Header/Notice) JS Button Link Color Media (WordPress Native) Metaboxes Multi Media Multi-Text Palette Password Radio (w/ WordPress Data) Raw (HTML/PHP/MarkDown) Repeater Section (Indent and Group Fields) Select (Select/Multi-Select w/ Select2 & WordPress Data) Select Image Slider (Drag a Handle) Slides (Multiple Images, Titles, and Descriptions) Social Profiles Sortable (Drag/Drop Checkbox/Input Fields) Sorter (Drag/Drop Manager – Works great for content blocks) Spacing (Margin/Padding/Absolute) Spinner Switch Tabbed Taxonomy Metaboxes Text Textarea Typography User Profile Metaboxes * The most advanced typography module complete with preview, Google fonts, and auto-css output! User Profile Metaboxes Widget Areas (Classic Widgets only) 🎉Additional Features Full value escaping Required – Link visibility from parent fields. Set this to affect the visibility of the field on the parent’s value. Fully nested with multiple required parents possible. Output CSS Automatically – Redux generates CSS and the appropriate Google Fonts stylesheets for you on select fields. You need to only specify the CSS selector to apply the CSS to (limited to certain fields). Compiler integration! A custom hook runs when any fields with the argument `compile => true` are changed. Field validation and sanitization Field and section disabling Oh, and did we mention a fully integrated Google Fonts setup that will make you so happy you’ll want to cry? 👍 BE A CONTRIBUTOR If you want to help with translations, go to the Translation Portal at translate.wordpress.org. You can also contribute code via our GitHub Repository. Be sure to use our develop branch to submit pull requests. 📝 Documentation and Support We have extremely extensive docs. Please visit [https://devs.redux.io/](https://devs.redux.io). If that doesn’t solve your issue, search [the issue tracker on GitHub](https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework/issues). If you can’t locate any topics that pertain to your particular problem, [post a new issue](https://github.com/reduxframework/redux-framework/issues/new) for it. Before you submit an issue, please read [our contributing requirements](https://github.com/redux-framework/redux-framework/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md). We build on the dev version and push it to WordPress.org when we confirm Redux is stable and ready for release. If you have additional questions, reach out to us at support@redux.io ⚡ Like the Redux Plugin? Follow us on Facebook 💬 Rate us 5 ⭐ stars on WordPress.org Follow us on Twitter 🐦: @ReduxFramework 🔐 Privacy Redux does not interact with end users on your website. If a product is using Redux, the option panel will cease to function without Redux. For more details on our privacy policy: https://redux.io/privacy For more details on our terms and conditions: https://redux.io/terms NOTE: Redux is not intended to be used on its own. It requires a config file provided by a third-party theme or plugin developer to actually do anything cool!