Falcon – Cache, Performance, Security, Cleanup, and Tweaks
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.
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LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder
Add a maintenance page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance, add a coming soon page for a new website or create a landing page for an existing site. User with admin rights gets full access to the blog including the front end. Activate the plugin and your blog is in maintenance-mode, works and only registered users with enough rights can see the front end. You can use a date with a countdown timer for visitor information or set a value and unit for information. Also works with WordPress Multisite installs (each blog from the network has its own maintenance settings). Features Fully customizable (change colors, texts and backgrounds). Subscription form (export emails to .csv file). Countdown timer (remaining time). Contact form (receive emails from visitors). Coming soon page; Landing page templates; WordPress multisite; Responsive design; Social media icons; Works with any WordPress theme; SEO options; Exclude URLs from maintenance; Bot functionality to collect the emails in a friendly and efficient way; GDPR Ready; Bugs, technical hints or contribute Please give us feedback, contribute and file technical bugs on GitHub Repo. Credits Developed by Themeisle What’s Next If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects: Optimole – Optimole is your all-in-one image optimization solution for WordPress & beyond. WPShout – In-Depth WordPress Tutorials for Developers Revive Social – Revive Old Posts helps you keep your content alive and in front the audiences that matter. CodeinWP – CodeinWP stands for all-things-WordPress. From web design to freelancing and from development to business, your questions are covered. DomainWheel – Free Short Website name generator, with the help of AI, for instant ideas. Check-out our blog to learn from our WordPress Reviews and see other WordPress plugins.
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