Kishan Jasani

<p>Coreline is a lightweight WordPress security and optimization plugin that provides essential hardening features for your WordPress installation. It follows clean code principles, PSR standards, and is designed to be testable, scalable, and maintainable.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Emoji Script Removal</strong> – Removes WordPress emoji detection scripts to improve performance</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Version Hiding</strong> – Removes WordPress version numbers from HTML and RSS feeds for better security</li>
<li><strong>Custom Login URL</strong> – Changes wp-login.php to a custom URL (e.g., <code>/secure-login/</code>) to prevent automated brute-force attacks</li>
<li><strong>Hotlink Protection</strong> – Prevents other websites from hotlinking your images (works on both Apache and Nginx)</li>
<li><strong>Disable Pingbacks & Trackbacks</strong> – Disables XML-RPC pingbacks and trackbacks for improved security</li>
</ul>
<h4>Benefits</h4>
<ul>
<li>Lightweight and fast</li>
<li>No database queries overhead</li>
<li>Clean, PSR-compliant code</li>
<li>Fully tested and maintained</li>
<li>Compatible with all major themes and plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Friendly</h4>
<p>Coreline is built with developers in mind:</p>
<ul>
<li>PSR-4 autoloading</li>
<li>WordPress Coding Standards compliant</li>
<li>PHPStan Level 8 verified</li>
<li>Fully filterable and extensible</li>
<li>Comprehensive inline documentation</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For bug reports and feature requests, please visit <a href="https://github.com/kishanjasani/coreline/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Issues</a></p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This plugin is licensed under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GPLv2 or later</a>.</p>


Coreline

Essential hardening and cleanup for every WordPress site.

Ilan Firsov

uPress

<p>ezCache is the most complete WordPress performance optimization plugin. From page caching to Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS to Speculative Loading — everything you need to make your site blazing fast.</p>
<p><strong>Free Features:</strong><br />
* ⚡ Page Caching — serve cached HTML instantly<br />
* 🖼️ Lazy Loading — defer offscreen images and iframes<br />
* 📝 HTML Minification — reduce page size<br />
* 🔮 Speculative Loading — Chrome prerenders pages before click<br />
* ⚡ 103 Early Hints — browser fetches CSS/JS before HTML arrives<br />
* 🩺 Site Diagnostic Tool — one-click performance analysis<br />
* 💾 Settings Backup/Restore — export/import configuration<br />
* 🔧 Development Mode — temporarily disable cache</p>
<p><strong>Pro Features ($29/year):</strong><br />
* 🔴 Redis Object Cache — store DB queries in RAM, 90% fewer queries<br />
* 🔴 Redis Full-Page Cache — serve pages from Redis in <1ms<br />
* 🎨 Critical CSS — inline above-the-fold CSS, defer the rest<br />
* 🎨 CSS/JS Minification & Combination<br />
* 🖼️ WebP Image Conversion — save 25-34% bandwidth<br />
* 🚀 Cache Preloading — warm cache automatically<br />
* 🌐 CDN Integration — URL rewriting for static assets<br />
* 🗄️ Database Cleanup — revisions, drafts, transients<br />
* 💓 Heartbeat Control — reduce server load<br />
* 🔗 DNS Prefetch & Preconnect</p>


ezCache

Lightning-fast WordPress optimization — page caching, Redis Object Cache, Critical CSS, WebP images, CSS/JS optimization, and 15+ performance tools.

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