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Falcon · Version history

Falcon changelog and version history

Latest version
2.12.1
Oct 20, 2026 (19 days ago)
Releases
46
since 2016
In the last year
11
about one every 31 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.1.4
PHP 7.4 or later

Releases each year

  • 20168 releases
  • 20171 release
  • 20181 release
  • 20193 releases
  • 20203 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20239 releases
  • 20246 releases
  • 20255 releases
  • 20268 releases

20268 releases

  1. Falcon 2.12.1Latest

    • Fix password-protected post cache leak and harden cache/login

  2. Falcon 2.12.0

    • Add option to disable WordPress AI features and hide the Connectors settings page.

  3. Falcon 2.11.2

    • Skip page cache for Markdown requests (Slim SEO Pro’s Markdown for AI) so AI bots always get Markdown, not cached HTML.

  4. Falcon 2.11.1

    • Stop direct access to PHP files.
    • Replace short echo tags with PHP echo.
    • Add option to keep latest N revisions when cleaning database.

  5. Falcon 2.11.0

    • Highlight
    • Database cleanup: Clean revisions, drafts, trash, spam, expired transients, orphaned meta, unused terms, and optimize tables. (#26)
    • Limit login attempts: Block an IP after 3 failed logins for 1 hour. (#25)
    • Allow .avif uploads when restricting file types. (#24)
    • Customize maintenance mode via maintenance.php in the active theme.
    • Other changes
    • Reorganize settings into grouped tabs with sub-tabs.
    • Polish settings copy and option descriptions.
    • Add a documentation link in the settings tabs bar.
    • Fix cache clearing when an approved comment is inserted.
    • Harden cache cleanup and request URI handling on PHP 8.

  6. Falcon 2.10.1

    • Fix serving the same cache for URL with and without query string
    • Clear cache only when a comment is approve

  7. Falcon 2.10.0

    • Add new security module: Comment spam protection. Enable it under Security tab.

  8. Falcon 2.9.3

    • Improve check for not caching search result pages

20255 releases

  1. Falcon 2.9.2

    • Allow to upload WEBP images if enable restrict upload file types module
    • Fix PHP warning when deleting cache dir

  2. Falcon 2.9.1

    • Fix not creating cache dir after cleaning

  3. Falcon 2.9.0

    • Cache module (HTML page cache): A lightweight yet powerful caching module to improve page load times and reduce server load by caching full HTML pages. Just enable it in the General tab and you’re good to go.
    • Recommended for standard blogs and brochure-style websites.
    • Not recommended for highly dynamic or eCommerce sites.
    • Settings export & import: Export your plugin settings to a file and import them on other sites to quickly reuse the same configuration.

  4. Falcon 2.8.6

    • Remove admin bar item when disable comments

  5. Falcon 2.8.5

    • Search posts only: exclude admin and rest API requests
    • Do not enable “No Gutenberg” and “Search Posts Only” by default
    • No Gutenberg: remove support for post types

20246 releases

  1. Falcon 2.8.4

    • Fix not showing site icon in the login page
    • Fix security for sending test email

  2. Falcon 2.8.3

    • Disable XML-RPC methods
    • Fix: activation error on ajax request
    • Update fix word disable detailed login errors

  3. Falcon 2.8.2

    • Add a link to the settings page in the plugin meta row
    • Auto redirect to the settings page after activation

  4. Falcon 2.8.1

    • Add options to change default email from name and address
    • Add more AI bots to the block list

  5. Falcon 2.8.0

    • Add SMTP configuration
    • Add maintenance mode
    • Add block AI bots option
    • Add force login option

  6. Falcon 2.7.3

20239 releases

  1. Falcon 2.7.2

    • Fix not loading email options
    • Fix remove dashboard widgets not removing welcome panel

  2. Falcon 2.7.1

    • Add options for no emails when a new user is registered and users reset their passwords
    • Fix error when disabling all features. Closes #17.

  3. Falcon 2.7.0

    • Update hook for disable core update email notification
    • Fix removing update nag not working
    • Add a new security tab with options to disable login errors and restrict upload file types

  4. Falcon 2.6.0

    • Update the plugin style

  5. Falcon 2.5.0

    • Add: Disable comments
    • Add: Remove website field from comment form
    • Add: Search only posts
    • Add: Disable replacing text with formatted entities like smart quotes, dashes, ellipses, etc.
    • Add: Disable scaling down big images
    • Add: Disable automatic image rotation based on EXIF data
    • Add: Disable thumbnail generation

  6. Falcon 2.4.1

    • Remove classic theme styles for button blocks
    • Remove Jetpack widget

  7. Falcon 2.4.0

    • Add asynchronous load CSS

  8. Falcon 2.3.0

  9. Falcon 2.2.0

20222 releases

  1. Falcon 2.1.0

  2. Falcon 2.0.5

20203 releases

  1. Falcon 2.0.4

  2. Falcon 2.0.3

  3. Falcon 2.0.2

20193 releases

  1. Falcon 2.0.1

  2. Falcon 2.0.0

  3. Falcon 1.3.3

20181 release

  1. Falcon 1.3.0

20171 release

  1. Falcon 1.2.4

20168 releases

  1. Falcon 1.2.3

  2. Falcon 1.2.2

  3. Falcon 1.2.1

  4. Falcon 1.2

  5. Falcon 1.1

  6. Falcon 1.0.3

  7. Falcon 1.0.2

  8. Falcon 1.0.1

Questions about Falcon’s releases

What is the latest version of Falcon?

2.12.1, released on Oct 20, 2026 (2 weeks ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.1.4 and needs PHP 7.4 or later.

How often is Falcon updated?

11 releases in the last year, about one every 31 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in Falcon’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.