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PLEASE NOTE With Goon it’s really easy to break your site because essentially you will be blocking parts of the code that normally runs during a typical page request.
We did our best to make the whole process as easy as possible and help with suggestions when something does break.
We’ve also put together several video tutorials to guide you how to get the best results with the filtering.
Goon – selective plugin loading
Speed up WordPress by manually selecting which plugins should be loaded on each page.
Optimizing your WordPress site with Goon is easy and can reduce load times as much as 90%.
Faster page load, faster wp-admin, and faster page editing.
Speed up your site today by loading only the plugins needed for any particular page.
Goon works completely different than any other Page Speed / Site Speed plugin or tool.
Goon does not affect minifying, cache, image load/size or scripts. It works by filtering the plugins and only allowing the necessary plugins for each page to load.
Once installed and configured you will see an instant boost in any optimized page.
Speed up the back-end development environment and speed up the front-end user experience.
Features
- Page size reduction by stripping code from unneeded plugins on each optimized page
- Step-by-Step Wizard for creating Filters, Groups, and Categories
- Custom filters for maximizing user experience
- Boost speed for both backend and frontend pages
- Speed up editing of content
- Instant page speed boost on optimized pages
- Reduction in server load – get great results with even basic shared server accounts
- Works great in combination with a cache plugin (e.g. WP Rocket, WP Fastest Cache, W3 Total Cache), a hosting company that offers packages with server-level caching available (e.g. WordKeeper) or a service like Cloudflare that has page caching enabled.
Pro Features
- Import/Export Filters with their Categories
- Block plugins on all pages except certain endpoints
- Block plugins during Ajax requests
- Identify unused CSS files
- Block CSS and JS files
Screenshots
Speed comparison of a live and existing website - one of the backend pages
The Create Filter screen with some plugins on an example site
An example of how certain plugins might be blocked for a certain page
When I activate Goon and visit one of it’s pages I get a white screen or an error message
On Goon default pages (all wp-admin pages that were created by our plugin) we are blocking all other plugins.
On some sites, that may cause a problem if the site or a specific plugin is coded poorly.
To solve that, you can go to the Plugins page in wp-admin where you’ll find a new column called Goon.
Ticking a checkbox there would exclude a plugin from any filtering and Goon will not be able to affect whether it’s loaded or not.
ChangeLog
1.2.9.2
Release Date – 15 February 2024
* Updated: Freemius version 2.6.2
1.2.9.1
Release Date – 15 August 2022
* Updated: Freemius version 2.4.5
1.2.1
Release Date – 15 August 2022
* Fixed: The CPTs created by Goon won’t appear in the search results anymore
* Added: The Ability to combine “is” and “is not” as a set of rules in the Endpoints filter type
1.2.8
Release Date – 27 April 2022
* Updated: The logic that checks the current endpoint
Pro version
* Added: The “Endpoint(s) Excluded” filter trigger
1.2.7
Release Date – 19 March 2022
* Added: The “Get unused CSS files” button
* Updated: The Overview page
* Fixed: Freemius activation issue with menu recreation
1.2.6
Release Date – 19 March 2022
* Updated: The wildcards use in endpoint and ajax action matching
1.2.5
Release Date – 1 March 2022
* Updated: Freemius SDK version
* Updated: Removed some legacy code
1.2.4
Release Date – 29 January 2022
* Added: Request loading time metric
* Fixed: The Admin Bar menu rearranged
Pro version
* Added: Ability to export filters
1.2.3
Release Date – January 2022
* Fixed: Adminbar lists of blocked/running plugins is now scrollable if too long
Pro version
* Added: Ability to block CSS and JS files
1.2.2
Release Date – October 2021
* Added the ability to exclude the plugins from Goon
1.2.1
Release Date – October 2021
* Tightening the security
1.2.0
Release Date – October 2021
* Logo has changed
Pro version
* Added: Ability to filter Ajax calls
1.1.0
Release Date – October 2021
* Plugin adopted under a new name – Goon!
1.0.8
Release Date – April 2021
* Included the Overview page
* Integrated with the Premium plugin
1.0.7
Release Date – April 2021
* Bugfixes and UI polishing
1.0.6
Release Date – March 2021
* The MU plugin will always be the same version as the main file
* Goon now works with WordPress in a subfolder
* View Details on the Plugins page fixed
1.0.5
Release Date – March 2021
* The MU plugin will get updated on any plugin update
* The View Details screen on the Plugins page got fixed
1.0.4
Release Date – March 2021
* Auto Menu Update Fixed
* Overview and walkthrough added
* Other minor tweeks to the code
1.0.3
Release Date – March 2021
* Initial version
