Kwin turns out to be a great replacement of Compiz
The first thing I do is to copy the file to my home:
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cp /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
That way it does not matter if I fubar since I can simply copy it again in that case.
Then I edit it:
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nano ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-session.xml
And find this section:
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<property name="Client0_Command" type="array">
<value type="string" value="xfwm4""/>
</property>
And replace xfwm4 with kwin so it looks like this:
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<property name="Client0_Command" type="array">
<value type="string" value="kwin"/>
</property>
Save and log out and log in and hit CTRL+F8 to activate the grid.
For this to work you need to install kdebase-workspace (if you do not already have KDE on your system).
Here you have Xfce4 with whisker menu and desktop grid and Window handling from Kwin.
Xfce stays lightweight and you still have those fancy efects from the way more "heavy" KDE.
The distro is Manjaro in this case
If you want to switch between kwin and xfwm4 you can assign the commands
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kwin --replace
and
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xfwm4 --replace
To a button on your panel - this works well.
(Or you can simply switch between the two in a terminal)
Here I have created a button to easily switch between the two: