Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements 2.2.0 release date will be Mon April 17 Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath No updates this week Database Optimization Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @aristath @spacedmonkey @olliejones @rjasdfiii No updates this week JavaScript & CSS […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 11 April 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for April 11, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements 2.2.0 release date will be Mon April 17 Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To […]
Performance Chat Summary: 4 April 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements 2.2.0 release date will be Mon April 17 Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @aristath shared an update ahead of time: Autoloader: Work continues on https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3470 to add a PHP autoloader in Core. The results so far are […]
WordPress 6.2 Performance improvements for all themes
With the latest WordPress release out in the world, this post seeks to recap the performance improvements available for all sites. According to this analysis done by @flixos90 that you’re encouraged to dig into, WordPress 6.2 loads 14-18% faster for block themes and 2-5% faster for classic themes. Server-side performance is seeing a major boost of 17-23% for […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 4 April 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for March 28, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements 2.2.0 release date will be Mon April 17 Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To […]
Performance Chat Summary: 28 March 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements None today Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @spacedmonkey worked on several tickets: For review: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4153 Ready to commit: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4211 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4129 New tickets: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58001 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58000 My two focuses, get lazy loading meta across the line for […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 28 March 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for March 28, 2023 at 16:00 UTC. Announcements None today Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an […]
Performance Chat Summary: 21 March 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Release the Performance Lab plugin 2.1.0 yesterday Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @spacedmonkey I have been working on profiling translations and looking into how we can make them faster @joemcgill working with @spacedmonkey on comparing […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 21 March 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for March 21, 2023 at 16:00 UTC. Announcements Released the Performance Lab plugin 2.1.0 yesterday Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join […]
Performance Chat Summary: 14 March 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements As agreed in last weeks chat, this week we are following the new agenda structure below that is more aligned with our 2023 roadmap During each priority project update, we will aim to tag the individuals who contributed suggestions for that priority project in the 2023 […]



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