Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements n/a Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @spacedmonkey has a number of PRs that are nearly ready to commit: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4128 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4382 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4417 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4412 https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4411 @joemcgill I’m waiting on some final feedback, but am close to being […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 9 May 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 9, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements N/A Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Discussion this week on CSP/async concerns in https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/4391 Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. […]
Performance Chat Summary: 2 May 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Proposal for using fetchpriority to enhance LCP image performance published Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @spacedmonkey: Committed [55701] and [55702] @spacedmonkey has been working on #58196 Could have the possibility to have 6-10% of server […]
Proposal for enhancing LCP image performance with the fetchpriority attribute in WordPress core
This post proposes adding the fetchpriority=”high” attribute to LCP images in WordPress core to enhance LCP performance. The proposal was created as a collaboration between members of the Core Performance Team. Context The fetchpriority attribute is a standard HTML attribute that can be used to indicate to the browser that a given resource should have a particular priority […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 2 May 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 2, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements N/A 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 account […]
Performance Chat Summary: 25 April 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Updated the cadence of bug scrubs to be every 2 weeks – next one scheduled for April 26, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. @flixos90 Also briefly sharing that I just published a performance retrospective post on WP 6.2 that I had been working on […]
The benefits of prioritizing and measuring performance in WordPress 6.2
Based on lab benchmarks, WordPress 6.2 loads 14-18% faster overall for block themes and 2-5% faster overall for classic themes (measured via Largest Contentful Paint / LCP). Particularly server-side performance (measured via Time to First Byte / TTFB) is seeing a major boost of 17-23% for block themes and 3-5% for classic themes, which directly contributes to the […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 25 April 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for April 25, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements Updated the cadence of bug scrubs to be every 2 weeks – next one scheduled for April 26, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. SQLite decoupling discussion Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools […]
Performance Chat Summary: 18 April 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements 2.2.0 was released yesterday UPDATED from agenda: fetchpriority standalone plugin is still under review (not ‘approved’ as originally thought) Priority Projects Server Response Time Link to roadmap projects Contributors: @joemcgill @spacedmonkey @aristath @joemcgill Happy to say that I’m back from some time off with two […]
Performance Chat Agenda: 18 April 2023
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for April 18, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements 2.2.0 was released yesterday fetchpriority standalone plugin has been approved, aiming to publish later today Priority projects Server response time Database optimization JavaScript & CSS Images Measurement Ecosystem tools Creating standalone plugins New projects / proposals Open floor This […]
