WordPress 6.5 performance improvements

This post is the latest in a series of updates focused on the performance improvements of major releases (see 6.4, 6.3, and 6.2). WordPress 6.5, “Regina” is the first major version of WordPress released in 2024. This release includes several important performance enhancements impacting the user experience for site visitors, along with remarkable improvements to editor performance. Importantly, […]

Performance Chat Summary: 23 April 2024

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Welcome to our new members of #core-performance Priority Items Structure: WordPress performance Trac tickets Current release (WP 6.6) Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins) Active priority projects Improve template loading INP research opportunities Improving the calculation of image size attributes Optimized autoloaded options […]

Performance Chat Agenda: 23 April 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for Apr 23, 2024 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements Welcome to our new members of #core-performance Priority items WordPress performance Trac tickets Current release (6.6) Future release Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins) Final decision regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061 Active priority projects […]

Welcome to SolidWP

The other day, I was searching the web and came across a WordPress blog post about code refactoring. Nothing newsworthy there, but something jumped off the page and caught my attention, maybe because the iThemes-SolidWP rebrand has dominated my thoughts for nearly a year: proper justification and clear rationale. iThemes’ evolution to SolidWP is complete. Learn how our […]

Welcome to SolidWP

The other day, I was searching the web and came across a WordPress blog post about code refactoring. Nothing newsworthy there, but something jumped off the page and caught my attention, maybe because the iThemes-SolidWP rebrand has dominated my thoughts for nearly a year: proper justification and clear rationale. iThemes’ evolution to SolidWP is complete. Learn how our […]

Welcome to SolidWP

The other day, I was searching the web and came across a WordPress blog post about code refactoring. Nothing newsworthy there, but something jumped off the page and caught my attention, maybe because the iThemes-SolidWP rebrand has dominated my thoughts for nearly a year: proper justification and clear rationale. iThemes’ evolution to SolidWP is complete. Learn how our […]