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<p><a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/10/performance-chat-agenda-10-december-2024/">Meeting agenda here</a> and the full chat log is available <a href="https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02KGN5K076/p1733846407801789">beginning here on Slack</a>.</p>
<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Announcements</h1>
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<li>Welcome to our new members of <a href="http://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-performance/">#core-performance</a></li>
<li>The Performance team have posted the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/10/wordpress-6-7-performance-improvements/">WordPress 6.7 Performance Improvements</a> results</li>
<li>The next Performance Lab release will be on <strong>December 16</strong></li>
<li>Our performance chat time slot next week will be for our <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/06/hallway-hangout-performance-end-of-year-review-2024/">Hallway Hangout: Performance End of Year Review 2024</a> taking place <strong>December 17</strong>, 2024 at 16:00 UTC we welcome as many people there as possible!</li>
<li>The performance bug scrub on <strong>December 18</strong>, 2024 at 16:00 UTC will also be an end of year wrap up session</li>
<li>Upcoming Performance Weekly Chats in December
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<li>No meeting on Tuesday December 24</li>
<li>No meeting on Tuesday December 31</li>
<li>Meetings will <strong>resume</strong> again on Tuesday January 7, 2025</li>
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading" id="focus-group-updates">Priority Items</h1>
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<li>WordPress performance Trac tickets
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<li>Current release (6.8) <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&#038;status=assigned&#038;status=closed&#038;status=new&#038;status=reopened&#038;status=reviewing&#038;focuses=~performance&#038;milestone=6.8&#038;groupdesc=1&#038;group=resolution&#038;col=id&#038;col=summary&#038;col=status&#038;col=milestone&#038;col=owner&#038;col=type&#038;col=priority&#038;col=keywords&#038;order=priority">15 Trac tickets</a></li>
<li>Future releases</li>
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<li>Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
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<li><a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/milestones">Next milestone</a></li>
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<li>Active priority projects
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<li><a href="https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/199/views/4">Project board</a></li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="images">WordPress Performance Trac Tickets</h2>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> ticket <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/62658">#62658</a> is nearly ready to commit</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> we’ve got <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&#038;status=assigned&#038;status=closed&#038;status=new&#038;status=reopened&#038;status=reviewing&#038;keywords=~early&#038;focuses=~performance&#038;milestone=6.8&#038;groupdesc=1&#038;group=resolution&#038;col=id&#038;col=summary&#038;col=status&#038;col=milestone&#038;col=owner&#038;col=type&#038;col=priority&#038;col=keywords&#038;order=priority">5 marked for <code>early</code></a> that would be good to scrub later today if there’s time, since we skipped last week</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>pbearne</a> does not yet have a fix for <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/42743">#42743</a>. The issue is that I can’t separate block widgets from the others the way it hacked in is the problem
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> Has that challenge been documented anywhere? Happy to read up on it and try to give feedback, or perhaps there is someone else that is familiar with the issue that could help?</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>pbearne</a> The block widgets are load a single widget as part of the option. Happy to have others look at this</li>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukesh27/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>mukesh27</a> for <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58001">#58001</a> suggested we can review the PR and iterate early in the 6.8 cycle
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> Not had time to look into this one again. I would love if someone else could pick this one up, as it most just needs unit tests now. IMO</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="images">Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)</h2>
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<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/performance-lab/">Performance Lab plugin</a> and the following performance plugins:
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<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-sizes/">Enhanced Responsive Images</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-optimizer/">Embed Optimizer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-prioritizer/">Image Prioritizer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/dominant-color-images/">Image Placeholders</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/webp-uploads/">Modern Image Formats</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/optimization-detective/">Optimization Detective (Developer Preview)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/performant-translations/">Performant Translations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/speculation-rules/">Speculative Loading</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-worker-offloading/">Web Worker Offloading</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>westonruter</a> waiting on some code review support for <strong>Optimization Detective</strong> PRs: <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/milestone/88" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://github.com/WordPress/performance/milestone/88</a></li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> these and the related<strong> <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/milestone/85" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Image Prioritizer</a></strong> milestone issues are being handled by <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/westonruter/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>westonruter</a> <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/flixos90/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>flixos90</a> and <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/adamsilverstein/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>adamsilverstein</a> but please shout if you you all need any support this week</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukesh27/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>mukesh27</a> the <strong>Modern Image Formats</strong> plugin PR <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1724" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Convert WebP to AVIF on upload</a> is ready for review</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> looks like this PR from <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>pbearne</a> on an update on<strong> Image Placeholders</strong> is getting close: <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1719" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1719</a>. Would be great to get this into the final release of the year</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> has a few tweaks to make to <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1701" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1701</a> for <strong>Enhanced Responsive Images</strong> that I hope to wrap up today and then hopefully we can include another round of updates in this release as well</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="object-caching">Active Priority Projects</h2>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/760" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Improving the calculation of image sizes attributes</a> (Joe/Mukesh)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/17" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Enable client side modern image generation</a> (Pascal)</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Improving the calculation of image size attributes</h3>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/mukesh27/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>mukesh27</a> has outlined various use cases for the column block width option in <a href="https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1511#issuecomment-2531279775">https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1511#issuecomment-2531279775</a></li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Enable Client Side Modern Image Generation</h3>
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<li>No updates this week</li>
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<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Open Floor</h1>
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<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> to discuss <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57496">#57496</a>
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<li>Has added tests to the above. I need code review. Can this be added to WP 6.8?</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/joemcgill/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>joemcgill</a> I don’t see any reason why it can’t be milestoned if it’s close. <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>pbearne</a> you had self assigned ownership, but am wondering who needs to shepherd this into the release?</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pbearne/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>pbearne</a> the code is ready it just need a committer to help</li>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/spacedmonkey/" class="mention"><span class="mentions-prefix">@</span>spacedmonkey</a> I am happy to commit this and action feedback. It doesn’t really need much more, I think it is basically done.</li>
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<p><strong>Our next chat will be held on <a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20241210T1600"><abbr class="date" title="2024-12-10T16:00:00+00:00">Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:00 UTC</abbr></a> in the <a href="https://wordpress.slack.com/messages/core-performance/">#core-performance channel</a> in <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/chat/">Slack</a></strong> in the form of our <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/12/06/hallway-hangout-performance-end-of-year-review-2024/">Hallway Hangout: Performance End of Year Review 2024</a></p>
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