Performance Chat Summary: 21 April 2026

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins)

  • @mukesh27 shared that @westonruter discussed the Auto Sizes feature during WordCamp Asia and opened issue #2449 to outline next steps for further work. @mukesh27 mentioned plans to review the issue and pick it up again when possible, and invited others to contribute in the meantime.
    • @mukesh27 also noted that resolving the sizes issue for the Gallery block would put the feature in a good position to be proposed for WordPress Core.
    • @ravikhadka replied expressing interest in working on the feature.

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 16:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

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