Performance Chat Summary: 6 May 2025

<div style&equals;"text-align&colon;center"><&sol;div><div>&NewLine;<p>The full chat log is available beginning <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wordpress&period;slack&period;com&sol;archives&sol;C02KGN5K076&sol;p1746543652298419">here on Slack<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>WordPress Performance Trac tickets<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;westonruter&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>westonruter<&sol;a> asked if any performance-related fixes were included in the WordPress 6&period;8&period;1 release&period;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;b1ink0&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>b1ink0<&sol;a> confirmed that the update focused primarily on general bug fixes across WordPress Core and the Block Editor&comma; with no specific performance items&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;westonruter&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>westonruter<&sol;a> noted that he has some pending PRs to review and merge&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>Performance Lab Plugin &lpar;and other performance plugins&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;flixos90&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>flixos90<&sol;a> has started work on the new <strong>View Transitions<&sol;strong> feature plugin &lpar;see <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;github&period;com&sol;WordPress&sol;performance&sol;issues&sol;1997" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;github&period;com&sol;WordPress&sol;performance&sol;issues&sol;1997">issue &num;1997<&sol;a>&rpar;&period; The work is being tracked through a series of iterative PRs&comma; starting with theme support and dynamic transition name handling&period; It builds on the experimental Core PR <a class&equals;"" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;github&period;com&sol;WordPress&sol;wordpress-develop&sol;pull&sol;8370">wordpress-develop&num;8370<&sol;a> and will include a UI for customizing transitions&period;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list">&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;flixos90&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>flixos90<&sol;a> plans to work on the next PRs later this week&comma; with most work focused on porting the experimental code into plugin shape&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>When asked if the plugin would be considered stable or experimental upon release by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;mukesh27&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>mukesh27<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;flixos90&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>flixos90<&sol;a> noted that it depends on the final feature set and the team’s evaluation at that time&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;profiles&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;mukesh27&sol;" class&equals;"mention"><span class&equals;"mentions-prefix">&commat;<&sol;span>mukesh27<&sol;a> briefly noted progress on Accurate Sizes &lpar;part of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wordpress&period;org&sol;plugins&sol;auto-sizes&sol;" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wordpress&period;org&sol;plugins&sol;auto-sizes&sol;">Auto Sizes<&sol;a> plugin&rpar; and will share a more detailed update later this week&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><strong>Our next chat will be held on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;timeanddate&period;com&sol;worldclock&sol;fixedtime&period;html&quest;iso&equals;20250520T1500"><abbr class&equals;"date" title&equals;"2025-05-20T15&colon;00&colon;00&plus;00&colon;00">Tuesday&comma; May 20&comma; 2025 at 15&colon;00 UTC<&sol;abbr><&sol;a> in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wordpress&period;slack&period;com&sol;messages&sol;core-performance&sol;">&num;core-performance channel<&sol;a> in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;chat&sol;">Slack<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"o2-appended-tags"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;core&sol;tag&sol;core-performance&sol;" class&equals;"tag"><span class&equals;"tag-prefix">&num;<&sol;span>core-performance<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;core&sol;tag&sol;hosting&sol;" class&equals;"tag"><span class&equals;"tag-prefix">&num;<&sol;span>hosting<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;core&sol;tag&sol;performance&sol;" class&equals;"tag"><span class&equals;"tag-prefix">&num;<&sol;span>performance<&sol;a>&comma; 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