Sarah Norris 3:59 pm on April 18, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, April 17, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @joemcgill.

Announcements

The WordPress 6.5 retrospective post has been published, please fill in the survey if you would like to leave feedback or suggestions for improvements to the release process.

Forthcoming Releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle. The deadline for leaving feedback on this Planning Proposal post has ended, and we expect a release squad to be announced soon. Please leave a comment if you have any updates to share about this.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.3

WordPress 6.5.3 will be the next maintenance release. @jorbin published this post outlining the schedule.

@jorbin shared:

Work on WordPress 6.5.3 is progressing. The target for release is 7 May and there are bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs happening twice a week.

Of the tickets I’ve reviewed so far, https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60992 feels like the highest priority. It has a patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a diff. A patch can be applied to a codebase for testing. on it that could use some extra testing.

For the full schedule of scrubs or if you aren’t a bug gardener and want to suggest a ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. for the milestone, see
https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/04/15/wordpress-6-5-3-an-upcoming-maintenance-release/

As with all minor releases, any and all help is appreciated.

Slack reference

@afragen confirmed that the expected behaviour of the patch for #60992 is: The patch for 60992 allows the redirect after the Activate button on the pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party card in plugin-install.php. There continues to be no redirect for the Activate button in any modal, ie “More Details” or “View details” modals.

@costdev confirmed that they’re confident we can land the resolution for 6.5.3.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2

Gutenberg 18.2 is scheduled for April 24 and will include these issues.

Discussion

There were several proposed discussion topics for today:

  • How can we get PHP8 support completed and out of “compatible with exceptions”: suggested by @jorbin
  • Aligning the coding standards for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and Gutenberg so that both can use the same tooling: also suggested by @jorbin
  • Revisit syncing editor packages early and throughout the release cycle: suggested by @jeffpaul

How can we get PHP8 support completed and out of “compatible with exceptions”

On the first topic, @jorbin noted that: PHP8 support feels to me like one of those things that is kind of stagnent and I would love to see some movement towards full and complete support for all PHP8 versions. I wanted to bring it up as a topic to see if others agree or if people think the current core stance is good.

There is not currently an active effort to reach full support for PHP8.

@jeffpaul noted that: PHP Compatibility and WordPress Versions handbook page that shows PHP8 support (betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. support, compatible with exceptions).

@oglekler mentioned that: I am mostly working with 7.4 and from times to times have surprises like this: #46338.

There are 42.5% of WordPress sites using PHP8+ according to https://wordpress.org/about/stats/.

@ironprogrammer mentioned this related proposal: Proposal: Criteria for Removing “Beta Support” from Each PHP 8+ Version.

@joemcgill suggested this may be a conversation that needs to start in #core-php to see if there is already an active effort in place to continue making progress, and if not, try to kickstart the process.

@jorbin noted that the outline the criteria and process for reviewing each "beta support" PHP version with each WordPress major release  item is what is needed to get completed to move this forward. And then clearing out the php-compatability focus.

@joemcgill added that it seems like one of the biggest risks currently is that WP continues to show only beta support for supported PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher versions once 8.4 is released later this year, so it would be nice to make progress on this.

@costdev highlighted that this effort should be led by a sponsored contributor, due to the amount of work involved. @jorbin mentioned that if there is a host who wants to sponsor this, please get in touch via a DM or a comment on this post.

Aligning the coding standards for Core and Gutenberg so that both can use the same tooling

@jorbin kicked off this topic with:

This is inspired by two things:

  1. The lack of prettier / mismatched tooling for JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. between the two repos
  2. The conversation/PR a few months back to remove the WordPress-Docs ruleset from Gutenberg

It’s also something I was just raising for visibility.

Slack reference

@joemcgill noted that: As I recall, this has been mentioned as one of the main challenges to more frequent syncing of GB packages to Core, as well. (e.g., https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/discussions/59786#discussioncomment-8784550)

It looks like @get_dave was planning on writing a Make Core post following the above discussion on GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/. In that discussion, @antonvlasenko summarised two issues relating to the PHP side:

  1. Developing the missing linters to enforce WordPress Core standards.
  2. Fixing an issue with synchronizing the rulesets between Gutenberg and WordPress to ensure a unified set of linters.

@jorbin mentioned that for the JS side, there likely is going to need to be a mass reformatting commit or two (if it’s similar to the experience from when jshint was first put into place).

Highlighted posts

The full list of posts from the last week in Core can be read on the agenda at this link.

Open floor

@presskopp mentioned: From time to time I like to remind ourselves of the following, never giving up hope to be heard https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQBWTW/p1627500098438000

@afragen mentioned: Just an FYI. We are working on the merge proposal for Rollback Auto-Update and would like to put it on the agenda for next week.

Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

#6-6, #dev-chat, #summary

Sarah Norris 4:21 pm on April 17, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday April 17, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

The WordPress 6.5 retrospective post has been published, please fill in the survey if you would like to leave feedback or suggestions for improvements to the release process.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are currently in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.3

There are currently 15 open tickets in the 6.5.3 release milestone. There is more information about this release in this post, including the bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub schedule and how you can get involved.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2

Gutenberg 18.2 is scheduled for April 24 and will include these issues.

Discussions

As there are no immediate 6.6 discussion points and the 6.6 release squad has not yet been finalized, we can discuss some previously suggested topics:

  • How can we get PHP8 support completed and out of “compatible with exceptions”: suggested by @jorbin
  • Aligning the coding standards for CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and Gutenberg so that both can use the same tooling: also suggested by @jorbin

Feel free to suggest additional topics in the comments.

Highlighted posts

Core Editor Updates

Props to @annezazu for helping put together these updates.

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @joemcgill for reviewing.

#agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Emily Clarke 7:12 pm on April 16, 2024
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Performance Chat Summary: 16 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
  • The team launched the Performance Lab pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party version 3.0.0 on Mon April 15

Priority Items

Structure:

  • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
    • Current release (WP 6.6)
  • Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
    • Final decision regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
  • Active priority projects
    • Improve template loading
    • INP research opportunities
    • Improving the calculation of image size attributes
    • Optimized autoloaded options

WordPress Performance Trac Tickets

  • For WordPress 6.6:
    • Nothing to discuss this week

Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)

  • Final decision regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
    • @thelovekesh added a workflow diagram on the issue itself and had some initial conversation with @swissspidy as well.
    • In the new workflow, we will be aiming to automate the other chores like:
      • auto creation of a release branchbranch A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses branches to store the latest development code for each major release (3.9, 4.0, etc.). Branches are then updated with code for any minor releases of that branch. Sometimes, a major version of WordPress and its minor versions are collectively referred to as a "branch", such as "the 4.0 branch".
      • raise a PR on the trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. from the release branch which will be having updated since tags and bumped version.
      • renaming of milestone and creating a next milestone.
  • @mukesh27 has the following PR ready for review PR #1148 – Warning notice about read-only file system remove even when all plugins are installed
  • @westonruter For Speculative Loading, I learned about an issue yesterday where WooCommerce links to add-to-cart and remove-from-cart are erroneously being prefetched/prerendered. WooCommerce shouldn’t be using links for these UIUI User interface elements, but such is WP.

Active Priority Projects

Improve template loading

  • @thekt12 ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. #59595 – PR#6392 is good for some initial review and feedback. Findings and reasoning behind each changes is added to PR description and inline comments. In TT4 homepage, I can see 4% improvement for non persistent cache and 6% improvement for site with persistent cache.
  • @thekt12 In #59600,
    • Working on improving performance for BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Template  PR#6369 ( current results not that good )
    • Template Parts caching PR#6391 ( current results not that good )

INP research opportunities

  • @adamsilverstein created this top level issue to track the work: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1120
    • opened a few coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. tickets about adopting the Interactivity APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. to replace jQuery (#60986 #60985 and #60987) These are open for contributions if anyone wants to get a chance to try the Interactivity API out.
    • created a sheet with the list of scripts identified in the audits and have started to inventory which themes/plugins have public GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repositories we can contribute to.
    • created a PR to add custom metrics to httparchive so we can track adoption of the Interactivity API and I also started exploring adding performance instrumentation to the Interactivity API, so we can debug performance issues with callbacks.

Improving the calculation of image size attributes

  • @joemcgill I have an update on https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/760
    • One of the first steps to this project is to get a baseline of what the impact of inaccurate sizes attributes have on the web. I’ve updated an earlier HTTPArchive query that was created a few years ago to get some of that info, and am planning to work with @adamsilverstein on some additional ways to measure the impact of any changes we make.
    • I’ll plan on creating a bit of a roadmap for how we can improve the sizes attribute via a Performance Lab project once we’re happy with how to measure this.

Optimized autoloaded options

  • @swissspidy we have this long-standing module proposal for optimizing autoloaded options however @joostdevalk just published something very similar. So I was thinking that maybe we should collaborate
    • @joostdevalk I’ve done (in what’s probably a pretty rough way) something similar to what @swissspidy proposed in his ticket too; measure which options are used, remove autoload from those that aren’t used
    • I was kinda shocked by the results on some sites, going from multiple megabytes of options to 2-300 KB
    • I do still think though that maybe we should look at more aspects. We currently only have autoload yes and no, and I’ve basically always thought it’s weird that we don’t use the fact that it’s a string to also allow other contexts, like admin
    • Anyway, my code is there, happy to look at it together with someone and build something for performance labs
    • @joostdevalk One other thing related to options; the impact of a “miss” on an option that’s supposed to be autoloaded is actually way higher, as that always results in a DB query. If we could get a way to prevent that from happening, by having a get_autoloaded_option or something like that, I think the impact could be quite big.
  • @joemcgill For 6.6, we just added some functionality in #42441 that could be useful for automating some of this. After that change, any new option that is added can have its autoload value determined based on some additional criteria. For example, in that issue disables autoloading for large options if they weren’t explicitly added while passing true to the autoload param.
  • @pbearne asked @joostdevalk have you looked #347 code

Open Floor

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

#core-performance, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary

Aaron Jorbin 5:28 pm on April 15, 2024
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WordPress 6.5.3: An upcoming maintenance release

WordPress 6.5.3 is scheduled to be the next maintenance release for the 6.5 version. Its release will follow the following preliminary schedule:

  • 2 May 2024 – Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). made available and announced here on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. site.
  • 7 May 2024 – Final release made available.

Specific times will be decided in advance and adjustments to the schedule may be made. All adjustments will be noted in this post.

Minor or Maintenance releases of WordPress are intended as bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.-fix releases. If you have a tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that you think should be considered, please put it in the 6.5.3 milestone. If you have a githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ issue, please add it to the 6.5.x Editor Tasks board. If you lack bug gardening capabilities and have a ticket or issue you wish to highlight for 6.5.3, please add a comment here.

Note: except in extreme situations, only bug fixes will be considered and generally only bugs that have been introduced during the 6.5 cycle.

Get involved with 6.5.3

Bug Scrubs will happen in the #core room during the following times:

Each of the open tickets is going to require development work along with testing and review. You can also run your own scrubs to help ensure that all of the correct tickets are fixed in this release. Additionally, while the intent is for no new translated strings in this release, some locales have strings in 6.5 in need of translation.

General coordination for the release will happen in the #6-5-release-leads channel and decisions around code for the release will be made in the #core room.

This minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. will be led by @grantmkin and myself (@jorbin).

Thank you to @grantmkin for pre-publication review.

#6-5, #6-5-x

Emily Clarke 3:19 pm on April 15, 2024
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Performance Chat Agenda: 16 April 2024

Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for Apr 16, 2024 at 15:00 UTC.

  • Announcements
    • Welcome to our new members of #core-performance
    • Performance Lab pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party version 3.0.0 launch on Mon April 15
  • Priority items
    • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
      • Current release (6.6)
      • Future release
    • Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
      • Need to finalise a decision regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
    • Active priority projects
      • INP research opportunities
      • Improve template loading
  • Open floor

If you have any topics you’d like to add to this agenda, please add them in the comments below.

This meeting happens in the #core-performance channel. To join the meeting, you’ll need an account on the Make WordPress Slack.

#agenda, #meeting, #performance, #performance-chat

Tammie Lister 6:20 pm on April 12, 2024
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Bundled Theme Bug Scrubs

Starting Monday, April 15th 2024 at 13:00 UTC there will be a bundled theme bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrub.

Currently, there are over 326 tickets in the bundled theme component queue. Recently, efforts have been made to reduce the queue, which is going well. This is part of the default theme taskforce work this year. Now is also a great time to introduce a scrub as part of that process. The following is what to expect:

  • An hour going through tickets one by one.
  • Progressing each ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. raised in some way: this might be through keywords or time-framed discussions.
  • The scrub will be held in #core-themes within SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
  • Scrubs will be held every two weeks.

Thanks to @poena @luminuu @desrosj for pre-publication review.

#bug-scrub #bundled-theme #core-themes

Héctor Prieto 6:07 pm on April 12, 2024
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WordPress 6.5 Release Retrospective

Congratulations to all who helped make WordPress 6.5! Now that it has launched, I invite you to reflect and share your thoughts on the release process and squad to learn, iterate, and improve for future releases. 

Whether you led, contributed, tested, followed along—whatever your role, even if you didn’t have one—you are welcome to participate in this retrospective. So please take a moment to complete the form or leave public feedback in the comments below.

Please note: the survey is not anonymous. That’s in case a relevant person wants to reach you for further clarification. But your email address will not be shared publicly, and nobody is going to use it for any other purpose.

The form and comments will be open until April 26th, 2024. Shortly thereafter, you’ll see a follow-up post with collected, anonymized results.

Again, thank you for your contributions to 6.5 “Regina,” and for taking the time to help make future releases even better!

Props to @akshayar and @marybaum for the peer review

#6-5 #retrospective

#core, #release-process

Joe McGill 9:10 am on April 12, 2024
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Summary, Dev Chat, April 10, 2024

Start of the meeting in SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/., facilitated by @mikachan.

Announcements

WordPress 6.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release was released on Tuesday, April 9. WordPress version 6.5.1 could not be released due to a packaging error.

Forthcoming Releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are officially in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

@priethor published this WordPress 6.6 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers post recently, and is currently collecting the names of squad and cohort volunteers to share with leadership.

@jeffpaul commented that “at least finalizing the CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. & Editor tech leads and an RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). would go a long way towards formally kicking off.”

@jorbin said, “I’ve also seen a couple questions about default themes and getting that kicked off during this release, I think getting an answer there would be helpful”

@joemcgill asked, “…what the focuses of this release would be. @chanthaboune originally proposed that 6.6 be held as a maintenance and polish release in this post, but I’m unsure if that’s still the plan.” And later, “To be clear, I’m not necessarily advocating for 6.6 to be mainly a polish release, I just see the need to be intentional in release planning if we want to actually execute that objective.”

Next maintenance release: 6.5.3

There are currently 13 open tickets in the 6.5.3 release milestone.

Later in the meeting @jorbin shared an initial proposed schedule for 6.5.3.

The first minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. for 6.5 is out, though it was a quick turnaround security release. For a proper minor release, I would like to gather thoughts on the following plan:

  1. @grantmkin has volunteered to help on the editor side (Thank you!)
  2. I would like to suggest a target of 7 May for 6.5.3 with an RC on 2 May. This will allow for about 4 weeks to identify and fix any bugs. I think Tuesday’s have served us fairly well.
  3. To assist in this, I would like to start bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority. scrubs. I’m thinking twice weekly with one focused on tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. and one on githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ until we get closer to the release with the last few looking at both bug trackers
Slack reference

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2

Gutenberg 18.1 was released on April 10 and included these issues. 18.2 is scheduled for April 24 and will include these issues.

Discussion

During discussion we checked in on the progress that the 6.5 release coordinators are making on organizing a release retro post (see this thread). @marybaum confirmed that @priethor, @marybaum, and @akshayar are working on this and will update the #6-5-release-leads channel soon.

It was confirmed that retros have been a part of our release process for several previous releases. Many of them can be found by lookin at the retrospective tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) on this site.

Highlighted posts

The full list of posts from the last week in Core can be read on the agenda at this link.

Open floor

Tony Gravagno proposed that retrospectives could be used for marketing. “People need an occasional reminder and reinforcement that their platform of choice is aggressively maintained, despite occasional press about pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party vulnerabilities … which is all most people see about WP.” He then suggested that this might be better discussed in the #marketing channel.

Damon Cook shared that he has recently added details to the Project Updates and Details area in key Gutenberg GitHub Project boards (example: WordPress 6.6 Editor Tasks). Damon is planning on trying to keep those up to date throughout the cycle.

Screenshot of the status updates screen from GitHub project boards.


This prompted @jeffpaul to ask whether these updates could be provided on make/core to capture a broader audience.

“My lens is for someone who’s not in lots of GitHub issues, PRs, or boards and finds it hard to stay current on what’s transpiring there and thus not as able to contribute without that context.  Trying to find ways to bring some of that scattered context back to make/core for broader consumption and contextual understanding.”

Damon was open to experimenting on how to best cross-share info in both places. “…for now, I just wanted to make folks aware that I’ve started utilizing the feature and can even deactivate or remove it if it is confusing.”

The full conversation about these status updates starts here.

@dmsnell wanted to remind folks about his proposal to remove support for HTML4 and XHTML. “Doing this is mostly ceremonial, since those formats aren’t supported in reality. Removing them officially though gives us liberty to modernize existing code and improve WordPress’ HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers.-handling reliability. More info in the linked ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.: #59883“.

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

#6-6, #core, #dev-chat, #summary

Joe McGill 11:04 am on April 10, 2024
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Agenda, Dev Chat, Wednesday April 10, 2024

The next WordPress Developers Chat will take place on  Wednesday April 10, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel on Make WordPress Slack.

The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.

Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections, as below. If you have ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please do continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.

Announcements

WordPress 6.5.2 Maintenance and Security Release was released on Tuesday, April 9. WordPress version 6.5.1 could not be released due to a packaging error.

Forthcoming releases

Next major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.6

We are officially in the WordPress 6.6 release cycle.

Next maintenance release: 6.5.3

There are currently 13 open tickets in the 6.5.3 release milestone.

Next GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ release: 18.2

Gutenberg 18.1 was released on April 10 and included these issues. 18.2 is scheduled for April 24 and will include these issues.

Discussions

We will plan on following up on formalizing a release team for 6.6 and check in on the progress that the 6.5 release coordinators are making on organizing a release retro post (see this thread).

Feel free to suggest additional topics related to this release in the comments.

Highlighted posts

CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Editor Updates

Props to @annezazu for putting together these updates.

Tickets for assistance

Tickets for 6.6 will be prioritized.

Please include detail of tickets / PR and the links into comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting if there are any questions or will be async.

Open floor

Items for this can be shared in the comments.

Props to @mikachan for reviewing.

#agenda, #core, #dev-chat

Emily Clarke 9:21 am on April 10, 2024
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Performance Chat Summary: 9 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
  • Plan to launch Performance Lab pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party version 3.0.0 on Mon April 15

Priority Items

Structure:

  • WordPress performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
    • Current release (WP 6.6)
  • Performance Lab plugin (and other performance plugins)
    • Open discussion regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
  • Active priority projects
    • INP research opportunities
    • Improve template loading

WordPress Performance Trac Tickets

  • For WordPress 6.6:
    • @adamsilverstein volunteered to be the performance release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release. for 6.6

Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)

  • Open discussion regarding streamlining PL plugin and other standalone plugins #1061
    • @flixos90 at a high level I like what @swissspidy proposed in https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1061#issuecomment-2044774194
      • It would be great if we could have distinct releases per plugin, and automate it completely. Even before we had standalone plugins, the Performance Lab release process involves quite a bit of manual work, like bumping versions and adding changelog in PRs. It takes just a very short time, so not a big overhead, but still prone to human error
    • @joemcgill I definitely like the idea of making the release on GH the result of a release rather than the cause of a release. Seems like we need to better define all of the requirements that an updated process should meet prior to diving into implementation. Is there someone consolidating those requirements?
      • @thelovekesh has volunteered to pick this up, aiming for next Monday to collect everyone’s feedback and to generate a proposed approach
  • @mukesh27 has been working on below some follow-up PRs.
    • PRs that have been merged:
      • PR #1116 – Delete option when uninstalling the Modern Image Formats plugin
      • PR #1117 – Update GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ actions dependency
  • @flixos90 opened https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1118 which is about enhancing the npm run since script to support standalone plugins. This unlocks a simple yet valuable improvement to our current publishing workflow for standalone plugins. That said, this is separate from the main discussion we should have here as it doesn’t holistically change anything. I just wanted to mention it for reference

Active Priority Projects

Improve template loading

INP research opportunities

  • @adamsilverstein still working through the results, some discussion has continued in comments on the doc. I also saw @swissspidy opened this ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. which is related to one of the findings #60962 (thanks!)
    • One other small update, part of the INP doc suggests a move towards Interactivity APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. adoption could be helpful, in that regard I have added custom metrics to httparchive so we can track API adoption: https://github.com/HTTPArchive/custom-metrics/pull/113
  • @westonruter For sites still using MediaElement.js, I’ve identified some code that appears to be needlessly spending ~50 ms (when profiling at 6x CPU slowdown on my machine) to check if the pointer-events style is supported. Since this is now supported by >98% of browsers, I think this entire blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. of logic should be replaced with just a simple export const SUPPORT_POINTER_EVENTS = true given this.
    • Granted, this would be more of a LCP fix than an INP fix since it happens early when the page is loading.

Open Floor

  • @thelovekesh This PR is waiting for review – https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/981. Can someone please take a look. Thanks.
  • @spacedmonkey I am going to look into adding new functions for loading multiple networknetwork (versus site, blog) option at once. These plan to mirror the new options for site options. Everyone happy to add this to performance focus?
    • I also want to look into a ticket I created regarding changing how query caches are invalidated
    • At the moment, we use last change as a salt for cache keys. This results in validation but it also means for high traffic sites that generate lots of content, lots of keys being generated. So much so that people are turning the query caches off.
    • I want to find a way to reuse the same query cache keys even after invalidation. Instead of make a new cache and hoping a the existing one falls out of cache, reuse the same key and sort the last modified time as part of the object.

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

#core-performance, #performance, #performance-chat, #summary