Performance team meeting summary 11 January 2022

Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

Focus group updates

Images

@adamsilverstein

GitHub project

• @adamsilverstein offline
• @mitogh: Researching existing functionality and working on planning. Can we include https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/53232 in GH as part of image performance improvements?
• @tweetythierry: Sure, this will help us do some testing before it lands in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress..
• @mitogh will create a new GH issue linking back to the 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.
• WebP module
  • Ready for testing
  • @tweetythierry: Should we remove the original image or not?
  • @boogah: Can we give the option? Keep the original and add a filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. to remove the original for users/hosts who wish to do so
  • @tillkruess, @madpixels, @craigfrancis: Keep the original
  • @blogaid: This will double disk space usage and we need to keep hosting costs in mind
  • @schlessera: webp is not supported everywhere, so we shouldn’t be removing the original
  • Several other users chimed in; see Slack
  • Continue the 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/ (see below)

Feedback requested

• Share thoughts on keeping JPEGs after webp upload in this discussion

Object caching

@tillkruess

GitHub project

• No updates

Feedback requested

• N/A

Site Health

@audrasjb

GitHub project

• @audrasjb offline
• @furi3r seeking feedback on PR noted below

Feedback requested

• Create Site Health Audit Enqueued Assets module (inc. this PR) has been adapted to the new 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 structure and is open for discussion

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

• @wp-source offline until end of January
• @josephscott: Plan to get a live updating test site set up on platform.sh ot begin running tests on every commit to master soon

Feedback requested

• Standard WP performance testing environment
• Assistance from anyone who is familiar with platform.sh; @josephscott working with @lolautruche

JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers. WordPress makes extensive use of JS for a better user experience. While PHP is executed on the server, JS executes within a user’s browser. https://www.javascript.com/.

@aristath

GitHub project

• @aristath offline
• @sergiomdgomes: Still discussing three proposals in #core-js, which will be turned into GH issues for further discussion soon

Feedback requested

• N/A

Infrastructure

• @flixos90 offline; no updates
• @madpixels: PR almost ready for Implement GitHub action to ensure necessary labels and milestone are present on pull requests and working on Allow programmatic control of which modules are enabled.

Feedback requested

• Several issues still need feedback or are ready for a PR to be opened – see Needs Dev and Needs Decision labels. If you pick any up to open a PR, please self-assign so it’s clear to others that it is in progress and only pick up if you plan to start on it ASAP.

Open floor

• @seedsca: Has anyone looked into using Xdebug with profiling for tests?
• @craigfrancis: Looking for review on PR #2127 in Core since this is a feature change to wp-db

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