Performance team meeting summary 29 March 2022

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

Focus group updates

Announcements

@mxbclang

• @flixos90: 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. release schedule update
  • We’ll proceed with the proposed schedule and release 1.0.0-rc.1 on April 4 and 1.0.0 stable on April 18
  • Release party for 1.0.0-rc.1 will be in the #performance channel on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 1pm EDT

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

• @adamsilverstein: Focused on finishing Create WebP images on upload #22. Most work for WebP uploads is complete, so will soon be moving on to other issues.
  • Filters finalized in Decide on order of webp_uploads_content_image_mimes filter items #237 and Allow controlling which image format sources in the frontend can be replaced #238
  • Work continuing to cover backup/edited images in Restore and backup Image sizes with sources when an image is edited #228 and Perform updates on secondary image mime types when original image is edited #158
  • 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 integration points are being worked on in Ensure WebP/Image/Optimization plugins can integrate & use existing WebP images #160
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. functions are being reviewed in Update WordPress core functions to support multiple mime types #155
• @adamsilverstein: WebP by default was officially proposed for core this week – review and feedback appreciated
  • Blog post
  • Trac ticket
  • PR
• @pbearne: Been working on providing primary color backgrounds for lazy loading images; work to date is available here (related to Add low quality image placeholders #19). Found that blurhash wasn’t a good fit and primary color was better.
• @jjgrainger: Proposal for Update WordPress core functions to support multiple mime types #155 is open for review and feedback

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (10 issues)
• Needs Review (1 issue)

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

• @spacedmonkey: Merged:
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36907
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55372
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38741
• @spacedmonkey: Ready for review:
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36723
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/55360
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/36904
  • https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/19901
• @spacedmonkey: Could use another set of eyes on https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/4476
• @pbearne: Want to merge https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2394, which adds 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 the wp_filter_content_tags() function to allow for easy adjustment of image tags

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (2 issues)
• Needs Review (3 issues)

Site Health

N/A

GitHub project

• We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” 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/.
• @furi3r: Working on Add Site Health test for full page caching (advanced cache) #220 as proposed by @westonruter
• @mxbclang: Submitted a PR to standardize and improve Site Health reports copy in Standardize structure for Site Health reports #229 (please review) and moving on to Create Autoloaded Options Core Documentation #234
• @flixos90: Also looking for help with Improve Enqueued Assets report in Site Health #267
• @spacedmonkey: Any update on Add async decoding attribute as default to the HTML image tags generated by WordPress #53232?
  • @westonruter: Tests were failing in the patch and are still failing; will follow up
  • @spacedmonkey: Would help massively with front-end performance and would be great to get into 6.0

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (4 issues)
• Needs Review (1 issue)

Measurement

@wp-source @josephscott

GitHub project

• No updates

Feedback requested

• Measurement overview doc
• Capturing front-end performance metrics in WordPress doc (for #s 63/64)
• Needs Discussion (5 issues)
• Needs Review (1 issue)

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 @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

• @thelovekesh: Created a PR for Partytown support #176; please review

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (3 issues)
• Needs Review (2 issues)

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

• @flixos90: Just added GitHub workflow documentation; please take a look
• @mitogh: Can we remove release branches once releases are completed?
  • @flixos90: Add a GH issue for discussion
• @flixos90: Please review the proposed policy for commitment to WordPress version support and backwards compatibility in Add first draft for the plugin’s version support policy. #240

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (4 issues)
• Needs Review (2 issues)

Open Floor

• @thelovekesh: After adding Partytown, JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. tests are failing and giving the error Error: Cannot find module `prettier`. When I update @wordpress/scripts to the latest version, tests work. Should I raise a PR?
  • @flixos90: Yes, create a separate PR

Help wanted

• All issues labeled Needs Discussion
• All issues labeled Needs Decision
• All issues labeled Needs Dev
• All issues labeled Needs Review
• All issues labeled Needs Testing

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