Performance team meeting summary 7 June 2022

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

Announcements

@mxbclang

• Huge thank you to everyone who participated in any way in our work at WCEU! Feedback was extremely positive and we have lots of new people who are interested in contributing
• Our weekly chat is held in the #performance channel on Tuesdays at 15:00 UTC and our GitHub repo is here; feel free to take a look at open issues and add new issues
• You can watch @flixos90‘s talk from WCEU here

Focus group updates

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

• @mxbclang: Focused on continuing to move Create WebP images on upload #22 forward in prep for posting a follow-up post to Make in the next few weeks. We’ll review all of the research in Research: Impact of additional WebP images on upload #289 and Research: WebP compatibility #290 as well as the results of the hosting provider survey to determine and outline next steps. Also moving forward on exploration and definition for Regenerate existing images #24.
• @spacedmonkey: @flixos90 and @pbearne worked a lot on Add low quality image placeholders using background color #19 at WCEU and it’s getting close, looks like it could be ready for 1.2.0. Flagging Add async decoding attribute as default to the HTML image tags generated by WordPress #86 as very close; the coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. really helps with time to first paint, so it would be great to get this done. Also want to flag Allow SVG upload (if SVG contains no scripting) #357 for future discussion.
  • @codekraft: Have discussed this in #core-media previously and it did not move forward
• @mitogh: Back up edited full image sources when restoring the original image #314 is ready for another review and have been working on tests around WP image resizing can result in a larger file size than the original. #264 to see if I can find a workaround

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (8 issues)
• Needs Review (3 issues)

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

• @spacedmonkey: Working on WP_Term_Query cache problem #2756 and awaiting a review from @flixos90 on Use metadata api in *_network_options #2478. Also looking at Option ‘user_count’ not initalized or updated on single sites #55890. Could use reviews on the following PRs:
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2722
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2631
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2614
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2612
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/2611

Feedback requested

• See list above
• 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/.
• @mxbclang: Add Site Health test for full page caching (advanced cache) #220 is ready for 1.2.0 and @flixos90 and I are working on moving Create Autoloaded Options Core Documentation #234 forward with the Documentation team in Add new Autoloaded options section to Optimization article #358

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (4 issues)

Measurement

N/A

GitHub project

• We’re seeking 1-2 POCs for this group; if you’re interested, please comment here or ping in Slack
• 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

• @aristath (async): Working on ways to apply some tree-shaking to 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. styles. Created a proof of concept in Tree-shaking block styles on the frontend #41020 and would appreciate feedback. Also working on an alternative method which would not require 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. changes to block.json, but worried about server-side performance. Current implementation in the POC is far from perfect but enough to be a good conversation starter to move this forward.
  • @mitogh: Will take a look at this

Feedback requested

• Tree-shaking block styles on the frontend #41020
• Needs Discussion (2 issues)
• Needs Review (3 issues)

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

• @flixos90 offline
• @mxbclang: Reminder that next release will be 1.2.0 on Monday, June 20, so we should target merge for anything for that release by about June 15.
• @mxbclang: If you haven’t already, please review and leave feedback on @flixos90‘s proposal for a WordPress plugin checker
  • @jeffpaul: Seems like something that could get added into that existing checks that #tide runs, or maybe that was purposely left out?
  • @clarkeemily: Might be good to add as a comment to ask Felix
  • @jeffpaul: Cannot leave comments on this doc
  • @mxbclang: I’ll check permissions post-meeting

Feedback requested

• Proposal for WordPress plugin checker
• Needs Discussion (5 issues)

Open floor

• @clarkeemily: Working on collating photos and stories from WCEU and will share with the wider group soon

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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