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

Focus area updates

Images

@adamsilverstein @mikeschroder

GitHub project

• @mukesh27: Working on Regenerate thumbnail duplication webp file #575
• @mxbclang: Noting a few items that are able to picked up if anyone has interest/capacity; see Needs Dev below
• @adamsilverstein: fetchpriority experimental module was merged last week and is planned for release in v1.8.0 in December

Feedback requested

• See above
• Needs Discussion (10 issues)
• Needs Dev (2 issues)

Object Cache

@tillkruess @spacedmonkey

GitHub project

• @spacedmonkey: Focusing on theme.json parsing issues, so lots of code review. Working on:
  • https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46112
  • https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/46043
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3658
  • https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/3647

Feedback requested

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

Measurement

N/A

GitHub project

• No updates

Feedback requested

• Needs Discussion (5 issues)
• Needs Review (1 issue)

JSJS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. & CSSCSS Cascading Style Sheets.

@aristath @sergiomdgomes

GitHub project

• No updates

Feedback requested

• Tree-shaking block styles on the frontend #41020
• Needs Discussion (4 issues)
• Needs Review (2 issues)

Database

@olliejones

GitHub project

• @mxbclang: What are the next steps on Revisit indexes for DB performance #132?
  • @olliejones: Current voting winner points to doing something dbms-version-specific to the schema, eventually in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., think we can do this in 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 if we’re willing to accept a mu-plugin drop-in module. Disadvantage here is complexity.
  • @flixos90: This is tricky – we have a voting winner, but also some strong opinions from different sides including a WP lead developer.
  • @mxbclang: Seems like the best next step here would be to close out the vote as planned but hold on next steps pending further discussion in the issue, then regroup on this in a future chat
  • All agreed; vote will close and @mxbclang will add a comment about next steps
• @olliejones: SQLite Object Cache is coming along nicely; will create a new module proposal issue once it’s closer to complete
• @olliejones: For future discussion: Do we need some sort of formal set of filters, etc. to support the big competent hosting providers in this back-end area?

Feedback requested

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

Infrastructure

@flixos90

GitHub project

• @flixos90: Been working on iterating on the Server-Timing API PR. Still in draft because unit tests need to be added, but ready for review. Would love feedback and opinions on the 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. implementation. The most important recent change is that it is now initialized early through a drop-in, so it can capture measurements that happen before WP plugins are loaded.

Feedback requested

• See above
• Needs Discussion (5 issues)
• Needs Review (3 issues)

Open floor

• @olliejones: There’s a sustainability team forming – see #sustainability Slack channel
• @nickchomey: Been working on implementing a real PWA for a site under development. Plugin options are limited right now but @westonruter‘s plugin is the right approach. Is this something that the performance team can move forward?
  • @flixos90: Not sure what the current state of the plugin is; original idea was for it to be a feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins.
  • @nickchomey: Proposing a real coordinated effort be made to improve it to the point that it could be merged into core
  • @flixos90: It could definitely be feature plugin material, but as always it requires resources. If a small group is up for tackling, we would be supportive and help here possible.
  • @westonruter: The plugin is stable and essentially in maintenance mode. Not clear if there is the 80% user benefit to justify core merge just yet. See discussion between @nickchomey and @westonruter in GH issue: https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/pwa-wp/issues/884.
  • @flixos90: Key aspect of proposing this for core would be to come with an actual usage of PWA capabilities that immediately benefits core users
  • @westonruter: Benefit that all users could get now is offline browsing on the front-end, but there’s a separate concern of what happens when a large portion of the web is registering service workers
  • @pbearne: Aren’t we going to need something like this for real-time multi-editing in 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/?
  • @olliejones: Maybe the Twenty Twenty Four theme could be made PWA-friendly?

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at 16:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

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