Performance Chat Summary: 6 May 2025

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

WordPress Performance TracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets

• @westonruter asked if any performance-related fixes were included in the WordPress 6.8.1 release.
  • @b1ink0 confirmed that the update focused primarily on general 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. fixes across WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. and the 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. Editor, with no specific performance items.
• @westonruter noted that he has some pending PRs to review and merge.

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 (and other performance plugins)

• @flixos90 has started work on the new View Transitions feature pluginFeature Plugin A plugin that was created with the intention of eventually being proposed for inclusion in WordPress Core. See Features as Plugins. (see issue #1997). The work is being tracked through a series of iterative PRs, starting with theme support and dynamic transition name handling. It builds on the experimental Core PR wordpress-develop#8370 and will include a UIUI User interface for customizing transitions.
  • @flixos90 plans to work on the next PRs later this week, with most work focused on porting the experimental code into plugin shape.
  • When asked if the plugin would be considered stable or experimental upon release by @mukesh27, @flixos90 noted that it depends on the final feature set and the team’s evaluation at that time.
• @mukesh27 briefly noted progress on Accurate Sizes (part of the Auto Sizes plugin) and will share a more detailed update later this week.

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

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