Performance Chat Summary: 3 June 2025

The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack.

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)

• @westonruter announced that the initial release of the View Transitions plugin is now live on WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/. 🎉
  • @jonoaldersonwp and @westonruter both installed the plugin on their personal sites and reported positive feedback on its visual smoothness and polish.
  • @flixos90 shared that a blogblog (versus network, site) post is being prepared to explain the plugin’s background a bit more, and there are plans to explore it further with contributors at WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Europe.
  • @flixos90 highlighted the significant value of achieving these transitions without needing to rearchitect the entire site or work around WordPress’s default behavior.
  • @jonoaldersonwp noted that this solution is preferable to the old AMP-based AJAX content wrapper approach.

Open Floor

• @b1ink0 reminded everyone that the upcoming Performance Bug Scrub is scheduled for June 10, 2025, noted an open host slot, and invited anyone interested to lead it.
  • @flixos90 volunteered to host the 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. scrub on June 10, due to a scheduling conflictconflict A conflict occurs when a patch changes code that was modified after the patch was created. These patches are considered stale, and will require a refresh of the changes before it can be applied, or the conflicts will need to be resolved. with the originally planned slot on June 24.

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 15:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

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