Performance Chat Summary: 13 January 2026

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 shared that an issue related to Modern Image Formats in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. had surfaced, pointing to #60480.
• @westonruter shared the reports covering performance-related tickets for WordPress 6.9.1 and 7.0 specifically enhancements/features.
  • @westonruter highlighted #64066 as potentially the most impactful open ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker., which proposes changing Speculative Loading’s default eagerness from conservative to moderate when caching is detected. @westonruter noted that no negative feedback has been received so far but acknowledged the change could be controversial and planned to ask for additional feedback in the #hosting channel.
• @mukesh27 asked about the status of the Adminadmin (and super admin) View Transitions work. @westonruter replied that this is tracked in #64470, with an active PR #10699 opened by @flixos90.
  • @westonruter shared that the change looks close to being ready, but an unexpected E2E test failure still needs investigation. @mukesh27 shared that the implementation looks solid overall, and @westonruter mentioned he had merged the latest trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. changes and planned further debugging, including testing behavior with unminified scripts if the failure persists.

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)

• @SarthakJaiswal shared that he has been working on PR #2321, plans to review feedback, and will implement required changes soon, while also asking whether there are additional polishing improvements worth considering.

Open Floor

• @mukesh27 asked who would be attending 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. Asia this year. @westonruter shared that he is looking forward to the Core Performance table at Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. and noted that, since the conference will correspond with WordPress 7.0, either team could land some very early things for WordPress 7.1 or focus on Performance Lab.

Our next chat will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 at 16:00 UTC in the #core-performance channel in Slack.

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