Performance Chat Summary: 2 June 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

• @b1ink0 asked about updates on #64471, which aims to add cross-document View Transitions on the frontend.
  • @westonruter shared that there is a 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. with View Transitions in the WordPress adminadmin (and super admin) tracked in #65032. @westonruter also shared that PR #11912 is ready for review and addresses issues with the admin menu view transition animation.
  • @westonruter also highlighted #65294, which reports a temporary blank white screen that can appear when creating a new post.

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 shared that work is underway to fix #2437, which addresses deprecation warnings in the wp-env tests environment.

Open Floor

• @nickchomey asked about opportunities to contribute to the Performance Team.
  • @westonruter suggested contributing to Performance Lab plugin maintenance, exploring open issues, and submitting pull requests.
  • @nickchomey expressed interest in PHPPHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 7.4 or higher-based performance work and image optimization, particularly around the Image Placeholders plugin. @westonruter encouraged contributions in that area and suggested connecting with @adamsilverstein regarding related image optimization work.

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

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