The WordPress coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. development team builds WordPress! Follow this site for general updates, status reports, and the occasional code debate. There’s lots of ways to contribute:
Found a bugbugA 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.?Create a ticket in the bug tracker.
The performance bugbugA 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 December 18, 2024 at 16:00 UTC will also be an end of year wrap up session
Upcoming Performance Weekly Chats in December
No meeting on Tuesday December 24
No meeting on Tuesday December 31
Meetings will resume again on Tuesday January 7, 2025
Priority Items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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)
@spacedmonkeyticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#62658 is nearly ready to commit
@joemcgill we’ve got 5 marked for early that would be good to scrub later today if there’s time, since we skipped last week
@pbearne does not yet have a fix for #42743. The issue is that I can’t separate blockBlockBlock 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. widgets from the others the way it hackedhacked in is the problem
@joemcgill Has that challenge been documented anywhere? Happy to read up on it and try to give feedback, or perhaps there is someone else that is familiar with the issue that could help?
@pbearne The block widgets are load a single widgetWidgetA WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. as part of the option. Happy to have others look at this
@mukesh27 for #58001 suggested we can review the PR and iterate early in the 6.8 cycle
@spacedmonkey Not had time to look into this one again. I would love if someone else could pick this one up, as it most just needs unit tests now. IMO
Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)
Has added tests to the above. I need code review. Can this be added to WP 6.8?
@joemcgill I don’t see any reason why it can’t be milestoned if it’s close. @pbearne you had self assigned ownership, but am wondering who needs to shepherd this into the release?
@pbearne the code is ready it just need a committercommitterA developer with commit access. WordPress has five lead developers and four permanent core developers with commit access. Additionally, the project usually has a few guest or component committers - a developer receiving commit access, generally for a single release cycle (sometimes renewed) and/or for a specific component. to help
@spacedmonkey I am happy to commit this and action feedback. It doesn’t really need much more, I think it is basically done.
The performance bugbugA 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 December 18, 2024 at 16:00 UTC will also be an end of year wrap up session
Upcoming Performance Weekly Chats in December:
No meeting on Tuesday December 24
No meeting on Tuesday December 31
Meetings will resume again on Tuesday January 7, 2025
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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) including:
Summary of the WordPress Developer Blogblog(versus network, site) meeting, which took place in the #core-dev-blog channel on the Make WordPress SlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. Start of the meeting in Slack.
Last month’s disrupted GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ process is fixed again
Reminder: The January meeting to Jan. 9th, 2025 at 13:00 UTC, due to Holiday season.
Newly published posts since last meeting
Since the last meeting, we published the following articles
How to build a theme demo with WP Playground blueprints (blocked by a bugbugA 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.)
As mentioned at the top of today’s agenda, the weekly Dev Chat times have gone back to 20:00 UTC.
Announcements
The WordPress 6.8 call for volunteers is open until December 6. You can find out more and volunteer for any of the roles here.
Also, GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ 19.8 was released earlier today 🎉. What’s new in Gutenberg 19.8?
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.8
There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. You can review the next minor release milestone. @desrosj suggested that mid to late January is a good ballpark at the moment, as there are no urgent issues after 6.7.1.
@azaozz expressed his hope that every Gutenberg release can be merged to coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. during alpha. Would probably reduce the final pressure during betaBetaA pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. and RCrelease candidateOne of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)..
@joemcgill agreed, stating, “It is currently not ideal that nightly WordPress releases aren’t really available to test features that are ready until after the first sync of the cycle”.
@priethor asked, “What’s preventing us from doing that from the core side?”
Consensus from those in attendance was that there wasn’t any specific blockers to doing this, so it may be worth giving this a try in 6.8 once a release squad is identified.
@mikachan asked if we could automate a lot of the process, perhaps open a wordpress-develop PR from a GH action when a new Gutenberg release is out, and then the majority of the work would be testing and committing.
@johnbillion identified a couple of tickets on TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. for automation that could use help moving forward: #60967 and #60966.
Open Floor
@annezazu shared the following update prior to the meeting:
“What’s new in GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/…” posts (labeled with the #gutenberg-new tag) are posted following every Gutenberg release on a biweekly basis, showcasing new features included in each release. As a reminder, here’s an overview of different ways to keep up with Gutenberg and the Editor.
The latest release of the Gutenberg pluginPluginA 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 entails a myriad of user experience improvements for selecting section styles, image manipulation and font handling. The DataViews layouts also received important improvements.
In zoom-out mode, users can now apply different sections styles and designs directly from the toolbar, cycling through them and inspecting them in the context of the rest of the page. This enhancementenhancementEnhancements are simple improvements to WordPress, such as the addition of a hook, a new feature, or an improvement to an existing feature. streamlines the decision-making and production process. (#67140)
Font family preview in dropdown
Another user experience improvement can be found in the list of fonts: Each font family is now previewed in the font picker dropdown and gives users a better indication as to what the font will look like. (67118)
Success notices for image editing with Undo link
The outcome of the Image manipulation methods are now better communicated in the blockBlockBlock 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. The success notices are now displayed at the bottom of the editor. The notices also come with a handy Undo link to revert to the original if necessary. (67314)(67312)
Other Notable Highlights
DataViews improvements
This release also contains some Data View improvements. For instance, the table layout received density options: A user can modify the amount of whitespace that is displayed per row on three levels: comfortable, balanced and compact. (67170) Developers working with the Dataviews can now make use of a new APIAPIAn 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. to programmatically register and unregister fields for the various display methods. (67175).
Block supports from experimental to stable.
📣 Plugin authors and Theme builders might appreciate the stabilization of certain block support settings and functions. A separate make blogblog(versus network, site) post will explain the ins and outs. For now, you can read about it in two GitHubGitHubGitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ PRs: (67018) (66918).
Next Performance Lab release has been moved from December 2 to December 16
Upcoming Performance Weekly Chats in December:
No meeting on Tuesday December 24
No meeting on Tuesday December 31
Meetings will resume again on Tuesday January 7, 2025
End of year Performance Hallway Hangout
Priority Items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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)
@joemcgill While it’s not a performance ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.. #62046 is the one that I’ve been looking at most recently, as it could have implications on how we approach improving sizes attribute calculation.
Performance Lab Plugin (and other Performance Plugins)
@joemcgill my question would be whether working on adding dominant color backgrounds in the media modal to the plugin has any real performance benefit that would lead this to be a priority at this point?
@pbearne it is not a priority but it would nice to finish it now i have worked out how to add it to media model. Adding ThumbHash should be left to @swissspidy client side image code
@joemcgill yes, as long as the plugin is still a part of the performance lab repo, I think it’s free for contribution if there is something you’ve already got going.
@pbearne will add some cleaner code. But would like someone better at JSJSJavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors. to look at the replace
@joemcgill Sure. I’ll respond to the issue and am happy to review a PR once you’ve got something together
@mukesh27 The PR 1683 for Bump minimum required WordPress version to 6.6 is ready for review. I will work on issue 1557 in the coming week it’s quick one.
@mukesh27 I’m exploring how we can pass the context for Column blockBlockBlock 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. as it’s more complex then other parent blocks
Enable Client Side Modern Image Generation
No updates this week
Open Floor
@joemcgill discuss having an end of year Hallway Hangout for the Performance team in the next couple of weeks
We could even possibly just use this current meeting slot, but should confirm with @flixos90 what will work for him. I suspect he wants to put together some end of year data, similar to last year, that could be shared on the call.
Next Performance Lab release has been moved from December 2 to December 16
Upcoming Performance Weekly Chats in December:
No meeting on Tuesday December 24
No meeting on Tuesday December 31
Meetings will resume again on Tuesday January 7, 2025
End of year Performance Hallway Hangout
Priority items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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) including:
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.8
There is currently no release date planned for WordPress 6.7.2. You can review the next minor release milestone. @desrosj suggested that mid to late January is a good ballpark at the moment, as there are no urgent issues after 6.7.1.
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ release: 19.8
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.8, scheduled for December 4. It will include the following issues. Reading the release posts, like What’s new in Gutenberg 19.7 is a great way to see what is being worked on for the next major release.
Discussion
There were no topics proposed for this week. As a reminder, anyone can propose discussion topics for these meetings by commenting on the agenda posts each week or reach out to @mikachan or @joemcgill (the current CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps) directly.
Open Floor
@azaozz mentioned ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker.#62504, which seems somewhat common judging by the number of duplicate tickets.
Was wondering if having just a hotfix pluginPluginA 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 will be sufficient until 6.7.2 considering it would probably be released next year.
A current workaround for folks is to update the Classic Editor plugin. The same issue affects any plugins that still use the old Edit Posts screen to edit custom post types, and we recommended that these plugins apply the hotfix to work around the issue until the fix is backported to 6.7.2.
The live meeting will focus on the discussion for upcoming releases, and have an open floor section.
Additional items will be referred to in the various curated agenda sections below. If you have ticketticketCreated for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. requests for help, please continue to post details in the comments section at the end of this agenda.
Next major releasemajor releaseA release, identified by the first two numbers (3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope.: 6.8
Next GutenbergGutenbergThe 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/ release: 19.8
The next Gutenberg release will be 19.8, scheduled for December 4. It will include the following issues.
Discussions
The discussion section of the agenda is to provide a place to discuss important topics affecting the upcoming release or larger initiatives that impact the CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team.
If you want to nominate a topic for discussion, please leave a comment on this agenda with a summary of the topic, any relevant links that will help people get context for the discussion, and what kind of feedback you are looking for from others participating in the discussion.
You can keep up to date with the major Editor features that are currently in progress by viewing these Iteration issues.
Open floor
Any topic can be raised for discussion in the comments, as well as requests for assistance on tickets. Tickets in the milestone for the next major or maintenance release will be prioritized.
Please include details of tickets / PRs and the links in the comments, and if you intend to be available during the meeting for discussion or if you will be async.
Props to @annezazu for contributing to this agenda.
Last week (Nov 20) saw the release of Performance Lab 3.6.1
Priority Items
WordPress performance TracTracAn open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. tickets
Performance Lab pluginPluginA 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)
@mukesh27 Someone from our team needs to check the auto sizes issues that are reported in past few days [see Slack]
Recommended to close some as duplicates
@joemcgill is looking into this now. In many of the cases, it looks like auto is being applied to images without dimensions, which shouldn’t be happening.
@westonruter For Image Prioritizer I have a new PR which is preloading LCP background images which are defined in external CSSCSSCascading Style Sheets. files or in stylesheets in STYLE tags. Up until now, it would only preload background images which were defined inline with style attributes. This was a big limitation since from what I’ve seen page builders very frequently use non-inline styles, for example to be able to do viewport-specific images on mobile and desktop. My finding is that this can improve LCP by 20% on an Elementor-built page! https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1697
This also improves LCP for coreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. themes like Twenty Thirteen that have a CSS background image for the headerHeaderThe header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes.. I measured a ~9% improvement. The PR is ready for review, but I still need to add tests.
Continuing to work this week on passing alignment info from ancestor blocks to image blocks by context
@mukesh27 As part of improving the calculation of image sizes, I’ve opened a POC that passes context from the group blockBlockBlock 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. to its child image blocks. The PR https://github.com/WordPress/performance/pull/1704 is ready for review.
Enable Client Side Modern Image Generation
No updates this week
Enhance Onboarding Experience of Performance Lab Plugin
Reminder: The January meeting to Jan. 9th, 2025 at 13:00 UTC, due to Holiday season.
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