{"id":125441,"date":"2026-08-11T17:04:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/?p=125441"},"modified":"2026-08-11T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:04:25","slug":"performance-chat-summary-11-august-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2026\/08\/11\/performance-chat-summary-11-august-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Chat Summary: 11 August 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full chat log is available beginning <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/archives\/C02KGN5K076\/p1786464064886039\">here on Slack<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WordPress Performance <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Trac<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Trac<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span> tickets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/b1ink0\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>b1ink0<\/a> asked whether there was anything the team would like to focus on for the WordPress 7.2 release, referencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=accepted&amp;status=assigned&amp;status=new&amp;status=reopened&amp;status=reviewing&amp;focuses=~performance&amp;group=milestone&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=status&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=focuses&amp;desc=1&amp;order=id\">performance-focused Core Trac tickets<\/a>. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/westonruter\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>westonruter<\/a> said he would love to get script\/style concatenation ripped out in favor of using preloads, which would be a big improvement to <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Core<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Core<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.<\/span><\/span><\/span>, especially from a tech debt perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Performance Lab <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Plugin<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Plugin<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/<\/a> or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.<\/span><\/span><\/span> (and other performance plugins)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/westonruter\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>westonruter<\/a> shared that he pushed out a security fix for Optimization Detective the previous week. That process brought to light a deficiency in the <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>deploy<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Deploy<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>Launching code from a local development environment to the production web server, so that it's available to visitors.<\/span><\/span><\/span> script where it could inadvertently try to publish a release for an older version, so he opened <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/performance\/pull\/2620\">PR #2620<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Open Floor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/westonruter\/\" class=\"mention\"><span class=\"mentions-prefix\">@<\/span>westonruter<\/a> asked whether anyone else was planning to be at <span tabindex='0' class='glossary-item-container'>Contributor Day<span class='glossary-item-hidden-content'><span class='glossary-item-header'>Contributor Day<\/span> <span class='glossary-item-description'>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/<\/a> There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/handbook\/getting-started\/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/support\/handbook\/getting-started\/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span> at WCUS on Sunday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our next chat will be held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/fixedtime.html?iso=20260825T1600\"><abbr class=\"date\" title=\"2026-08-25T16:00:00+00:00\">Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 16:00 UTC<\/abbr><\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.slack.com\/messages\/core-performance\/\">#core-performance channel<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/chat\/\">Slack<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"o2-appended-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/core-performance\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>core-performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/hosting\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>hosting<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/performance\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>performance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/performance-chat\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>performance-chat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/summary\/\" class=\"tag\"><span class=\"tag-prefix\">#<\/span>summary<\/a><\/p><nav class='o2-post-footer-actions'><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><li class='o2-post-footer-action'><a href=\"https:\/\/login.wordpress.org\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fcore%2F2026%2F08%2F11%2Fperformance-chat-summary-11-august-2026%2F%23respond&#038;locale=en_US\" title=\"Login to Reply\"  class=\"genericon  genericon-reply\"  data-action=\"login-to-reply\"  data-actionstate=\"default\" >Login to Reply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class='o2-post-footer-action-likes'><\/div><ul class='o2-post-footer-action-row'><\/ul><\/nav>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. 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