Overview During the 6.2 Release Cycle, members of the WordPress Performance Team performed a performance analysis in order to identify the biggest opportunities to target for future performance enhancements. To do so, the team first created a methodology that could Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Server Performance Analysis Summary
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on May 10, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
WordPress 6.2.1 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is available for testing! Some ways you can help test this minor release: Use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin As this is a minor RC release, select the Point Release channel and the Nightlies stream. This is the latest build including the RC and potentially any subsequent commits in trunk. Continue reading WordPress 6.2.1 RC1 is now available
Coming after WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy”, a 6.2.1 release is planned for some items that came up near the end of the 6.2 release cycle or have been raised post-release. If there is a critical bugfix that has a patch/PR ready, Continue reading WordPress 6.2.1 Planning
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on May 3, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on April 26, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Based on lab benchmarks, WordPress 6.2 loads 14-18% faster overall for block themes and 2-5% faster overall for classic themes (measured via Largest Contentful Paint / LCP). Particularly server-side performance (measured via Time to First Byte / TTFB) is seeing Continue reading The benefits of prioritizing and measuring performance in WordPress 6.2
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on April 19, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on April 19, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
With WordPress 6.2 released and available to the world, it would be very helpful to this and future release squads if all those who contributed could take the time to reflect and share thoughts on the release process to learn, Continue reading WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy” Retrospective
The WordPress Developers Chat meeting took place on April 5, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of Make WordPress Slack. Key Links Start of the Dev Chat on Slack. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in Core. Let’s take a look at what changed on Trac between March 20 and April 3, 2023. Sorry for not being able to publish a post last week, this one will Continue reading Two Weeks in Core – April 3, 2023
Say hello to WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy,” named for the woodwind jazz wiz, the multi-instrumentalist—Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. Dolphy is acclaimed for having brought the bass clarinet to prominence in the jazz scene, creating a place for the flute and extending Continue reading WordPress 6.2 “Dolphy”
The WordPress 6.2 release was due today, March 28, 2023. However, a regression with date formats has been spotted during the 24-hour freeze. Release leads have agreed to revert the ticket that introduced the regression, which will require another Release Continue reading WordPress 6.2 release date updated: March 29, 2023
Preparation for WordPress 6.2 final release is underway. This post shares the release process, including the timeline and how you can help. The post will be kept up to date as the release process evolves. Release Timeline Overview The current Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Day Process
To get ready for the final release of WordPress 6.2 on March 28, 2023, an RC4 has been put together to help cover some last-minute fixes. Here’s what’s changed since RC3: Revert changesets [55358] and [55360], restoring the wp_insert_user() function Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Release Candidate 4
1. Welcome and housekeeping @francina led the chat in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack. The agenda — thanks to @webcommsat, has a full list of 6.2 links. Highlighted posts are below. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Welcome back to a new issue of Week in Core. Let’s take a look at what changed on Trac between March 13 and March 20, 2023. 30 commits 70 contributors ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
The next WordPress Developers Chat will on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack. 1. Welcome and housekeeping Dev Chat summary, March 15, 2023 – thanks to @marybaum ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
1. Welcome and housekeeping @francina led the chat. The meeting start on the core channel of the Make WordPress Slack. The agenda, prepared by @webcommsat, has a full list of 6.2 links, only new links are listed below. ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!