Today, WordPress powers more than 40% of the web. That’s a massive reach—one that comes with a similarly large responsibility. With so many people using the CMS, the WordPress community should always consider strategies for improving the visitor experience. This Continue reading How WordPress Is Creating a Faster Web
WordPress’ Performance team is proposing merging Performant Translations into core in time for the upcoming WordPress 6.5 release. After an in-depth performance analysis earlier this year revealed that translations can significantly impact server response times, the team discussed various solutions and landed Continue reading WordPress Contributors Target Upcoming 6.5 Release for Merging Performant Translations Into Core
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Blog post was published outlining the WordPress 6.2 server performance analysis summary to identify the biggest opportunities to target for future performance enhancements ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 30, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements Blog post was published outlining the WordPress 6.2 server performance analysis summary to identify the biggest opportunities to target for future Continue reading Performance Chat Agenda: 30 May 2023
WordPress’ Performance Team has published a summary of a core performance analysis they completed in order to identify and prioritize areas for improvement. As part of this process, contributors created a methodology with a standard set of tools that can Continue reading WordPress 6.2 Core Performance Analysis Finds Improving Template Loading for Classic Themes Could Make a Major Impact
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
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements The Performance Lab plugin reached 70k active installations this week ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 23, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements The Performance Lab plugin reached 70k active installations this week ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Yesterday saw version 2.3.0 of the Performance Lab plugin released ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 16, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements Yesterday saw version 2.3.0 of the Performance Lab plugin released ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements n/a ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 9, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements N/A ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Proposal for using fetchpriority to enhance LCP image performance published ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
This post proposes adding the fetchpriority=”high” attribute to LCP images in WordPress core to enhance LCP performance. The proposal was created as a collaboration between members of the Core Performance Team. Context The fetchpriority attribute is a standard HTML attribute Continue reading Proposal for enhancing LCP image performance with the fetchpriority attribute in WordPress core
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for May 2, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements N/A ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements Updated the cadence of bug scrubs to be every 2 weeks – next one scheduled for April 26, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. 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
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for April 25, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements Updated the cadence of bug scrubs to be every 2 weeks – next one scheduled for April 26, 2023 at 15:00 Continue reading Performance Chat Agenda: 25 April 2023
Meeting agenda here and the full chat log is available beginning here on Slack. Announcements 2.2.0 was released yesterday ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!
Here is the agenda for this week’s performance team meeting scheduled for April 18, 2023 at 15:00 UTC. Announcements 2.2.0 was released yesterday ShareTweetSharePostSharePin It!