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We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!

I wonder how much WordPress is an outlier in even the PHP universe for tolerating the idea that it’s “punishment” and “unfair” to be held to a standard with mandatory testing for code that’s admitted to the WordPress.org repo for use on potentially 40% of the web. That’s how a number of developers responded to…

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Business Case for Performance

Here’s an idea for a handy performance business case calculator. The eCommerce fashion Farfetch correlated Core Web Vitals and their own performance metrics with their business metrics, which let them identify an increase in KPIs. They built a “Performance Business Case Calculator” to drive product decisions and a performance culture. Meanwhile, Felix Arntz discussed WordPress…

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Plugin Checker

On July 5, Felix Arntz proposed creating and adopting a plugin checking tool for the Plugin Review Team similar to the theme checker. The Performance Team would take the lead, but contributors from other teams would be needed as well. Previously, in June, Felix created a proof-of-concept on Github. Looking forward to seeing this in…

Post Status Picks for the Week of July 11
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Post Status Picks for the Week of July 11

From WP Tavern’s Jukebox, it’s Felix Arntz on WordPress performance and what can be done now and in the future about it. Seeking Satisfaction has Tony Perez sharing his journey building, growing, and exiting Sucuri. The Shop Talk Show hosts a discussion about headless CMS platforms, including WordPress, and a little on WordPress and web components…

Not Dead Yet! Just Mostly Dead?
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Not Dead Yet! Just Mostly Dead?

Gutenberg 13.4 β€’ Learning FSE sooner rather than later β€’ Gutenberg in Tumblr and Day One β€’ WordCamps and the vitality of the WordPress community β€’ AUS WordPress community only mostly dead? β€’ Get SEO Schema graphs β€’ Web font loading geek out β€’ PHP is 28! β€’ PHP namespaces and autoloaders β€’ You can work anywhere… why not Cleveland? β€’ North Commerce β€” faster than the rest? β€’ and more…

Felix Arntz explains how it was…

Felix Arntz explains how it was recently discovered that the current WordPress core implementation might regress the Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) metricΒ  β€œwhen hero images above the fold are being lazy-loaded.” Felix notes the adjustments for WordPress 5.9 will likely have just the very first content image or content iframe not be lazy-loaded. (Featured images…

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