Democratizing Performance

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Performance for everyone

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We take things that used to require advanced technical knowledge and make it accessible to everyone. Matt Mullenweg “ ” State of the Word, Madrid, 2023

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Why Performance?

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Core Web Vitals

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Performance in WordPress

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WordPress Core Performance Team

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Core Ecosystem Tooling Make performance improvements in WordPress itself. Help devs to make sites, plugins, themes faster. Provide auxiliary documentation and tools. WordPress Core Performance Team

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It takes all of us

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Core Performance

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Recent Highlights ● Extended frontend performance testing ● Image lazy loading improvements ● Emoji detection

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Client-side performance improvement in WP 6.3 vs 6.2 +30%

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Measuring Success

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Data Driven Decisions

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Real World Data

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HTTP Archive Chrome UX Report Tracks how the web is built. How real-world users experience websites.

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Core Web Vitals improvement of all WordPress sites in 2023 +8% Proprietary + Conﬁdential

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Upcoming improvements

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Performant Translations

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Performant Translations

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Interactivity Performance

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Interaction to Next Paint

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Interactivity API

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Image Formats

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Client-side image processing

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Compress images in the editor

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Prerender pages for instant page navigations

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Embracing the platform

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bit.ly/wpp-roadmap-2024

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Ecosystem

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Outreach

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Documentation

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Tooling

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Performance Lab

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Performance Lab

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Plugin Check

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Plugin Check

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Meet developers where they are

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What if

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Dev Tools

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Raising Awareness

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Plugin Directory

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Plugin Directory

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Artificial Intelligence

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Summary

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● Improving core + ecosystem ● Lowering the barrier ● Thinking ahead

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Get involved

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Thank you

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pascalbirchler.com • @swissspidy Thank you