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Tag: performance

  • Enhancing WP_Query Performance in WordPress

    Enhancing WP_Query Performance in WordPress

    WP_Query is a powerful tool for fetching posts in WordPress. However, if you don’t carefully configure your queries, they can quickly become inefficient, particularly on larger sites. Whether you’re working on a high-traffic website, a REST API endpoint, or an Ajax-powered interface, the way you configure WP_Query can make a significant difference in performance. In…

  • Improve front end performance with just one line of PHP

    Improve front end performance with just one line of PHP

    While working on WordPress core, I discovered a pretty amazing function: wp_maybe_inline_styles. This function hooks into the style enqueueing process in WordPress. Instead of outputting a <link> tag with an href attribute to a url of a CSS file, which when rendered in the browser requires a blocking HTTP request to get the CSS file…

  • REST API Performance with Jonny Harris

    I am on this month’s Headless WP Podcast. We talk about performance, scaling and the REST API. Really interesting conversion.

  • Improve WP_Query performance if using external object cache

    Improve WP_Query performance if using external object cache

    Are you using an external object cache, like Memcache or Redis? Is so, there is a little one line piece of code that can improve the performance of WP_Query and performance in general on your site. Why does this improve performance? See these lines in WordPress core. The filter split_the_query determinants if the database query…

  • Live stream: WordPress Performance Team: year 1

    I am going to be involved in a live stream, where we talk about the first year of contributing to the WordPress performance project. Check it out. 🔗: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1yNGaNlkBORJj?s=20📆: Monday Dec 19⏰: 2p EST