WordPress 6.7 Release

WordPress 6.7 brings 1,264 enhancements, bug fixes, and improvements. That’s about 100 more than the previous release. Breaking it down, this includes: These numbers demonstrate WordPress’s continued commitment to both innovation and stability. Here’s a list of the most notable from our point of view. Twenty Twenty-Five It’s a tradition for the last major release […]

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WP 6.2: Opt-In Change Boosts Caching Performance up to 70%

Recent improvements to caching in WordPress core made by our Senior Engineer Jonny Harris can provide a serious boost to your website performance—but for now, they’re opt-in only. Here’s everything you need to know: In this article, we’ll learn: What is Object Caching and How Does it Work? In WordPress, posts, images, users, and all […]

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5 Reasons WordPress 6.1 is a Release Like No Other

WordPress 6.1 is finally here—and it packs a punch! The latest release contains all new publishing features, powerful performance enhancements, and extended flexibility for developers. Here’s our run-down of why 6.1 might just be the most exciting WordPress release yet. 1. A Refined Publishing Experience Improved Blocks & Design Tools WordPress 6.1 brings a bunch […]

XWP Core Performance Dev Notes for WordPress 6.0

WordPress 6.0 is on the horizon, and we couldn’t be more excited! Not only because of the massive performance opportunities this release will bring, but because a number of our fantastic XWPeople were directly involved in its creation. Here’s your one-stop guide for the features our team helped bring to life, with some top tips […]

The WordPress Performance Lab Plugin Goes Live

Over the past six months, a number of our performance specialists at XWP have been supporting teams at Google and Yoast to build and launch the WordPress Performance Lab plugin and work on WordPress Core Performance.  Performance Lab plugin is a collection of modules designed to monitor and enhance the performance of your WordPress site, […]

XWP Announces Expanded Contribution to WordPress Core Performance

We’re excited to announce XWP is contributing five performance engineers to WordPress Core Performance. These WordPress Developers will work part-time on Core Performance and so drive forward XWP’s mission to make the web a better place. XWP has aimed to increase our contribution since the beginning of the community’s initiative, so we’re happy to report […]

The Future Is Open: State of the Word 2021

2021 was a year of reflection, recovery and rapid digital transformation, and this year’s State of the Word (SOTW) from WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg showcased WordPress’ important role in how people and organizations communicate online. As a company, XWP was glad to host a watch party for this SOTW and could not be more enthusiastic […]

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