A preload hint jumps the queue for one resource, and preloading four fonts delays the thing you actually needed first. The crossorigin requirement is the mistake almost everybody…
Eleven custom blocks that exist to produce one layout. 5.5 added patterns, which is the feature the blocks were being used for — and it needs no build…
5.5 generates sitemaps at /wp-sitemap.xml, which covers most of what an SEO plugin was installed for on a simple site. Two sitemaps is worse than one: search engines…
5.5 adds loading=”lazy” to images in content automatically, which is a good default and is wrong for the first image on the page. Lazy-loading the hero image delays…
Profiling a slow WordPress page usually starts with guessing which plugin is responsible, and there is a command that answers it directly. Drilling from stage to hook to…
The two are usually described as interchangeable and they are not: get_posts sets four arguments differently, and three of them change behaviour. suppress_filters is the one that produces…
It means unlimited, and it is fine on a development site with forty posts. The site it eventually runs on has forty thousand. fields => ‘ids’ changes the…