Felix Arntz
@flixos90 on WordPress.org and Slack
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- Member Since: November 28th, 2012
- Location: San Francisco, USA
- Website: felix-arntz.me
- GitHub: felixarntz
- Job Title: Senior Software Engineer
- Employer: Google
Contribution History
Felix Arntz’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Performance Contributor
- Core Performance Team
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
- WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Mentioned in [58025] on Core SVN:
Themes: Cache block theme patterns in a transient. -
Wrote a new post, How WordPress Is Creating a Faster Web, on the site WordPress News:
WordPress's massive reach of over 40% of the web comes with a similarly large responsibility.… -
Merged pull request #1123 into WordPress/performance:
WPCS Improvement -
Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks, this is a great topic to think about. I commented on the PR for… -
Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Sorry, this is mostly poor phrasing from my end. I didn't want to make the… -
Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is definitely something we are considering, and exactly what we need to get feedback… -
Mentioned in [57981] on Core SVN:
Script Loader: stop enqueueing some now obsolete polyfills. -
Wrote a comment on the post Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Based on the current implementation in the plugin, it should already only prerender or prefetch… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.6 Planning Proposal & Call for Volunteers, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 for @adamsilverstein as the Performance Lead -
Wrote a new post, Speculative Loading in WordPress, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The WordPress Performance Team recently published a new plugin called “Speculative Loading” which enables a… -
Created issue #1118 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Enhance `npm run since` command to support standalone plugins -
Wrote a new handbook page, Releasing a Standalone Plugin, on the site Core Performance:
The WordPress/performance GitHub repository is used to develop and maintain several standalone plugins with distinct… -
Made 7 updates to handbook pages on Core Performance.
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Merged pull request #1113 into WordPress/performance:
Merge `release/3.0.0` additions into `trunk` to unblock -
Wrote a new post, Conducting WordPress performance research in the field, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Over the past few years, several Make Core posts, for example the 2023 performance retrospective,… -
Closed issue #1045 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Allow marking certain standalone plugins as experimental -
Submitted pull request #1113 to WordPress/performance:
Merge `release/3.0.0` additions into `trunk` to unblock -
Merged pull request #1111 into WordPress/performance:
Implement support for annotating certain plugins as experimental -
Merged pull request #1112 into WordPress/performance:
Add support for autoloading enhancements in WordPress 6.6 trunk to autoloaded options... -
Submitted pull request #1112 to WordPress/performance:
Add support for autoloading enhancements in WordPress 6.6 trunk to autoloaded options... -
Submitted pull request #1111 to WordPress/performance:
Implement support for annotating certain plugins as experimental -
Closed pull request #5671 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Autoload max size -
Closed ticket #42441 on Core Trac:
Disable autoload for large options -
Committed [57920] to Core SVN:
Options, Meta APIs: Use more sensible default for autoloading options ... -
Merged pull request #1109 into WordPress/performance:
Move `crate-ci/typos` config to `.github/typos.toml` -
Made 4 updates to handbook pages on Core Performance.
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Pull request #1105 merged into WordPress/performance:
Add auto-sizes generator tag. -
Pull request #1106 merged into WordPress/performance:
Add crate-ci/typos config file with false positives. -
Made 2 updates to handbook pages on Core Performance.
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Wrote a new handbook page, Gathering WordPress performance data in the field, on the site Core Performance:
While profiling and benchmarking during development helps assess the potential performance impact of a change,… -
Closed issue #1031 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Improve UX/UI of enabling performance features via standalone plugins -
Submitted pull request #1105 to WordPress/performance:
Add auto-sizes generator tag. -
Merged pull request #1103 into WordPress/performance:
Use plugin slug for generator tag -
Submitted pull request #1103 to WordPress/performance:
Use plugin slug for generator tag -
Closed issue #1046 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Review current plugin names and their descriptions for their accuracy and helpfulness -
Merged pull request #1101 into WordPress/performance:
Update plugin names and descriptions to better describe their features -
Merged pull request #1100 into WordPress/performance:
Clean up outdated module references -
Pull request #1102 merged into WordPress/performance:
Add Speculative Loading generator tag -
Submitted pull request #1102 to WordPress/performance:
Add Speculative Loading generator tag -
Submitted pull request #1101 to WordPress/performance:
Update plugin names and descriptions to better describe their features -
Submitted pull request #1100 to WordPress/performance:
Clean up outdated module references -
Created issue #448 in the WordPress/plugin-check repository:
Decision making and governance for included checks -
Merged pull request #1092 into WordPress/performance:
Replace module proposal template with plugin proposal template -
Submitted pull request #1092 to WordPress/performance:
Replace module proposal template with plugin proposal template -
Updated a handbook page on Core Performance.
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Merged pull request #1082 into WordPress/performance:
Further refine Optimization Detective integration with build process and PL plugin -
Pull request #1075 merged into WordPress/performance:
Enhance readme CLI command to support standalone plugins -
Closed issue #35477 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Expand @wordpress/dom as viable DOM functions library to close jQuery gap in... -
Closed issue #35477 on the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Expand @wordpress/dom as viable DOM functions library to close jQuery gap in... -
Pull request #1071 merged into WordPress/performance:
Remove workflow to test standalone plugins built from modules as no longer...
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