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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Merged pull request #1999 into WordPress/performance:
Add support for dynamic view transition names for global elements, and certain... -
Committed [3288095] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.6.3 from GitHub -
Committed [3287864] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.6.2 from GitHub -
Submitted pull request #1999 to WordPress/performance:
Add support for dynamic view transition names for global elements, and certain... -
Merged pull request #1998 into WordPress/performance:
Scaffold View Transitions feature plugin -
Submitted pull request #1998 to WordPress/performance:
Scaffold View Transitions feature plugin -
Closed issue #1963 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Plugin Proposal: View Transitions -
Created issue #1997 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Implement View Transitions feature plugin -
Closed ticket #63320 on Core Trac:
Sanitize key parameter in activation flow to enhance security -
Committed [60204] to Core SVN:
Networks and Sites: Sanitize key parameter in `wp-activate.php`. ... -
Closed ticket #63014 on Core Trac:
Enhance `_wp_after_delete_font_family()` performance using the ... -
Committed [60203] to Core SVN:
Query: Avoid unnecessary database query when deleting a font family. ... -
Submitted pull request #8753 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Sanitize key parameters in `wp-activate.php` -
Closed ticket #62882 on Core Trac:
"Navigation Block CSS (style.min.css) Loads Even When Gutenberg is ... -
Closed ticket #62884 on Core Trac:
Total error otimization in nav-menu.js -
Closed ticket #63038 on Core Trac:
Performance Tests: "before" checks fail on older PRs -
Committed [3279135] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.6.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3279127] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 0.6.0 from GitHub -
Wrote a new post, WordPress 6.8 performance improvements, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This post is the latest in a series of updates focused on the performance improvements… -
Closed issue #1987 on the WordPress/performance repository:
PHPUnit tests failing in `trunk` -
Merged pull request #1989 into WordPress/performance:
Fix PHPUnit tests failing for dominant-color-images -
Created issue #1987 in the WordPress/performance repository:
PHPUnit tests failing in `trunk` -
Committed [3271924] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271914] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271903] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271902] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3271900] to Plugins SVN:
Update to version 1.0.1 from GitHub -
Committed [3271893] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271892] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271882] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Committed [3271869] to Plugins SVN:
Updating readme/assets from GitHub -
Updated a handbook page on Make WordPress Core.
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Wrote a new handbook page, The Performance Lead Role, on the site Core Performance:
Since WordPress 6.2, every WordPress Core release has had one or two Performance Leads as… -
Made 13 updates to handbook pages on Core Performance.
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Merged pull request #1974 into WordPress/performance:
Bump WordPress Tested up to versions of all plugins to 6.8. -
Submitted pull request #1974 to WordPress/performance:
Bump WordPress Tested up to versions of all plugins to 6.8. -
Made 6 updates to handbook pages on Core Performance.
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Wrote a new post, Introducing Core Performance Team Reps for 2025, on the site Core Performance:
Now that the nominations process and vote for Core Performance Team Reps has concluded, I'm pleased to… -
Created issue #1963 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Plugin Proposal: View Transitions -
Created issue #1960 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Bump tested up to WordPress version to 6.8 -
Created ticket #63186 on Core Trac:
Empty `properties` PHP array in REST API JSON schema leads to invalid ... -
Wrote a comment on the post More efficient block type registration in 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
In principle there is, yes. The benefit is that it would still avoid parsing the… -
Wrote a comment on the post Interactivity API best practices in 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I think it was discussed before, definitely worth thinking about further. Though I'm not sure… -
Mentioned in [60087] on Core SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 6.8. -
Mentioned in [60084] on Core SVN:
Media: prevent uploading image types the server doesn’t support. -
Wrote a new post, Interactivity API best practices in 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.8 comes with a few new best practices and requirements in the Interactivity API… -
Wrote a new post, New filter
should_load_block_assets_on_demandin 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
WordPress 6.8 introduces a new filter should_load_block_assets_on_demand, which runs as part of a new function… -
Pull request #69578 merged into WordPress/gutenberg:
Include blocks manifest build process in Webpack config to fix `create-block` bug... -
Wrote a comment on the post More efficient block type registration in 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks! Per my above reply, a fix for this bug is being worked on, see… -
Wrote a comment on the post More efficient block type registration in 6.8, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks for sharing! This is a bug that was reported in https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/69565, and a fix…
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