Weston Ruter (@westonruter) – WordPress user profile

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Working on making WordPress fast!

Member Since: May 16th, 2007
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Website: weston.ruter.net
GitHub: westonruter
Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
Employer: ex-Google
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Posted a reply to Is there a filter to disable?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This is built-in to the plugin actually. When 6.8 is installed, it uses the core…
3 days ago
Committed [3270612] to Plugins SVN:
Bump tested up to 6.8
1 week ago
Committed [3270610] to Plugins SVN:
Bump tested up to 6.8
1 week ago
Committed [3270609] to Plugins SVN:
Bump tested up to 6.8
1 week ago
Closed issue #1960 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Bump tested up to WordPress version to 6.8
1 week ago
Created issue #1977 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Optimization Detective's meta generator tag should indicate more reasons for why it...
1 week ago
Mentioned in [60133] on Core SVN:
Docs: Fix types for `wp_cache_set_last_changed` filter.
2 weeks ago
Created issue #1970 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Explore use of the `fetchLater` API should be used instead of using...
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1968 into WordPress/performance:
Ensure URL Metric is initially constructed with all elements prior to initializing...
2 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1968 to WordPress/performance:
Ensure URL Metric is initially constructed with all elements prior to initializing...
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #1893 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Explore compressing URL Metrics to work within the 64 KiB limit
2 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1959 into WordPress/performance:
Add gzip compression for URL metrics using Compression Streams API
2 weeks ago
Mentioned in [60128] on Core SVN:
Docs: Fix types for `wp_cache_set_last_changed` filter.
2 weeks ago
Created issue #1967 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Should Image Prioritizer explicitly mark `IMG` tags which are never LCP elements...
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to blank page, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@centoasa You might want to reach out to the Aruba support yourself about this issue…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Lighthouse crashes with Speculative Loading enabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I don't see the Speculative Loading plugin active on your site. Did you deactivate it?…
2 weeks ago
Closed pull request #63917 on WordPress/gutenberg:
Try using Popover API to implement responsive navigation menu instead of using...
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Nothing works, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@mike00mike This is the first I've heard of the behavior you're describing. You checked the…
2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to For Developers only, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jtohme It's not actually for developers only. Do you have a plugin that is disabling…
2 weeks ago
Closed issue #1953 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Meta generator tag for Optimization Detective should be augmented with data about...
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1954 into WordPress/performance:
Enhancement: Amend URL metrics to the generator meta tag content
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Browser errors were logged to the console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I've reported the issue to their support forum: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defer-javascript-breaks-inline-script-modules/
3 weeks ago
Created a topic, Defer Javascript breaks inline script modules, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
As reported in a support forum topic for the Optimizat…
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1962 on the WordPress/performance repository:
.avif images
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Browser errors were logged to the console, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It looks like you have some optimization plugin which is attempting to delay execution of…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Horizontal scroll on mobile devices when picture tag is enabled, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm resolving this support topic since we're now tracking it on GitHub.
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plugin not working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry, I didn't see your support topic. That setting only affects new images that are…
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1961 on the WordPress/performance repository:
I would like to know which library (libheif or libavif) you used,...
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Plugin Settings, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hello. Please see this section from the plugin readme: As of 0.6, there is a…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to HTML Optimizer corrupts output, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@arubasupport First of all, I'm not a customer but rather a maintainer of other plugins.…
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Contain Bugs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@jtohme This error message was given specifically to warn you that the plugin would not…
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1948 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Garbage collection time window for URL Metrics posts could be increased and...
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1958 into WordPress/performance:
Update `finalize` docs in OD introduction readme
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1958 to WordPress/performance:
Update `finalize` docs in OD introduction readme
3 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Site crashes when uploading a video, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you for reporting. I've created a GitHub issue for this: https://github.com/WordPress/performance/issues/1957
3 weeks ago
Created issue #1957 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Site crashes when uploading a video
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1952 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Image Prioritizer Not Saving URL Metrics for AVIF Background Images
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1956 into WordPress/performance:
Allow background image URLs for file types the web server doesn't know...
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1930 on the WordPress/performance repository:
URL Metric mutation helpers should be exposed in `initialize` args to match...
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1951 into WordPress/performance:
Add URL Metric mutation helpers to extension initialization API
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1943 into WordPress/performance:
Remove deprecated `url_metrics_group_collection` and class aliases and bump required OD version in...
3 weeks ago
Mentioned in [60073] on Core SVN:
REST API: exclude `rest_route` from `get_params()` if pretty permalinks are disabled.
3 weeks ago
Closed issue #1941 on the WordPress/performance repository:
GitHub Actions workflow missing milestone triggers in pull request validation
3 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1942 into WordPress/performance:
Add Milestone Events to Pull Request Validation Workflow
3 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #69671 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Try replacing footnote links with footnote popovers
4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Bug in Edge, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What is the URL for your site where the issue can be seen? The issue…
4 weeks ago
Created issue #1953 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Meta generator tag for Optimization Detective should be augmented with data about...
4 weeks ago
Merged pull request #1945 into WordPress/performance:
Implement quick wins to fix code coverage in Image Prioritizer and Embed...
4 weeks ago
Submitted pull request #1949 to WordPress/performance:
Improve query var normalization
4 weeks ago
Closed issue #1914 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Freshness TTL should be able to be disabled in favor of using...
4 weeks ago

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