“If plugin authors were better educated maybe they would make some different choices.”#

In this episode of Post Status Excerpt, Cory and David talk about WordPress's reputation relative to its performance. This discussion unfolds in light of a new proposal for a Performance Team for WordPress core. What should happen to improve the WordPress experience (for both the user and for search engines) on the front-end and the admin experience as well? Education? Notifications to the user?

Also covered in this episode: We are formally announcing the existence of the new Post Status homepage, which is still a work in progress. We're also encouraging listeners to check out the “Week at WordPress.org” (get the feed here), and submit your Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals to us at Post Status.

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🔗 Mentioned in the show:#

• Proposal for a Performance team
• The Legend of the Headless Website — Post Status Live with Brad Williams, Lisa Sabin-Wilson, Greg Rickaby, and Amor Kumar
• This Week at WordPress.org (October 11, 2021)
• Share Black Friday / Cyber Monday Deals With Post Status
• David Bisset (Twitter)
• Cory Miller (Twitter)
• Post Status (Twitter)

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