We’re proud to sponsor long-time WordPress core committer, Adam Silverstein to create a new feature designed to enable real-time collaboration: Block Commenting. We can’t wait to see this project take shape and to share it with the community 💛 #WordPress #OpenSource @roundearth

Introducing AI Assistance in @ChromeDevTools! 🤯🚀 Ever wish you could have a coding buddy to help you with CSS and layout? Well, your wish is granted! The new AI Assistance in Chrome DevTools is here to make your life as a developer easier, powered by Gemini. The new panel aims to help you find and fix issues. Just ask it questions about your code, and it provides tailored explanations and even suggests solutions. This is our first exploration into agentic AI in DevTools and we're excited to hear what you think of it. Some key features: 1. Conversational prompts: Get tailored suggestions and code snippets. 2. Contextual understanding: AI understands the code you're working on. 3. Step-by-step guidance: Get help with everything from styling to debugging. Want to see it in action? Check out my screencast below to see how I used it to add a dark mode.

Introducing the AI Services plugin! 🤖 Implementing generative AI features in WordPress has been harder than elsewhere, leading to slow adoption compared to other ecosystems. This is what I am trying to solve with AI Services, a new free open source plugin for WordPress. 1/6

Web AI and the new Chrome built-in AI are a game changer and a huge opportunity for WordPress to democratize AI-assisted publishing. Don't believe me, just watch 💥

We’re pleased to launch CrUX Vis - a new experimental CrUX tool to allow you to visualize CrUX History API data: cruxvis.withgoogle.com/ This experiment was first put together by Jamison O'Keefe, our 2024 summer intern.

Help shape the future of <select>! The customizable <select> prototype is ready for your feedback in Chrome Canary 130. Test it now. ⬇️ goo.gle/4dcD2OI

At WordCamp US I had the opportunity to share my vision for client-side media processing in WordPress. This is about bringing media capabilities from the server to the browser, for improved UX and performance. Here's everything you need to know ➡️ pascalbirchler.com/client-si…

Last year I published a detailed guide on end-to-end performance testing, including a ready-to-use GitHub Action. I just released v2 of that GitHub Action which now uses WordPress Playground under the hood. Why did I make this change?

Introducing WP Third Parties! github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/… This PHP package provides performant abstractions for common third-party services in WordPress. If your WordPress project integrates with services like Google Analytics, Maps, or YouTube, you may want to give it a try!

The WordPress Performance Team is looking for feedback to streamline the onboarding experience of the Performance Lab plugin. We would appreciate it if would you took 5 minutes of your time to set up the plugin and share your feedback. 1/2

🚀 Hey #WordPress folks! The wait is finally over! 🎉 The Modern Image Formats plugin now supports converting uploaded PNG files to AVIF or WebP formats. 🖼️ Big shoutout to @roundearth for leading this feature! 🙌 wordpress.org/plugins/webp-u…

What a time! 🙌🏾 Thank you to everyone that was able to vibe out with the BlackPress crew in Portland at #WCUS this year. The mission is clear and the future is Black! 🙅🏾‍♂️

Thanks to @rick_viscomi for showing me the brand new Performance panel in Chrome 129 today at @WordCampUS. Seeing real user metrics from CrUX directly in dev tools is a huge win.

🔥 Just released in Chrome 129 today, a new Performance panel landing page! 🔹 monitor your local Core Web Vitals in real time 🔹 compare them to real-user data from CrUX 🔹 and more Learn all about it in today's blog post: developer.chrome.com/blog/de…

Introducing Plugin Check (PCP) make.wordpress.org/plugins/2…

Auto sizes for Lazy-load images are landed for #WordPress 6.7 🎉🚀 core.trac.wordpress.org/chan…

We're getting close to finalizing an API to enable a customizable native select element! 🥳 Now it's in stage 2 in the WHATWG & we'd love to hear your thoughts. This post details how to use it, new elements and parts, and what you can do today 🔮 developer.chrome.com/blog/rf…

Happy AVIF'riday! We're happy to announce that AVIF is now a supported file type in Google Search. Find out more in developers.google.com/search…

Dear whoever of the WP contributors made it so that you can upload .webp images through the media library and actually have them work properly… Thank you!!

Swing into the rhythm of WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey”—a masterpiece of smooth performance and sleek design. Ready to jazz up your site? Download this latest release here: wordpress.org/download/relea… #WordPress