More speed
More ways to load less: block styles, speculative loading, fewer scripts.
- Save resized images as WebP The smaller copies WordPress makes of your JPEG and PNG uploads are saved as WebP, which is usually 25–35% smaller. The original upload stays as it is.
- Load styles only for blocks on the page Classic themes load the CSS for every block on every page. This loads only the styles of blocks actually used on the page.
- Open pages instantly on hover When a visitor hovers over a link or starts tapping it, the browser starts loading that page, so it opens almost instantly. Uses WordPress’s speculative loading (6.8+).
- Turn off the Heartbeat API on the public site Stops WordPress’s Heartbeat requests on the public site, where nothing needs them. The editor keeps its autosave and post locks.
- Connect to Google Fonts early Tells browsers to connect to Google Fonts straight away, so text in your Google font appears sooner. Only for sites that load Google Fonts.
- Load the comment reply script only when needed Loads WordPress’s comment-reply script only on posts with open, threaded comments, instead of whenever a theme asks for it.
- Heartbeat once a minute in the editor The editor checks in with the server every 60 seconds instead of every 15, which lightens the load when several people edit at once.
- Turn off the password strength meter Removes WooCommerce’s password strength meter from the account and checkout pages. It loads a 400 KB script and blocks weak but acceptable passwords.
- Load WooCommerce scripts and styles only on shop pages WooCommerce’s CSS and JavaScript load only on the shop, product, cart, checkout and account pages, not on your blog posts and other pages.
Move your snippets over this afternoon.
Importing changes nothing until you switch over, and your old shortcodes keep working.