--- title: Performance Chat Summary: 25 August 2026 | daily.dev description: A recap of the WordPress core performance team's Slack chat covers a performance regression discovered in WordPress 7.1, tracked as Trac ticket #65929, related... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-chat-summary-25-august-2026-gcr8zc5qr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Performance Chat Summary: 25 August 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A recap of the WordPress core performance team's Slack chat covers a performance regression discovered in WordPress 7.1, tracked as Trac ticket #65929, related... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-chat-summary-25-august-2026-gcr8zc5qr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gcR8zC5Qr.png og:image:alt: Performance Chat Summary: 25 August 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore) [Read post](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr) # [Performance Chat Summary: 25 August 2026](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "Go to post") A recap of the WordPress core performance team's Slack chat covers a performance regression discovered in WordPress 7.1, tracked as Trac ticket #65929, related to a new Block State feature. The regression is slated to be addressed in a 7.1.1 milestone update, and contributors are invited to help investigate. [#open-source](/tags/open-source "Check all #open-source posts")[#performance](/tags/performance "Check all #performance posts")[#php](/tags/php "Check all #php posts")[#wordpress](/tags/wordpress "Check all #wordpress posts") Aug 25•1m read time•From [make.wordpress.org](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "make.wordpress.org") [](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "Go to post") Table of contents [WordPress Performance Trac tickets](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "WordPress Performance Trac tickets")[Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins)](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "Performance Lab Plugin (and other performance plugins)")[Open Floor](https://api.daily.dev/r/gcR8zC5Qr "Open Floor") Questions this post answers What causes the performance regression in WordPress 7.1 related to Block State? A performance regression tied to the new Block State feature introduced in WordPress 7.1 was identified and reported as Trac ticket #65929\. Since Block State is new in 7.1, the fix is being targeted for a 7.1.1 patch release rather than the next major version, and core contributors were asked to help investigate the issue. Track WordPress core performance fixes like this one as they land by following updates on daily.dev. 681 Impressions Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughtsPost [](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore) [Make WordPress Core](https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore "https://daily.dev/sources/wordpresscore") WordPressCore's platform is a central hub for WordPress developers and contributors, offering insigh... Read more 427 Followers • 1.4K Upvotes #### Would you recommend this post? 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