A proposal has been made to preload parts of the WordPress core to optimize its speed and functionality, thereby enhancing the performance of all websites.

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Hello, I’m Javier Casares, and you’re listening to WordPress Podcast, bringing the weekly news from the WordPress Community.

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It’s been 8 years since a ticket was first submitted proposing the preloading of certain PHP parts of WordPress. Now, a new proposal has been developed over the past few months.

This new implementation aims to improve performance by reducing load times and memory usage by only loading the necessary files, which is essentially the goal of this preloading system.

The approach has been kept simple, focusing only on core classes and, for now, excluding an API for plugins or themes, or the use of Composer, though it’s not ruled out that these could be incorporated in the future.

This modernization represents a significant step in optimizing WordPress and offers benefits for both core developers and the overall performance of websites.

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