2026-02-27

The following plugins are part of this release:

Performance Lab (performance-lab), v4.1.0

Bug Fixes

• Fix invalid Server-Timing logic for database query timing when $wpdb->queries is null due to no query having been done yet. (2346)

Documentation

• Remove Web Worker Offloading from being featured by Performance Lab. (2404)

Optimization Detective (optimization-detective), v1.0.0-beta5

Enhancements

• Add support for dns-prefetch links. (2256)

Bug Fixes

• Prevent fatal error in od_get_current_url_metrics_etag() when $wp_query->posts is null. (2347)

Embed Optimizer (embed-optimizer), v1.0.0-beta5

Bug Fixes

• Switch initial viewport embeds from preconnect to dns-prefetch links. (2256)

Note

Version 1.0.0-beta4 was released a week ago with:

Security

• Add escaping for ID selector in styles added to reduce layout shifts. This fixes an XSS security vulnerability which required an authenticated user with at least a contributor role. Props to duc193 for responsible disclosure. (2397)

Image Placeholders (dominant-color-images), v1.2.1

Bug Fixes

• Only attempt to get dominant color for image mime types. (2264)

View Transitions (view-transitions), v1.2.0

Enhancements

• Omit admin View Transitions functionality when present in core. (2344)

Web Worker Offloading (web-worker-offloading), v0.2.1

Documentation

• Intend to sunset. (2404)