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Version 2.3.4 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! This was a big quality-of-life update. We appreciate all those who provided feedback. 👏 - *New* filters: perfmatters_lazy_elements + perfmatters_is_woocommerce. 🔧 - Added additional built-in stylesheet and selector exclusions for better compatibility with Elementor animations. - Added WP Rocket filter to disable lazy render when lazy elements feature is active to prevent conflicts. - Added additional parameter to excluded page builders array for tagDiv Composer. - Added built-in delay JS exclusion for lazy elements inline script. - Moved plugin settings logo SVG back to inline to prevent file_get_contents errors in certain environments. 🐛 - Adjusted built-in CSS dynamic selector exclusions to fix some minor visual issues with a few page builders. - Fixed a JavaScript error that would sometimes show up in the console when using Delay JS with click delay enabled. - Fixed an issue where a used stylesheet path would still attempt to load even if no used styles had been picked up for the URL. - Fixed an issue where browser-specific stylesheets inside HTML comments were getting parsed by our used CSS library. 👨💻 - Fixed a MU Mode issue where exceptions would not be applied correctly if a query string was present on the home URL if set to show the latest posts. - Fixed an issue where preloading a JS file by the handle was not loading the minified version when necessary. Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gxVwZ7U #WordPress #webdevelopment

Version 1.5.4 of our Novashare plugin is live!  - *Optimized* share button functionality to open in a new browser tab instead of popup. This allows us to completely remove the frontend JS file. One less request and 1.2 KB smaller. 🔥 Pinterest-specific JS to manage image grid will now be printed inline only when needed. - *Optimized* plugin logo and inline SVG network icons. Icon sizes decreased on average by 5%! ⚡ - *New* share and follow button support for Bluesky network. - Fixed an issue where the license tab was showing up at the subsite level if the plugin was not network activated in multisite. - Fixed an issue where X share button was not handing off to the native app when on a mobile device. 📲 - Fixed an issue where a blank tab would sometimes be left behind in the browser on mobile when handing off to a native app. - Removed deprecated API calls for TwitCount and OpenShareCount. - Updated Grow references to Hubbub in the Novashare migrator. 🚚 Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gai-Ktra #WordPress #smm 

Version 2.3.3 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! We separated out built-in CSS selector exclusions by URL type for increased performance on single and front pages when using the Remove Unused CSS feature. On a large WooCommerce site, we saw a 32% decrease in overall CSS size. 🔥 --- - *New* Lazy loading advanced beta options to manage Lazy Elements which will allow for element chains in the DOM to be lazy loaded until they enter the viewport. - Optimized plugin logo and other SVG image files. - Fixed an issue where smaller size files were sometimes not being replaced with the minified version for increased performance. ⚡ - Added fetchpriority high attribute automatically on critically preloaded image links to help decrease LCP. - Made adjustments to option management to prevent autoloading of certain options going forward where it is not needed.  - Added support for delaying script modules. - Added additional jQuery sticky JavaScript file to Elementor quick exclusion. - Added new Delay JS quick exclusions for Fluent Forms and Fluent Forms Pro. - Integrated get_atts_array utility function into lazyload class to prevent redundancy. - Fixed an issue where the preload location label was overlapping the input field for certain languages. - Removed various manual preload types that are no longer supported by most major browsers. Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gxVwZ7U #webperf #WordPress 

Version 1.5.3 of our Novashare plugin is live! X broke/deprecated some of its old Twitter code. 🐦 We've pushed out a quick fix where the old Twitter domain link was redirecting and duplicating the query string parameters passed through. If you're using X, we recommend updating. ___ - Added an additional post object check to prevent a PHP warning in certain cases. - Updated our staging site license key exception list with additional formats for Rocket.net (*.onrocket.site) and Pantheon Platform (*.pantheonsite.io). 🔑 - Minor style adjustments to the plugin UI. Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gai-Ktra #WordPress #smm 

Version 2.3.2 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! This is a big quality-of-life update. We updated our CSS parsing library to the latest version (8.6.0) which should help with correctly parsing mathematical operations inside CSS property values. 📐 It dramatically improves compatibility with products like Elementor, Automatic.css, etc. --- - Added Delay JS quick exclusion for the Kadence menu. - Added additional parameter to excluded page builders array for GenerateBlocks and TranslatePress. 🏗️ - Added additional built-in deferral exclusion for jqueryParams inline script. - Fixed a MU Mode issue where home page exceptions would not be applied correctly if a query string was present in the requested URL. - Fixed an undefined array key warning coming from the minify class. ⚠️ - Fixed a minify error that would show up when a prospective file did not have any content. - Fixed an issue where having Remove Unused CSS turned on with no actual stylesheets loading would return a blank screen. - Fixed a CSS error that would show up when trying to determine the current page ID when the queried post was null. - Fixed an issue where the CSS class would attempt to retrieve the contents of a stylesheet even if it didn't exist. - Fixed an issue where minified files would not get picked up by the CDN rewriter. 🔄 - Removed unnecessary minify library .git directories from the plugin. - Minor style adjustments to the plugin UI. - Updated our license key exception list to include Rocket.net staging sites (*.onrocket.site). 🔑 https://lnkd.in/gxVwZ7U #webperf #perfmatters

In case you missed it, check out our second video in the Vitality series on Largest Contentful Paint (LCP). ⚡ Warning, it's 2 hours long. We geeked out a bit. 🤓 But hopefully you'll find some useful information. Slides in the description. https://lnkd.in/g_ptg5ct #webperf 

Version 2.3.1 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* Minify JS and Minify CSS features along with options to exclude specific files from minification and clear generated minified files when necessary. ⚡ A big reason we added this now (besides a number of requests) is that Cloudflare is deprecating their minification feature in August. - UI Updates: What was previously the Assets tab has now been replaced by three more specific tabs, JavaScript, CSS, and Code. The main Script Manager toggle has been moved to Tools. Additional subheaders have also been added throughout to help with organization. 🎨 - *New* perfmatters_minify_js filter. - *New* perfmatters_minify_js_exclusions filter. - *New* perfmatters_minify_css filter. - *New* perfmatters_minify_css_exclusions filter. - Added a REST API exception for Independent Analytics. - Added additional request parameter for Divi to excluded page builders array. - Added built-in critical image exclusion for WPML flag images. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 - Added Delay JS quick exclusion for Grow for WordPress. - Updated used CSS function to generate a separate file for each post type archive instead of a single shared stylesheet. - Fixed an issue that was causing an incorrect root directory to be returned for some environments. 📁 - Fixed an issue with preload and lazyload parent exclusion filters that was preventing them from excluding images correctly in some cases. Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gxVwZ7U #webdev #perfmatters

Version 1.5.1 of our Novashare plugin is live! Small update to fix a few things. - Updated our staging site license key exception list with additional formats. 🔑 - Fixed an issue with image pins where the first image in the post would be shared instead of the image that was clicked on. 📌 - Fixed an issue where the open graph image would sometimes show up in the image grid even when the behavior was set to show only Pinterest images. - Fixed an issue where field validation was preventing some Mastodon username formats from being entered. 🔠 #WordPress #socialmedia

Version 2.3.0 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! A big shoutout to our amazing clients who reported some of these issues. 👏 - Added a new function to verify the preferred content type from the HTTP header when determining if JSON is being requested. This should improve compatibility with certain hosting providers. ☁️ - Added an additional check when removing unused CSS to avoid parsing print-only stylesheets. - Updated Delay JS quick exclusion for Termageddon + UserCentrics for better compatibility.  - Removed option to disable wlwmanifest link output due to function being deprecated in WordPress 6.3. 🗑️ - Fixed an issue preventing lazy loaded images from displaying when defer inline scripts was enabled. - Fixed an issue where responsive styles for YouTube preview thumbnails were not printing on certain themes using responsive embeds. 📺 - Fixed an issue with DOMDocument where HTML entities coming from inline styles would display as their encoded values. - Fixed a missing tooltip on the scan database option. #webperf #webdev

Version 2.2.9 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* option to defer inline JavaScript. ⚡ - *New* option to separate block styles. - Added additional built-in CSS selector exclusions for Splide. - Updated Delay JS quick exclusion for Kadence Blocks with additional scripts. - Updated staging site license key exception list with additional formats. 🔑 - Updated deferral exclusion check to work with entire tag instead of just src URL. - Moved to printing responsive embed styles for YouTube preview thumbnails for better compatibility. 📺 - Fixed an issue where the CDN rewrite was not picking up URLs with a relative protocol. - Fixed an issue where an existing data-wp-strategy attribute would prevent a script from being able to be deferred. - Fixed an issue where the Script Manager was not giving the right feedback on save when a new line character was showing up in the AJAX response. - Fixed an issue on the network settings page where incorrect tab content would show up after saving. - Fixed an issue where the license tab was showing up at the subsite level if the plugin was not network-activated in a multisite environment. 👨🔧 Changelog: https://lnkd.in/gxVwZ7U #WordPress #webdev