The Loop

an optimisation that helps the browser do progressive rendering while the page is loading is pointless if your site caches everything in an output buffer then sends it all at once a second later, meanwhile the browser is stuck doing nothing

e.g. a lot of people install plugins like Autoptimise because it ticks a tonne of boxes on GTMetrix and google page speed, but don't realise that the way it does that means all of those optimisations are worthless, or no longer apply, and you've added a tonne of new problems such as huge TTFB

@TimothyFisher be extremely wary of plugins that do all of that for you

It better be a slider. jQuery seriously lacks options on sliders.

Happy holidays!!

Agreed, best not to engage in those types of conversations. If they're a**hats long enough I'm sure they'll be put on a bannedwagon.

it depends. can find yourself never in need of a fork, can just eat with hands right? but sometimes it's hot. sometimes it's liquid. sometimes people look at you funny.

Our idea of moderation is not just delete it. We try to talk with the users instead, pointing out issues before they are becoming real problems. So please just take this as an attempt to give advice. No immediate action from your or our side is needed.

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If @kaiser were my brother I had shot myself 39 years ago.

A smile is the jewelry of an idiot.

Welcome to the Wooniverse!

today I've found an very old wp.org forum post where otto suggested to edit core file :)

Laps is gateway drug to profiling

Rep whoring for the rest of us.

autoupdate #YOLO :D

never ever ever trust hosting backups, do your own

someone is optimistic today :)

I've just been creating git commits using -amend with one dash, so now I have a whole lot of commits called 'mend'. /facepalm

100% of the people dreading it read "The Loop" :)

if it was wonderful you won't be getting paid for it

wp_382_css_hotfix()

You cannot win against stupidity. That’s why there is so much of it.

> Closed as too rarsty.

Meh, I might have considered it - but I'm loaded at the moment. A Nigerian prince is giving me half is money for helping him get it out of the country.

I go to joomla page in wikipedia sometimes

I would have ended up banning everyone anyway so good thing you won this one! :D

if you ask about the customizer on WPSE, almost no one knows the answer, if you ask it on trac it will be closed faster then woocommerce questions here, and if you ask on slack someone will tell you it is off-topic

would need to dismantle half the core and write essay with headings to get 8 upvotes here nowadays :)

youmightnotneedjquery.com

I thought @toscho was merely a manifestation of the site itself in human form?

Maybe they don't want to hear it. lol

Drama! :D

I'm nominating @GhostToast as the media rep for this election.

Merry Holidays :D !

the corpse of woocommerce tag was discovered, stabbed with cursor twelve times. the suspected motive is "off topic".

@ChristineCooper 10up had a good article about WP_Query optimization - it's a bit older now though but still holds up.

github.com/wp-plugins

Greetings from your most favorite moderators.

Some people learn slower than others. If you are losing your patience, stop answering.

I like how all fuck comments had been starred!

@Sisir my starting point is usually selection.datavisualization.ch good curated set of tools, that is kept up to date

@kaiser aren't you proud that we're part of Woo's sustainable business model?

I feel like I used to find questions worth answering on this site. Now they are either too poorly worded or are already answered before I can get to them. Or edge case, something I know too little about.

People should have to obtain a license to develop themes, like you do to drive on the roads. Otherwise people get hurt.