Adam Silverstein
@adamsilverstein on WordPress.org and Slack
- Member Since: October 11th, 2012
- Location: Hotchkiss, CO
- Website: earthbound.com
- GitHub: adamsilverstein
- Job Title: Developer Relations Engineer
- Employer: Google
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Adam Silverstein’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Speaker
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										Submitted pull request #423 to WordPress/theme-check: 
 Add a front end JQuery enqueue check
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										Mentioned in [53292] on Core SVN: 
 Media: Ensure `wp_crop_image()` returns correct file type.
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										Created issue #294 in the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Explore/research MozJPEG
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										Closed issue #153 on the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Investigate `document.write` usage in WordPress sites
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										Wrote a new post, Follow-up on WebP by default proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 This post is a follow up to last month’s Enabling WebP by default, which proposed…
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										Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2022 
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										Pull request #281 merged into WordPress/performance: 
 Release/1.0.0 rc.1 take 2
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										Submitted pull request #281 to WordPress/performance: 
 Release/1.0.0 rc.1 take 2
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Jim, we are exploring this idea exactly and storing file sizes so this is possible.…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 webaware, It might make sense to exclude all sub sized images from backups since they…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Jon, Right - we keep the original JPEG untouched, and sub sized ("thumbnails") image generation…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Why not just give site owners the decision to opt-in if they see the benefit…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I think also something that gets lost in this discussion is that images are meant…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 I just pulled up one site and here are the current thumbnails — this is…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Hey cagsmith, thanks for the feedback. You raised some important concerns I will respond to…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Most users hardly understand the complexity of that alone — and adding the additional layer…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Unfortunately there are serious consequences to essentially doubling the number of image files being generated…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 If I upload an image, then I have made that image, chosen how it looks,…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Hey Andrew, thanks for raising the concerns here! Going to address a few of your…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 @mmuyskens - thanks for the feedback. Can you explain more why you feel this should…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 @rheinardkorf Thanks for the feedback. The WordPress philosophy of Decisions not Options (https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/) is the…
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										Mentioned in [53028] on Core SVN: 
 Media: Introduce `wp_content_img_tag` filter.
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Yeah, no. If I upload a JPG, then I want it to be a JPG…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Kaspars, thanks for the feedback. > Many web clients (which are not just browsers) don’t…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Jonny - the change to disable the feature is a few code line filter change…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Hey Scott, thanks for raising these concerns! Responses... > RSS -> email is a common…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 @pbiron Great question - yes it should! Please test if you have a chance and…
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										Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Great point Bridget. After this change, WordPress will still return the JPEG version as the…
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										Wrote a new post, Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core: 
 Feature Overview This proposal seeks to integrate WebP by default into WordPress core. WordPress supports…
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										Created ticket #55443 on Core Trac: 
 Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output
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										Closed issue #74 on the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Investigate email client support for WebP, plugin usage
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										Closed issue #20 on the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Add async decoding attribute to image tags
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										Submitted pull request #2409 to WordPress/wordpress-develop: 
 From ticket patch
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										Mentioned in [52837] on Core SVN: 
 Media: Store attachment’s file size in metadata.
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										Submitted pull request #2393 to WordPress/wordpress-develop: 
 Generate WebP images on upload and use as default output format
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										Closed pull request #73 on WordPress/performance: 
 Add picture element module
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										Created issue #39223 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository: 
 Unsaved changes should consider image uploads in progress
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										Created ticket #55302 on Core Trac: 
 Improve media library upload progress indicator
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										Merged pull request #141 into WordPress/performance: 
 Add WebP support in site health
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										Closed pull request #2239 on WordPress/wordpress-develop: 
 POC for multi-mime support
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										Closed pull request #151 on WordPress/performance: 
 [WIP] Generate additional mime types on upload
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										Mentioned in [52772] on Core SVN: 
 Cache API: Add `wp_cache_flush_runtime` function
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										Created issue #174 in the WordPress/performance repository: 
 When generating WebPs, ensure full size is generated(`-scaled` for large images)
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										Created issue #168 in the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Improve performance capabilities of core script enqueueing
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										Closed ticket #35726 on Core Trac: 
 Add .webp support to WP_Image_Editor_GD
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										Mentioned in [52707] on Core SVN: 
 Cache: Use wp_cache_*_multiple() in core functions.
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										Mentioned in [52700] on Core SVN: 
 Cache: Add `wp_cache_*_multiple` functions.
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										Closed issue #122 on the WordPress/performance repository: 
 `*.jpg` is not generated for scaled full size image.
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										Created issue #160 in the WordPress/performance repository: 
 Ensure WebP/Image/Optimization plugins can integrate & use existing WebP images
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