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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Contribution History
Adam Silverstein’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Core Team
- Documentation Contributor
- Meta Contributor
- Plugin Developer
- WordCamp Speaker
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Submitted pull request #2745 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Add WebP support check to site health page -
Submitted pull request #41169 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Add a “subscribeOnChange” API -
Submitted pull request #41120 to WordPress/gutenberg:
Lock post saving during image uploads -
Submitted pull request #423 to WordPress/theme-check:
Add a front end JQuery enqueue check -
Mentioned in [53292] on Core SVN:
Media: Ensure `wp_crop_image()` returns correct file type. -
Created issue #294 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Explore/research MozJPEG -
Closed issue #153 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Investigate `document.write` usage in WordPress sites -
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… -
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 -
Submitted pull request #281 to WordPress/performance:
Release/1.0.0 rc.1 take 2 -
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.… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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,… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
Mentioned in [53028] on Core SVN:
Media: Introduce `wp_content_img_tag` filter. -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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… -
Created ticket #55443 on Core Trac:
Create WebP sub-sizes and use for output -
Closed issue #74 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Investigate email client support for WebP, plugin usage -
Closed issue #20 on the WordPress/performance repository:
Add async decoding attribute to image tags -
Submitted pull request #2409 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
From ticket patch -
Mentioned in [52837] on Core SVN:
Media: Store attachment’s file size in metadata. -
Submitted pull request #2393 to WordPress/wordpress-develop:
Generate WebP images on upload and use as default output format -
Closed pull request #73 on WordPress/performance:
Add picture element module -
Created issue #39223 in the WordPress/gutenberg repository:
Unsaved changes should consider image uploads in progress -
Created ticket #55302 on Core Trac:
Improve media library upload progress indicator -
Merged pull request #141 into WordPress/performance:
Add WebP support in site health -
Closed pull request #2239 on WordPress/wordpress-develop:
POC for multi-mime support -
Closed pull request #151 on WordPress/performance:
[WIP] Generate additional mime types on upload -
Mentioned in [52772] on Core SVN:
Cache API: Add `wp_cache_flush_runtime` function -
Created issue #174 in the WordPress/performance repository:
When generating WebPs, ensure full size is generated(`-scaled` for large images) -
Created issue #168 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Improve performance capabilities of core script enqueueing -
Closed ticket #35726 on Core Trac:
Add .webp support to WP_Image_Editor_GD -
Mentioned in [52707] on Core SVN:
Cache: Use wp_cache_*_multiple() in core functions.
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