Issue #57 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 Adding "exercise snacks" to my daily routine. 💪 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.5 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* code snippet URL-based conditions for path contains, path equals, and path regex. This enables every possible combination. 👨‍🔬

AI either knows me too well or is roasting me. 😜

Version 1.6.7 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* share and follow buttons for MeWe. - *New* follow buttons for Cash App, Ko-fi, and Venmo. - *New* share button window options for button color and icon color. You can now set a specific color scheme throughout the entire workflow.

Issue #56 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 WordPress 7.0 - Things you might have missed 🔍 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.3 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* option to select the editor theme for code snippets and global scripts. 🎨 10 themes included (Ayu Dark, Ayu Mirage, Dracula, Eclipse, Idea, Material, Monokai, Neo, etc.). You can also upload a custom CodeMirror 5 theme stylesheet.

WordPress 7.0 is here! 🎉 A few things I'm excited about. - New UI (+view transitions) - AI connectors - Custom CSS for individual blocks - Block visibility based on viewport - Font management - CodeMirror update to v5 - OPCache added to site health Great overview here: kinsta.com/blog/wordpre...

Issue #55 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 My thoughts on EmDash, Cloudflare's "successor" to WordPress? 🤔 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.2 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! *New* Automatically optimize and lazy load Elementor Atomic YouTube elements and legacy video widgets when Perfmatters iframe lazy loading is turned on. YouTube preview thumbnails are also supported, as well as Elementor image overlays if set. ⚡

Excited that we finally acquired the perfmatters.com domain (after a decade of trying). 🎉 We'll continue using perfmatters.io for the time being. But things may change down the road. A redirect is now in place. ⤴️

Version 2.6.1 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! This is a quality-of-life update to improve compatibility across the board. 👍 - Made some adjustments to our code snippets error handler initialization logic to avoid unnecessary handling if no relevant code snippets are active.

Issue #54 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 AI content is 90% engagement farming/slop and 10% insanely useful. 🫣 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.6.0 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Updated PHP CSS Parser library to 9.3.0. This includes many improvements for our Remove Unused CSS feature (more accurate parsing/compatibility). ⚡

Version 1.6.6 of our Novashare plugin is live! - Updated Mastodon share link to use their new official share workflow. This streamlines things by remembering the instance you connected to in your browser's local storage. 🧠 - Added new share and follow buttons for Gab.

Issue #53 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 Using AI to troubleshoot performance issues. 🤖⚡ newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.5.8 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Code Snippets is out of beta. 🎉 We appreciate all of you who took the time to test and provide feedback. - Added new perfmatters_lazyload_data_src filter. - Added nav selector support for functions that target elements inside parent containers. 👨‍🔧

Two great new features in Chrome 145 DevTools. ⚡ 1. New render blocking column. 2. Individual request throttling (enabled by default). developer.chrome.com/blog/new-in-...

Issue #52 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 My phone’s primary function is its biggest flaw. 📱 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.5.6 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! Updated our lazy loading class to no longer add <noscript> tags. This results in a ~18% decrease in HTML code per image and a ~2% decrease in total HTML page size across the board! ⚡

On February 26th, we're doing a deep dive into why we built a performance-first code snippet manager into Perfmatters and how you can take full advantage of it on your WordPress sites! ⚡ Shout-out to @theadminbar.com for putting this together. theadminbar.com/events/code-...

Happy 2026 🎉, version 1.6.4 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* share button for Mistral AI. - Overhauled the meta box UI to be more consistent and improve selected image visibility. Many of you requested larger thumbnails to better reflect what will be shared on social, especially Pinterest.

Issue #51 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 All I want for Christmas is pneumonia. 🎄🤒 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.5.5 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - New options to export code snippets (globally, individually, and bulk select) and import them to another site. 🚛 - New code snippets admin bar menu item that will show if a snippet is present. More changes: perfmatters.io/docs/changel...

Issue #50 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. It's the Black Friday edition! 📧 Living in a driverless future. 🚗 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

You can now create and manage PHP, JS, CSS, and HTML code snippets from inside Perfmatters! We store and load code snippets using a flat-file method and directly integrate with all of our existing optimization options for the best performance. ⚡ See more here: perfmatters.io/docs/code-sn...

Our annual Black Friday sale on Perfmatters and Novashare is live! 🔥 Get 30% off new licenses as well as upgrades through December 2nd. Discount code: BLACKFRIDAY Make sure to also check out some of the other awesome deals we rounded up. woorkup.com/black-friday/

Had a great chat with Lawrence on the WPBakery team! 🎙️ Some topics we discussed: - Content marketing and branding/visibility. - Is affiliate marketing more important now than ever? - How AI is shifting/changing the market. wpbakery.com/blog/excerpt...

Issue #49 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 The fragility of the internet. 💥 Not everything needs to be smart. newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.5.2 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* perfmatters_rucss_inline_stylesheets filter. This allows you to inline any stylesheet already excluded from used CSS. ⚡ - Reworked the Script Manager input change event listener for better compatibility with other JS running.

Version 1.6.3 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* AI share buttons for Claude and Google AI, which link to a prompt that will summarize the shared post’s content. 🤖 - *New* novashare_ai_network_text filter. Allows you to adjust the text that is passed through to an AI network prompt.

Issue #48 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 I finally made AI my default search engine. 🤖 newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.5.1 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Added a fetchpriority high attribute on critically preloaded image tags to match the preload link attribute. This resolves a PSI warning in certain instances. ⚡ - Added built-in stylesheet exclusion for the GeneratePress offside menu.

Issue #47 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 The healthcare system in the US is a joke. 🏥 brianleejackson.substack.com/p/tidbits-fr...

When folks ask me if they should use WordPress or another platform for their business... 🙃

Version 2.5.0 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! A quick update for the WP-CLI folks. 😄 - *New* WP-CLI subcommands: clear-minified-js, clear-minified-css, and clear-local-fonts. 👨‍💻 - Added support for targeting header element when using parent selector matching functions. (1/3)

The new Gemini 2.5 Flash AI model is fun to play with. 😂

Version 1.6.2 of our Novashare plugin is live! - *New* AI share buttons for ChatGPT, Grok, and Perplexity, which link to a prompt that will summarize the shared post’s content. 🤖 - *New* follow button for Nextdoor. - Updated Nextdoor brand colors. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 (1/3)

Enjoyed this sitdown with WPLegends! We talk work-life balance, WordPress plugins, SEO landscape, and even Netflix recommendations. 😄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=URQ6...

Version 2.4.8 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - Added built-in stylesheet exclusion for Bricks layer stylesheets. - Adjusted emoji_svg_url filter to only return false outside the admin dashboard. - Updated early hint attribute check to include sizes and media attributes. ⚡ (1/3)

Issue #46 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 Finding the perfect mouse. 🖱️ newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.4.7 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* support to set the Perfmatters license key via wp-config.php using the PERFMATTERS_LICENSE_KEY constant. 🔑 This has been highly requested from our agency clients. - *New* perfmatters_fetch_priority filter. (1/4)

There are times when I can relate. 😅

Issue #45 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 AI changed everything regarding content marketing. 🤖🪦 brianleejackson.substack.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 1.6.1 of our Novashare plugin is live! - Refactored specific portions of the main frontend stylesheet. We were able to reduce the CSS file size by an additional 7.69% (now under 2.5 KB)! ⚡ Recommend clearing all cache layers after updating to take advantage of the speed gains. (1/4)

Version 2.4.6 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* advanced preload option to enable Cloudflare Early Hints (BETA) for Perfmatters preloads, along with controls to limit which file types will have early hint link headers sent. (1/7)

Friendly reminder. On June 19th, I'll be doing a website performance AMA with @theadminbar.com! ⚡ Got something you want to ask me? Submit your questions here: theadminbar.com/events/websi... ✏️ YouTube live: www.youtube.com/live/9nQjmfc... 🎥

Issue #44 of my monthly newsletter "Tidbits from Brian" just went out. 📧 We saw a ~29% decrease in image sizes moving from WebP to AVIF! ⚡🗜️ newsletter.brianleejackson.com/p/tidbits-fr...

Version 2.4.4 of our Perfmatters plugin is live! - *New* exclude leading option for lazy loading CSS background images. This allows you to more quickly and broadly target containers and then automatically exclude a hero CSS background image from lazy loading. ⚡ (1/5)

We've just published v5.0.0 of the web-vitals JavaScript library for measuring Core Web Vitals. github.com/GoogleChrome... As a major release, this includes a number of breaking changes as detailed in the upgrading doc: github.com/GoogleChrome... Please read carefully before upgrading. 1/5 🧵

On June 19th, I'll be doing a website performance AMA! ⚡🚀 Got something you want to ask me? Submit your questions and sign up for the event here: theadminbar.com/events/websi... Big thanks to @theadminbar.com for putting this together.