Unlock Hidden Gems: Insider Secrets in WordPress 6.8 for Developers
Read the developer note on the update for more details. The post also provides details on the new wp_fast_hash() and wp_verify_fast_hash() functions for hashing a randomly generated string with sufficient entropy.
Performance improvements
Finally, WordPress 6.8 brings some helpful performance improvements to all sites.
Speculative loading
WordPress 6.8 introduces speculative loading, which lets supporting browsers prefetch or prerender URLs. It can lead to almost instant page load times since they are loaded before the user navigates to them.
