[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17268: Use native gettext library when available

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#17268: Use native gettext library when available
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 Reporter:  linushoppe                           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  I18N                                 |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-refresh needs-unit-  |     Focuses:
  tests dev-feedback                             |  performance
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Comment (by swissspidy):

 The core performance team recently conducted an
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/07/24/i18n-performance-analysis/ in-
 depth i18n performance analysis], which confirmed the performance penalty
 localized WordPress sites pay today. The blog post presented and compared
 multiple solutions to this problem—including the native gettext extension,
 but also different approaches like using raw PHP files for translations.

 The latter turned out to be the most promising approach and now we want to
 test it at a wider scale using a dedicated plugin, appropriately named
 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/performant-translations/ Performant
 Translations].

 I would love for you all to first read the performance analysis and then
 check out the feature plugin on your site(s).

 [https://wordpress.org/plugins/performant-translations/ Download the
 plugin]
 * [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/09/05/call-for-testing-performant-
 translations/ Call for Testing post]
 * [https://github.com/swissspidy/performant-translations Contribute on
 GitHub]

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