[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #60674: Reducing WordPress archive weight

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#60674: Reducing WordPress archive weight
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 Reporter:  sebastienserre  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:  sustainability  |
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 I've opened an issue on Github but, it's also surely easiest to duplicate
 it here to follow up it.

 The main idea f this ticket is to find a way to reduce the WordPress
 archive zip file.

 --- Github Description ---
 Over the year, WordPress archives weight have increased and... I think we
 can't change this but we can surely do something on old feature which are
 no more used.
 I know the backward compatibility is something really important to the WP
 leads eyes but we can't continue (IMO)to as 43% of the web to download
 files always heavier.
 Maybe we could work with Core team to determine which functions are no
 more used and deprecated from years. Removing them will make WordPress
 liter.
 I think to Classic editor, We could move all the classic editor features
 to the Classic Editor plugin. It would make the archive liter for the most
 part of the new users.
 Features would always be available thanks to the plugin.


 https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/issues/30

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