Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Ticket #64354, comment 14
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- 12/08/2025 03:58:52 AM (5 months ago)
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Ticket #64354, comment 14
v2 v3 1 As a workaround for sites experiencing this issue, I've just published a plugin that allows you remain on 6.9 but opt out of loading separate core block styles. Naturally, the plugin is called '''[https://wordpress.org/plugins/load-combined-core-block-assets/ Load Combined Core Block Assets]'''. This plugin includes the ability for you to test loading separate core block styles via a query parameter, and once 6.9.1 is released with the fix, the plugin could inform you to re-test so at that time it can be deactivated.1 As a workaround for sites experiencing this issue, I've just published a small single-file plugin that allows you to remain on 6.9 but opt out of loading separate core block styles. Naturally, the plugin is called '''[https://wordpress.org/plugins/load-combined-core-block-assets/ Load Combined Core Block Assets]'''. This plugin includes the ability for you to test loading separate core block styles via a query parameter. Once 6.9.1 is released with the fix, the plugin could inform you to re-test, so that the plugin can be deactivated and uninstalled at that time. 2 2 3 3 If you added the following to your site via a theme or plugin: … … 8 8 }}} 9 9 10 ''Please remove this'', and instead install [https://wordpress.org/plugins/load-combined-core-block-assets/ the plugin]. This will help ensure you don't get stuck with loading the combined core block assets indefinitely. The use of combined core block assets means much more CSS is added to the page than is likely needed, and this can negatively impact page load time (e.g. FCP and LCP). By [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/18/wordpress-6-9-frontend-performance-field-guide/#load-block-styles-on-demand-in-classic-themes loading separate block assets on demand], italso allows for [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/18/wordpress-6-9-frontend-performance-field-guide/#increase-inline-style-limit-from-20k-to-40k-bytes small stylesheets to be inlined] to further reduce render-blocking resources.10 ''Please remove this'', and instead install [https://wordpress.org/plugins/load-combined-core-block-assets/ the plugin]. This will help ensure you don't get stuck with loading the combined core block assets indefinitely. The use of combined core block assets means much more CSS is added to the page than is likely needed, and this can negatively impact page load time (e.g. FCP and LCP). By WordPress 6.9 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/18/wordpress-6-9-frontend-performance-field-guide/#load-block-styles-on-demand-in-classic-themes loading separate block assets on demand], this also allows for [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/11/18/wordpress-6-9-frontend-performance-field-guide/#increase-inline-style-limit-from-20k-to-40k-bytes small stylesheets to be inlined] to further reduce render-blocking resources.