May 12
Speculation Rules API (Instant Click Pre-rendering)
What it is: A way to tell the browser to "guess" where the user will click next. What it’s for: Loading the "Checkout" or "Product" page in the background before the user clicks. What it improves: The perceived loading speed. Pages will appear to load in 0 milliseconds. What I want: To eliminate the "wait time" when a customer is ready to buy. How it should be done: Add a setting to enable the Speculation Rules API that triggers a "prerender" when a user's mouse hovers over a product or the "Proceed to Checkout" button.
Pending
This doesn't require any theme changes, it's already built into WordPress starting with 6.8. Look for news and filter code to configure https://make.wordpress.org/core/2025/03/06/speculative-loadi…