WebP Converter for Media

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Speed up your website by serving WebP images instead of standard formats JPEG, PNG and GIF.

Author:matt plugins (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:4.9
WordPress version tested:6.5
Plugin version:5.12.3
Added to WordPress repository:16-06-2019
Last updated:19-03-2024
Rating, %:98
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Total downloads:9 373 068
Active installs:400 000+
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Speed up your website using our ease image optimizer by serving WebP and AVIF images. By replacing files in standard JPEG, PNG and GIF formats with WebP and AVIF formats, you can save over a half of the page weight without losing quality.

After installing the plugin you do not have to do anything more. Your current images will be converted into a new format. When image optimization by our image optimizer is finished, users will automatically receive new, much lighter images than the original ones.

As of today, over 90% of users use browsers that support the WebP format. The loading time of your website depends to a large extent on its weight and the level of image optimization. Using our WebP Converter, now you can and speed up it in a few seconds without much effort!

This will be a profit both for your users who will not have to download so much data, but also for a server that will be less loaded. Remember that a better optimized website also affects your Google ranking. Image optimization is very important.

AVIF support

Now in the PRO version you can use AVIF as the output format for your images. The AVIF format is a new extension – is the successor to WebP. AVIF allows you to achieve even higher levels of image compression, and the quality of the converted images after image optimization is better than in WebP.

How does this work?

  • If you have just installed the plugin, you can optimize images with one click. Image size will be smaller after generate webp!
  • New images that will be added to the Media Library will be converted automatically.
  • Our image optimizer does not modify your original images in any way. This means security for you and your files.
  • When the browser loads an image, our plugin checks if it supports the WebP format. If so, the image in WebP format is loaded.
  • The plugin does not make redirects in default mode, so the URL is always the same. Only the MIME type of the image changes to image/webp.
  • No redirects means no cache issues, faster and trouble-free operation of your website. If you want to know more about how it works, check out the plugin FAQ below.
  • It does not matter if the image display as an img HTML tag or you use background-image. It works always!
  • In case rewriting by rules from .htaccess file is blocked, a mode is available which loads images via PHP file. Then image URLs are changed, but the logic of operation is the same as in the case of the default mode.
  • The final result after image optimization is that your users download less than half of the data, and the website itself loads faster!
  • You lose nothing – if you had to remove the plugin, it will remove everything after itself. It does not leave any trace, so you can check it with ease.

Convert WebP – it is the future of image optimization!

Optimize images and raise your website to a new level now! Install the plugin and enjoy the website that loads faster by image optimization. Surely you and your users will appreciate it.

Support for additional directories

You can convert WebP and optimize images not only from /uploads directory but also from /plugins and /themes directories. This allows full integration with the WebP format!

Support to the development of plugin

We spend hours working on the development of this plugin. Technical support also requires a lot of time, but we do it because we want to offer you the best plugin. We enjoy every new plugin installation.

If you would like to appreciate it, you can try the PRO version. In addition, you will gain access to extra functionalities that will allow you to achieve even better image optimization results.

Please also read the FAQ below. Thank you for being with us!


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