For every image uploaded, Simple WebP creates a WebP version which is served to compatible browsers.
| Author: | Jill Royer (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 4.7.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.3.8 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 04-11-2019 |
| Last updated: | 27-11-2019
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 100 |
| Rated by: | 1 |
| Plugin URI: | https://github.com/jillro/webp-simple |
| Total downloads: | 3 977 |
| Active installs: | 100+ |
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Every time you upload an image, Simple WebP generates a .webp version. It then alter the HTML to replace img tags with picture tags, which let the browser pick the best format.
WebP images are often smaller than original .jpeg or .png one, so can save bandwidth and load time. Most browsers support WebP nowadays. You can use Google Pagespeed tool to see the gain you would get from WebP.
You will get much faster load time, and better ranking in Google Search.
Simple WebP is very much inspired by the more complete (and complex to install) WebP Express plugin. It also use the same libraries :
- WebPConvert: For converting images to webp
- DOM Util for WebP: For the Alter HTML functionality
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