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Almost 4 out of 5 mobile users use a browser that is able to display webp images. Yet, on most websites, they are served jpeg images, which are typically double the size of webp images for a given quality. What a waste of bandwidth! This plugin was created to help remedy that situation. With little effort, WordPress admins can have their site serving autogenerated webp images to browsers that supports it, while still serving jpeg and png files to browsers that does not support webp. The image converter The plugin uses the WebP Convert library to convert images to webp. WebP Convert is able to convert images using multiple methods. There are the “local” conversion methods: imagick, cwebp, vips, gd. If none of these works on your host, there are the cloud alternatives: ewww (paid) or connecting to a WordPress site where you got WebP Express installed and you enabled the “web service” functionality. The “Serving webp to browsers that supports it” part. The plugin supports different ways of delivering webps to browsers that supports it: By routing jpeg/png images to the corresponding webp – or to the image converter if the image hasn’t been converted yet. By altering the HTML, replacing image tags with picture tags. Missing webps are auto generated upon visit. By altering the HTML, replacing image...
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Minimal impact on memory usage Learn more how we collect the data
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Minimal impact on pagespeed Learn more how we collect the data
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No PHP errors, warning, notices Learn more how we collect the data
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No Javascript issues Learn more how we collect the data
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Latest PHP 7.4.8 compatible Learn more how we collect the data
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Latest WordPress 5.8.2 compatible Learn more how we collect the data
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Optimized database footprint Learn more how we collect the data
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No activation errors Learn more how we collect the data
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No resource errors Learn more how we collect the data
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Frequently updated Learn more how we collect the data
2M
Total Downloads
100K
Active Installation
3 years
On WordPress
0.0%
Growth Rate
30
Support Thread
122
Ratings on WordPress
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Downloads This Week
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About WebP Express
Description
Almost 4 out of 5 mobile users use a browser that is able to display webp images. Yet, on most websites, they are served jpeg images, which are typically double the size of webp images for a given quality. What a waste of bandwidth! This plugin was created to help remedy that situation. With little effort, WordPress admins can have....
Read More >>Performance
Memory Usage
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Average memory usage is
25.33 KB
- This is less than 99% plugins
Page Speed
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Average page loading time is
increased by 0.02 s - This is faster than 99% plugins
Speed Test Benchmark
- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
- 0.02s
/(front page)
- 0.07s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
- 0s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
- 0.01s
/wp-admin/edit.php
- 0s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.05s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
- 0.09s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
- 0.02s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 0.01s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 0.14s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
- 0.01s
/wp-admin/upload.php
- 0.09s
Memory Usage Benchmark
- Before plugin activation
- After plugin activation
Pages
Benchmark
Change
Average Change
+ 25.33KB
/ (front page)
- 4.82KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 4.03KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 4.16KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 4.17KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 4.17KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 4.05KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 4.13KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 2.03KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 4.72KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 4.16KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 4.03KB
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