Uploaded PNG Image intermediate sizes not converted to WebP

  • hedgehog90

    (@hedgehog90)


    12 months ago

    It’s my understanding that other file types are converted to WebP by wordpress, why not png?

    Is there a switch or a hook that I can make it convert all uploaded images into webp format?

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    WebP conversion is plugin territory. Are you using a webp plugin? If so, I recommend asking at the plugin’s support area here, so the plugin’s developers and support community can help you with this.

    Thread Starter hedgehog90

    (@hedgehog90)

    Are you sure?

    I have no WebP related plugins active but I can clearly see that when I upload JPEG images all the intermediate sizes generated immediately after uploading are all webp format.

    Not so for PNG images though.

    I think this feature was added a couple years ago.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Nope. WP core does not do that. I just uploaded a jpg file to a “clean” install of WP:

    sdstern@sds-desk /v/w/w/w/u/2/03> ll
    total 76K
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 apache apache 8.0K Mar 6 12:15 2022-02-16-11.20.00-1-150x150.jpg
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 apache apache 21K Mar 6 12:15 2022-02-16-11.20.00-1-300x225.jpg
    -rw-rw-r--. 1 apache apache 41K Mar 6 12:15 2022-02-16-11.20.00-1.jpg
    sdstern@sds-desk /v/w/w/w/u/2/03>

    No webp images are created.

    If you see webp image files, they’re from a plugin or your theme.

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