WebP Images are not being served

can you check if you have mod_rewrite enabled?

sure, enabled, there are pretty urls on site

Are you using a CDN or cloudflare?

no

@webprom Serving webp image format using redirection checks more than mod_rewrite module such as mime and headers

Could you please visit wp-admin/options.php and see what the values are for these options

https://prnt.sc/U6mIk-Vs4zfy

Hi! Checked: wp-optimize-rewrite_status false, and redirection_possible is not present at all. Should I change it to true?

Compared to another site on the same server where it works ok: instead of wp-optimize-redirection_possible I have wp-optimize-lossy_compression on the same line, strange. And the working ok site doesn’t have wp-optimize-lossy_compression at all.

Thank you!

• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Webprom Design.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 6 months ago by Webprom Design.

@webprom Presence of wp-optimize-lossy_compression option is based on Compression options you have selected and doesn’t have any relationship with WebP serving.

In WebP conversion section you can click Show advanced options section and Reset WebP serving method However, if the self test for htaccess capability fails, you will still see wp-optimize-rewrite_status false

The result depends on many things such as enabled modules. If you have restricted access to uploads folder, it may also effect the test result.

I’ve tried to reset multiple times… no effect usually. Thanks for /uploads tip. When I’m adding .htaccess code with wp-optimize settings from a working site to /uploads directory, it works. Then on next save wp-optimize removes the code from this .htaccess and it stops displaying webp images.

@webprom You’ll see a uploads/wpo folder and some files in it. If your server restricts access (for security reasons) to those files, then the self test will fail and WP-Optimize empties the .htaccess file. i.e. If redirection test is failed, then there is no use to have .htaccess rules in place. So, it was emptied.

That said, we are working on alternative way to find the possibilities of serving webp images instead of relying on access uploads folder.

It’s interesting that some sites on the same server pass your test and some don’t… still can’t find a difference.

@webprom By same server, do you mean same hosting or actually same server with same Apache and PHP configurations?

yes, the same vps for all sites.