WebP

Last month, the plan was for WordPress to generate WebP images by default for new JPEG image uploads and that was put on hold for the upcoming WordPress 6.1 release after objections from lead developers. The original proposal had been merged into core at the end of July, despite significant feedback and concerns from WordPress’ developer community objecting…

WebP, the new image format developed by Google, which is intended to replace JPEG, PNG, and GIF file formats, will soon be generated by default for new JPEG image uploads in WordPress and used for website content. The main work was committed to core for inclusion in the upcoming WordPress 6.1 release. The initial proposal was revised after…

The WordPress Performance team has put its WebP by Default proposal on hold after the community voiced some critical feedback and significant technical concerns of this proposal. The new feature that was proposed would generate WebP images on upload by default for new JPEG uploads and would use the WebP images by default for website content. WordPress’…

WordPress’ Performance Team has published a feature proposal that would enable WebP images by default in the next update to WordPress, expanding core support for the modern image format.  In July, 2021, WordPress 5.8 introduced WebP support, which allows its users to upload and use WebP images in their content. If the proposal is eventually approved, version 6.0…

In the upcoming WordPress 5.8 update, scheduled to ship July 20th, WordPress is allowing its users to use a new image format. No, it is not SVG, which technically is not an image by the way. There are still security hurdles to jump for that to happen one day. However, WordPress is now supporting the WebP…