Why WebP Image Conversion in WordPress Is Controversial

Why WebP Image Conversion in WordPress Is Controversial

Posted by The WP Minute on September 5, 2022 at 4:51 pm
The WebP image format has been a popular topic in the WordPress space of late. Created by Google, WebP supports both lossy and lossless compression techniques. It can result in smaller file sizes than older formats like JPEG and PNG. As it relates to WordPress, our favorite content management system (CMS) has taken a while to warm up to WebP. Support for file uploads was added back in WordPress 5.8 – so long as your

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