A small plugin to disable the new WebP standard in the settings.
As of April 2026, Disable WebP is a WordPress jpeg plugin with 30 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.8+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Image Converter for WebP.
In WordPress 6.1, a WebP version is generated by default when an image is uploaded and displayed in the frontend.
The WebP format generally compresses the images well.
But in certain cases the WebP version can be larger than the original image.
If WebP causes problems on your website, you can disable this function here.
| WordPress | 5.8+ requiredTested up to 6.1.10 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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