Simple Webp Images
Generates webp images from uploaded images, and outputs webp images in content in compatible browsers. Optionally provides lazy-load functionality.
3.7(3 reviews)
·20 active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Simple Webp Images is a WordPress webp plugin with 20 active installations and a 3.7/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EWWW Image Optimizer.
3.7/53 reviews
20active installs
7.2K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
This plugin helps to increase site speed, and helps to improve scores in Google’s Pagespeed Insights tool by addressing the common recommendation “Serve next-gen image formats”.
For the best speeds, Google recommends using new image formats such as .webp, which offer smaller file sizes than common formats such as .jpg or .png with no visible loss in quality. However, not all internet browsers support the .wepb image format, so only using that format would result in broken images in older browsers.
This plugin addresses that problem, and allows your site to use .webp images when it can. This plugin will convert images from .jpg or .png automatically, and save .webp versions of the image alongside the original. When a user visits the site in a compatible browser, they will…
Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
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Changelog
2.0.0
- Rewriting to make use of new language features
- More efficient HTML replacement
- PHP 8 required
Contributors
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