WebP support for Wordpress
As of April 2026, WP WebPNative is a WordPress webp plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: EWWW Image Optimizer.
This module provide a reliable webp solution, without configuration.
Supported file formats are JPEG and PNG up to 8 megabytes.
Module look for compatible media images, sends them to an API which is convert them.
They are saved next to the original file.
When a visitor is on your site, “HTML Transformation” function take care to provide the WebP version.
This function can be disabled because some web server takes care of presenting the file themselves.
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 5.3.21 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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