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Allow Webp image

by ravi Singh · Performance

Also makes 5 other plugins · 5.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

This plugin will allow .webp next generation image for wordpress.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
43 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 69/100
Support 70/100

43 health vs 67 average across 1,075 Performance plugins

Removal-risk signals

53/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Long abandoned. No update in 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16.

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 6/100
WP compatibility 36/100
Rating quality 65/100
Listing tuning 68/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1671 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+64% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

301

now · peak 975

30330d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Allow Webp image · #3047 you EWWW Image Optimizer · #61 Converter for Media · #124 WebP Express · #166

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.7Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

61per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
5K–6K ≈5.4K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2020-09-25 · 1,424 observations

5KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
4.6y ago
Added
2020-09-05 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.1
Tested up to
5.9.16
Requires PHP
5.8

Recent reviews

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  1. supersonicmonkeyx
    3.4y ago

    The addon allows me to upload .webp images to an older version of WordPress that I use. So, for me, it works perfectly. Thanks!

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  2. jdowling16
    4.2y ago

    Having seen a few reviews of it not working, I just thought I’d thank you and say it does for me. Appreciate it!

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  3. gorodsb
    4.4y ago

    Wordpress 5.9.2, Woocommerce 6.3.1. By importing products via Import an error: “Invalid image: Sorry, you are not allowed to download this type of file” appears.

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  4. timmyturner
    4.4y ago

    sorry for the low rate but it does not work

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  5. Grafiweb
    4.6y ago

    Lo instalé y no funcionó, sigo sin poder subir webp

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  6. bobbycash
    4.9y ago

    Thanks for creating this very useful plugin for putting non-gif images 🙂

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  7. diraph
    5.2y ago

    Though at first, I was skeptical at installing the plugin considering the last time an update (to the plugin) was made. I had to take the risk and I am happy I did. The plugin does exactly what it claims and I am happy I used it. To the plugin author, thank you so much for creating this plugin. It’s so thoughtful of you. Thanks.

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  8. ismaelgonzalves
    5.3y ago

    You install it and you forget about it. Works perfectly!

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Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.0 1.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 3 languages, 3 at 90% or more · development strings

Chinese (Taiwan) 100%
Russian 100%
Swedish 100%

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-07-10 6K+ → 5K+ down after 234 days in tier
  2. 2025-11-18 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-11-17 6K+ → 7K+ up after 3 days in tier
  4. 2025-11-14 7K+ → 6K+ down after 161 days in tier
  5. 2025-06-06 8K+ → 7K+ down after 170 days in tier
  6. 2024-12-18 9K+ → 8K+ down after 102 days in tier
  7. 2024-09-07 10K+ → 9K+ down

Competes with

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Allow Webp image: 5K+ active installs, 3.7★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/allow-webp-image