Disable WebP By Default

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Reviewers are grateful the plugin exists, they're happy with the documentation, and several say disabling WebP should just be a core setting.

1. ★★★★★ Jeff Starr

   3.9y ago

   Thank you for your work with this plugin (and just keeping track and reporting all the latest WEBP changes, etc.). Great to find so much useful information in the plugin documentation. Very much appreciated!

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2. ★★★★★ eighteen

   4.0y ago

   ขอบคุณที่มีปลักอิ้นนี้ครับ

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3. ★★★★★ Jimmy Lee

   4.0y ago

   Thanks so much, like for so many, we are serving WEBP “On The Fly” via a CDN and have ZERO need for such Core functionality. How hard would it be for WP to give users a checkbox to disable this mess? Again, THANKS!

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4. ★★★★★ Jeff Daigle

   4.1y ago

   This should be a setting in core, disabled by default.

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5. ★★★★★ Andrew Wilder

   4.1y ago

   Thank you for creating this plugin! It’s a shame it’s necessary, but I appreciate that you created it to make it easier for site owners to be able to take back control over their sites without needing to know how to add a filter. This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Andrew Wilder.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-12-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-12-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-12-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2025-12-05 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2025-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-12-01 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2025-11-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Support WebP – Upload webp files in wordpress without hassle 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
• HEIC to JPEG 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 3 shared tags D
• Default Featured Image 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Easy Watermark 30K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags C
• Enable SVG, WebP, and ICO Upload 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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