Disable WebP By Default
by David Baumwald · Media
A small plugin to control WebP image creation when JPEG images are uploaded.
63 health vs 68 average across 739 Media plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 526 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
40
now · peak 124
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-08 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-07 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-06 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-05 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-02 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-12-01 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-30 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-11-26 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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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 · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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