WebP Images
by TotalPress.org · Performance
Convert and compress images to WebP format easily. Speed up your website.
48 health vs 73 average across 359 Performance plugins
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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 1073 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 461
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 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-14 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-12 200+ → 300+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-01-09 300+ → 200+ down after 377 days in band
- 2024-12-28 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-12-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-25 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-24 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-12-23 400+ → 300+ down after 2 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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WebP Express 300K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Modern Image Formats 100K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Optimus – WordPress Image Optimizer 30K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
WebP Express Plus 700+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Force WebP 100+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Only WebP Uploads 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/webp-images" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WebP Images — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WebP Images: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/webp-images