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Force WebP

by Qrzysio on WordPress.org

Say goodbye to JPG and PNG – make your site run on fast, modern WebP images.

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This plugin converts every uploaded JPG or PNG image into modern WebP format to improve performance and reduce file size.

Key features:
– automatic conversion of JPG and PNG images to WebP on upload
– correct generation of all WordPress image thumbnails
– configurable WebP quality level
– optional maximum image width (original images are resized before thumbnails are generated)
– automatic removal of original JPG/PNG files to save disk space
– full compatibility with WordPress “big image scaling”
– automatic alt text generation based on the filename
– filename sanitization and collision-safe renaming

All settings apply only to newly uploaded images. Existing media files are not modified.

Configuration

You can configure the plugin in Tools Force WebP.

Available options:
– WebP quality (0–100): controls compression quality for newly uploaded images
– Max width (px, optional): limits the maximum width of original images before WordPress generates thumbnails (0 = disabled)

All settings affect only images uploaded after saving the configuration.

Active installations90+
Weekly downloads
21-85.81%
Version1.3
Last updated2/8/2026
WordPress version6.5
Tested up to6.9.1
PHP version8.1
Tags
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