by David Baumwald 5 (5 reviews)

Disable WebP By Default

Name: Disable WebP By Default
Rating: 5.0 (5 reviews)
Author: David Baumwald

A small plugin to control WebP image creation when JPEG images are uploaded.

Disable WebP By Default ranks #12,005 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, is #1,220 of 6,303 in the Media category, a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Feb 6, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.4 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 06 Feb, 2025

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,220 of 6,303 in Media Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Active Installs

200+

-24.5%

KW Avg Position

137.5

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Downloads

3.6K

+6 today

Support Resolved

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100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (5 reviews)

Next Milestone 300

Total Progress 17%

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Reviews & Ratings

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Feb 06, 2025
Requires WP: 5.8+
Tested Up To: 6.4
PHP Version: 7.0 or higher
Author: David Baumwald

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

image jpeg media webp

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin was for WordPress site owners whose hosting storage couldn't accommodate the extra disk space required by WordPress Core's proposed default WebP image generation. It let them disable automatic WebP creation on JPEG upload, though it became unnecessary after WordPress decided not to enable WebP by default in Core version 6.1.