By switching from JPEG to WebP as our default output format, WordPress sites across the web will benefit from improved performance – the primary goal of the Performance team. With this new feature, users can continue uploading and using the same JPEG images they do today and behind the scenes WordPress will create the more performant WebP images and use them for the website. WordPress websites can benefit from WebP today because WebP is supported in all browsers WordPress supports and by both the GD and Imagick image handling libraries WordPress relies on. Compared to JPEG images, WebP images generated by WordPress are almost always smaller, with a ~30% file size reduction on average (with the same visual quality). Images are often some of the largest resources used by websites, and using WebP creates websites that are lighter and faster. WebP was developed as a modern image format that provides superior compression on the web. Second, these WebP images are now used by default for the website content. First, WebP images are now generated by default for new JPEG uploads (in addition to the default format WordPress already generates). This proposal enhances that support in two significant ways. WordPress supports WebP since version 5.8 and users can already upload and place WebP images just like they can JPEG images. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. This proposal seeks to integrate WebP by default into WordPress core Core Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. Note : A follow-up post has been published with next steps on this proposal.
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