How W3TC Webp Image Conversion works

  • Resolved tutumu

    (@tutumu)


    2 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    I would like to kno how Webp Image Conversion works before install it.

    Does the module keep the original JPG file at Media Library?
    Does the module generate both JPG/WEBP versions at frontapge? (so the browser shows the best comaptible option)

    My doubts are because old browsers and devices do not show WEBP images.

    Regards.

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @tutumu

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to assist you with this.

    All images converted with the Image Service tool are sent to a third-party server maintained by the W3 Total Cache team which reduces resource consumption and allows for a large number of conversions in environments where resources can be limited such as shared hosting. Images sent to the W3TC server for conversion are only held temporarily and no permanent information is kept on the server regarding the images.

    WebP optimizations with the Image Service tool do not replace the original image file and all conversions can be reverted without any loss of data.

    W3 Total Cache uses the rewrite to serve the converted images as webp, adding the content type: image/webp header.

    If the browser does not support this, naturally the original image will be shown to the visitors.

    I hope this answers your question.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter tutumu

    (@tutumu)

    Thanks a lot for the explain.

    Regards.

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