Where are WEBP images stored?

  • Resolved unster

    (@unster)


    5 months, 2 weeks ago

    I have just found this plugin with high hopes, but maybe I don’t how to use it ??

    So I have reconverted via bulk conversion “all” my images:
    “Rozmiar obrazków, który zaoszcz?dzono:?85.29 MB (69%)
    Pomy?lnie skonwertowane pliki:?478
    Nieudane lub pomini?te próby konwertowania plików:?31“
    (In Polish, but TLDR: 478 total number of images, ONLY 31 not converted)

    So then I realize that still majority of my images are being loaded as jpgs.
    I don’t have any caching turned on for the moment & when I test my changes on website, I clear all temp files & cache from the browser.

    I then opened random upload folder like 2024/05 (images from May), on my FTP, and realise following:
    – total number of images: 460
    – webp images: 132 (but majority of those were originally uploaded as webp + their resize options)
    – JPGS/PNGs: 328

    So my question is: is there any other folder where those successfully converted webp images (over 440+ of them) are being stored?

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  • Plugin Author Mateusz Gbiorczyk

    (@mateuszgbiorczyk)

    Hi @unster,

    Thank you for your message.

    Maybe I’ll tell you how our plugin works?

    When a browser tries to download an image file, the plugin checks if it supports the AVIF format (if enabled in the plugin settings). If so, the browser will receive an equivalent of the original image in the AVIF format. If it does not support AVIF, but supports the WebP format, the browser will receive the equivalent of the original image in WebP format. In case the browser does not support either WebP or AVIF, the original image is loaded. This means full support for all browsers.

    The plugin does not change URLs to images, so when looking at the source of the website, you will see the URLs for the default images all the time. The plugin creates redirections to output files in WebP and AVIF format, changing the MIME type of these images, but without changing the URL.

    Files converted to WebP and AVIF formats are saved in a separate directory: /wp-content/uploads-webpc/.

    Below I have attached the tutorial describing how to test the plugin:
    https://mattplugins.com/docs/how-to-test-converter-for-media-plugin

    If you have any other questions, please, feel free to reach out to me. We will try to help you.

    Best,
    Mateusz

    Thread Starter unster

    (@unster)

    Mateusz, thanks for the awesome support and answer!
    All the best!

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