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Why does WP not support .svg images (by default)?

Michelle — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 09:40:52 +0000

Hi there,

Just interested in thoughts of those who have much more WordPress experience than me: I recently came across this article https://themeisle.com/blog/add-svg-to-wordpress/ and it has me wondering – –

Q1. Why on earth does WordPress not (by default) allow .svg images? To me it makes perfect sense to use them over any other format.

Q2. Is it a common practice for experienced WP website creators to enable the ability of using .SVG files on wordpress? (eg as discussed in the article).

Thanks in advance,
Michelle

Reply To: Why does WP not support .svg images (by default)?

Radu Constantin — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 11:29:54 +0000

Hi @michellepace,

I think that this article explains very well why the SVG files are not allowed by default on WordPress websites: https://bjornjohansen.no/svg-in-wordpress ??

Reply To: Why does WP not support .svg images (by default)?

Michelle — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:08:06 +0000

Hi Radu, thanks very much – that definitely explains it ??

Reply To: Why does WP not support .svg images (by default)?

Peter Hardy-vanDoorn — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 15:06:52 +0000

Safe SVG by Daryll Cole is a great little plugin that enables SVG import and, most importantly, scans the SVG files that you upload via the WP media library to strip out any potentially dangerous code.