What is the .webp Format?
Why is it Worth Rrying the DJ-WebP Plugin?
Providing website images in the new format (WebP) is a crucial factor that can lead to higher rankings for websites. With this in mind, while optimizing websites for one of our clients, we have created a plugin that helps convert .jpg and .png formats to .webp, opening up new possibilities for your website's performance.
According to Wikipedia:
WebP is an image format that employs both lossy and lossless compression. Google is currently developing it based on technology acquired with the purchase of On2 Technologies.
Where Does the Joomla WebP Images Converter Work?
Our free Joomla .webp images plugin is not extension-specific, so it works with any extension, article images, etc. You decide what folders should be processed.
DJ-Webp can help you reduce the time needed to load the page, especially on websites that are heavy on images. For example, DJ-Mediatools, DJ-Catalog2, and DJ-Classifieds produce many images and pictures. All of our extensions were tested and work great with DJ-WebP.
How WebP Images Converter Works?
Once the plugin is published and set, it processes all the files you want and serves them in .webp instead of the original format. Loading the images in the best available format makes your website faster. You can decide the quality of the photos.
Joomla WebP Converter Options
- Select directories/folders to be processed (in selected folders, the plugin searches for the images and replaces them with .webp when processing the website).
- Exclude particular directories or files from processing (if you want to keep some of them in original format for any reason.
- Select image formats to be processed (choose .png, .jpg, or both formats).
- Set the quality of processed images (lower quality - smaller file size).
- Exclude menu items that you do not want to be processed.
- Verify if your server and browser support .webp format.
- Set the storing time of the images (so how often the files should be processed again).
- Purge .webp files if needed.
