Title: auto create webp?
Last modified: October 15, 2020

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# auto create webp?

 *  Resolved [idoangel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idoangel/)
 * (@idoangel)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-create-webp/)
 * Hi,
    Is there a way to automatically create a webp version of each image uploaded?
   Currently, and especially in mobile, we see that if we create new articles and
   don’t create their webp version manually, sometimes the images aren’t displayed
   in mobile devices. Thanks!
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fauto-create-webp%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [WP Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_media/)
 * (@wp_media)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-create-webp/#post-13538820)
 * Hi [@idoangel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idoangel/),
 * I’m sorry you’re having issues with this!
 * Generally speaking, anytime you upload images through the Media Library, as long
   as you have the Imagify plugin settings “Auto-Optimize images on upload” and “
   Create webp versions of images” enabled, then the image and all the thumbnail
   versions should be optimized and WebP versions of each created.
 * Thanks for providing the link to your site! I took a look at the images loading
   on your homepage, and I can see many of them are displaying in WebP and many 
   are not. The ones that are displaying as JPG/PNG images do not seem to have been
   optimized yet at all.
 * Take for example [https://sarig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ChocolateCake-wpv_400x400_center_center.jpg](https://sarig.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ChocolateCake-wpv_400x400_center_center.jpg).
   I downloaded that and ran it through our online optimization app ([https://app.imagify.io/](https://app.imagify.io/))
   and it still needed optimization even at our lowest Normal setting ([https://jumpshare.com/v/Yd0tR88RGG0rTppP3cLJ?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc](https://jumpshare.com/v/Yd0tR88RGG0rTppP3cLJ?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc)).
   So I think for these images, you may need to either run the bulk optimizer to
   make sure they’re all optimized, or find them individually in your Media Library
   and optimize them. Once they are optimized, their WebP versions should be created.
 * I also tested your display using both an iPhone and an Android, and I see a potential
   issue with the iPhone. See the following:
 * (Android) [https://jumpshare.com/v/H8RNZsJXf9H19lMOWeuO?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc](https://jumpshare.com/v/H8RNZsJXf9H19lMOWeuO?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc)
 * (iPhone) [https://jumpshare.com/v/sjIbdYkORuwJu8WK1qBO?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc](https://jumpshare.com/v/sjIbdYkORuwJu8WK1qBO?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc)
 * You can see that the logo is not displaying on the iPhone, and I believe this
   is due to a known issue when using our “Use rewrite rules” option to display 
   WebP images while also using Cloudflare, as you seem to be. When this is the 
   case, Cloudflare caches your WebP images incorrectly, and it ends up mistakenly
   serving some of them to users of Safari browsers. Since these browsers don’t 
   support WebP yet, nothing is displayed when this happens.
 * You can see in the following screenshot of the headers from this image that it
   has been cached and served by Cloudflare: [https://jumpshare.com/v/Ada9MyVFyUrQYpb9Rsoy?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc](https://jumpshare.com/v/Ada9MyVFyUrQYpb9Rsoy?b=4lsVv1dptKKaSYivXRxc)
 * So the only available solutions for this if you want WebP display to work properly
   are to either switch to the “Use <picture> tags” option or to disable Cloudflare.
   The option best for you will depend on your individual situation and whether 
   you value Cloudflare or WebP images more.
 * If you choose to switch to the “Use <picture> tags” option, you’ll want to make
   sure you clear Cloudflare’s cache completely, as the issue will remain until 
   it is cleared.
 * Your other option would be to disable WebP display in your Imagify settings. 
   I know this is not optimal, but Apple has announced they will be supporting WebP
   images in Safari browsers very soon, and once that is the case, you’ll be able
   to link your images directly to WebP images without needing the “Use <picture
   > tags” or “Use rewrite rules” options to provide fallback support for users 
   of these browsers. Additional info on this: [https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/22/webp-safari-14/](https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/22/webp-safari-14/)
 * Please let me know if you have any further questions on this and I’ll be more
   than happy to assist!
 * Best regards,
    Joseph

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