Title: Retain EXIF Meta Data
Last modified: May 2, 2020

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# Retain EXIF Meta Data

 *  Resolved [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/)
 * (@jdtravel)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/)
 * Hi,
    This is an excellent plugin, I now have most of my site s using it, thank
   you. As a suggestion for a future feature, would it be possible to have an option
   to retain the EXIF metadata. Thanks, John

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 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/#post-12770781)
 * Hi [@jdtravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/),
 * Thank you for your message.
 * What conversion method do you use? `GD` or `Imagick`? `GD` library does not allow
   this. Please try using `Imagick` – if your server allows it.
 * And then please delete the following line:
    `$image->stripImage();`
 * from file:
    `/webp-converter-for-media/trunk/app/Convert/Imagick.php`
 * If this works and solves your problem, I will issue an update with this functionality.
 *  Thread Starter [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/)
 * (@jdtravel)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/#post-12772747)
 * Hi Mateusz, thank you for your quick reply.
    I’m currently using GD conversion
   method as Imagick was greyed out. I’ve now enabled Imagick on my server (via 
   whm-cpanel) and the Server configuration in Webp Plugin now reports that Imagick
   Module is enabled ( Ver 3.4.4) But the Imagick option in Settings is still greyed
   out.
 * I noticed though that WEBP isn’t in the list of supported formats
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/).
 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/#post-12772753)
 * This means that the Imagick library does not support the WebP format. Please 
   read the FAQ of plugin and the question about technical requirements.
 *  Thread Starter [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/)
 * (@jdtravel)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/#post-12772762)
 * Ok no problem, it isn’t a major issue , was just a nice to have, thank you for
   looking into this and thanks again for a very useful plugin.
    PS.I’ll see if 
   I can update the imagick server module to the latest version that supports Webp
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/).

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 * [exif](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/exif/)
 * [meta-data](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/meta-data/)

 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [JDTravel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdtravel/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/retain-exif-meta-data/#post-12772762)
 * Status: resolved