Title: WebP Compression
Last modified: March 19, 2020

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# WebP Compression

 *  Resolved [isaacbrown](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaacbrown/)
 * (@isaacbrown)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-compression/)
 * Hi there, I have enabled WebP images and have noticed that the images are very
   compressed compared to the original optimised pngs. Is anyone else gettign this
   issue? What am I doing wrong here?

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 *  [Jeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daenningas/)
 * (@daenningas)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-compression/#post-12571191)
 * I am also looking for information on what the plugin does with WebP. Are they
   lossy or lossless compression?
 *  Plugin Author [Hristo Pandjarov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hristo-sg/)
 * (@hristo-sg)
 * SiteGround Representative
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-compression/#post-12572337)
 * Since we create copies of the original files, we’ve selected smaller image size
   by defaul “webp -q 50” to be more precise. We’re thinking of adding options to
   modify that in future updates though.
 *  [Jeremy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daenningas/)
 * (@daenningas)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-compression/#post-12574985)
 * Having a slider to control how lossy or lessless the WebP files are created, 
   managed would be really useful. Depending on needs, generic sites may want as
   lossy as they can get, travel or photography sites need more emphasis on maximising
   image quality.
 * Appreciate the reply!
 *  [Andahs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andahs/)
 * (@andahs)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-compression/#post-12704859)
 * I’m also interested in this–many of my clients are artists or galleries and need
   large, high quality images on their websites. Which slow down the load times…
   I’m looking for a way to speed up the sites without losing much image quality.
   Thanks!

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