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Disable WebP By Default — WordPress Image Optimization Plugin

by David Baumwald · WordPress.org page

v0.7.0 Tested up to WP 6.4.10 PHP 7.0+

Disable WebP By Default has 200+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,980 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 6, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.4.10.

Disable WebP By Default at a glance

Active installs
200+
Total downloads
3,980
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Disable WebP By Default well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 6.4.10, not yet with the current 7.1

Disable WebP By Default reviews and ratings

5 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Thank you

    Thank you for your work with this plugin (and just keeping track and reporting all the latest WEBP changes, etc.). Great to find so much useful information in the plugin documentation. Very much appreciated!

    Jeff Starr

  • ปลักอินนี้ดี

    ขอบคุณที่มีปลักอิ้นนี้ครับ

    eighteen

  • Hats Off to Developer!

    Thanks so much, like for so many, we are serving WEBP "On The Fly" via a CDN and have ZERO need for such Core functionality. How hard would it be for WP to give users a checkbox to disable this mess? Again, THANKS!

    Jimmy Lee

  • Should be a setting in core, disabled by default

    This should be a setting in core, disabled by default.

    Jeff Daigle

  • Thank you!

    Thank you for creating this plugin! It's a shame it's necessary, but I appreciate that you created it to make it easier for site owners to be able to take back control over their sites without needing to know how to add a filter.

    Andrew Wilder

Details

A small plugin to control WebP image creation when JPEG images are uploaded.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Disable WebP By Default competes in

Tags

  • image
  • jpeg
  • media
  • webp

More from David Baumwald

Version
0.7.0
Last updated
Feb 6, 2025
First published
Mar 31, 2022
Requires WordPress
5.8
Tested up to
6.4.10
Requires PHP
7.0
Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Disable WebP By Default FAQ

How many active installs does Disable WebP By Default have?

WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs for Disable WebP By Default as of September 7, 2026.

Is Disable WebP By Default still maintained?

The last release was on February 6, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Disable WebP By Default free?

Disable WebP By Default is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.