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> Most websites break with WebP That part at least isn't true.
by afavour 1y ago
> Most websites break with WebP
That part at least isn't true.
- edflsafoiewq 1y agoProbably they mean uploading WebPs where an image is expected often doesn't work.
- echelon 1y agoYes, I was referring to the backends. A funny case in point: Sora.com produces WebP outputs, but you can't turn around and use them as inputs. (Maybe they've fixed that?) Smaller websites almost always reject them. Even within big websites, support is fractured within the product surface area. You can't use them as Reddit profile icons, for instance. One of the most apparent issues is that a lot of thumbnailing and CDN systems don't work natively with WebP, so you have to reject WebP outright until broader support is added. Once the WebPs are in your systems, you have to make sure everything downstream can support them... it's infectious. Really unfortunate that we haven't been able to move past this.
- martin_a 1y agoYou can think about WordPress what you want, but afaik it does not allow to upload WebP files to its media gallery without any additional plugins while being said to run large parts of the internet...
- celsoazevedo 1y agoJust tested on my self-hosted WordPress blog and it works without any plugins. WebP support was added to WordPress in 2021 with version 5.8: https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-8/#adding-support-for-webp https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/versio... AVIF support in 2024, with v6.5: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/02/23/wordpress-6-5-adds-avif-support/ https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/02/23/wordpress-6-5-add...
- martin_a 1y agoOk, will have to check again, thanks for the info!