Magento 2 WebP Image Converter Extension
The Magento 2 WebP Image Converter extension addresses the challenge of serving images in next-gen formats, as highlighted by Google's PageSpeed Insights tool for JPEG or PNG images. Converting images to WebP format, enhances loading speed, user experience, and SEO performance.
- Convert JPEG, PNG or GIF images to WebP images or AVIF images.
- Boost web performance with better loading.
- Automated image conversion.
- Enhance customer experience and SEO rankings.
- Remove WebP images when extension is disable.
- Compatibility with all web browsers.
- Scan and optimize WebP/AVIF images via cron job or manually.
- Show responsive images for CMS pages.
- Extend default Magento functionality to support WebP images for upload, check our Magento 2 WebP Images extension.
- Hyvä Addon Available.
Problem
Images on a website offer numerous benefits, enhancing visual appeal, engaging visitors, and effectively conveying information. Images can capture attention, communicate complex ideas quickly, and connect emotionally with the audience.
However, website owners often encounter issues when uploading large file-sized images. These problems primarily revolve around website performance and user experience. Large images can significantly increase page load times, leading to slower website speeds and potentially higher bounce rates as impatient visitors navigate away.
Moreover, excessive image sizes can strain server resources and increase bandwidth usage, leading to additional costs for website owners. Website owners must optimize images for the web, balancing quality with file size to ensure fast loading times and optimal user experience.
Solution
Google suggests using WebP format images to enhance website performance, as indicated by the "Serve images in next-gen formats" issue flagged by PageSpeed Insights. Improving page load speed is crucial for superior user experience, and optimized images play a key role in achieving this goal. WebP, being a modern image format, effectively reduces image size without compromising quality.
The Magento 2 WebP Image Converter extension automates the conversion of all website images to WebP format, with options for the admin to adjust the image quality. Additionally, this extension provides features to manage WebP images, including deletion and reverting to the default format.
By simply enabling the extension, images on the homepage, product page, and category page are seamlessly converted to WebP, enhancing page load speed and overall user experience while positively impacting SEO performance.
Benefits of Magento 2 WebP Image Converter Extension
WebP - Modern Image Format
WebP is developed by Google in replacement of JPEG, PNG & GIF formats. JPEG & PNG images occupy much space & take time to load.
WebP format comes with smaller size load faster than other image formats.
AVIF - Modern, Open-Source Image Format
The AVIF format is developed by the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) to provide efficient and high-quality video compression. AVIF can achieve significantly reduced file sizes while maintaining high image quality, often outperforming traditional formats like JPEG and PNG in terms of both quality and compression.
Reduce up to 50% File Size
WebP Image Converter for Magento 2 extension automatically converts images to WebP with noteworthy reduction in file size. It has the option to set image quality according to the requirement.
Scan and Optimize images using cron
Magento 2 WebP Image Converter extension allows automatically scanning and optimizing of new images using a cronjob.
Enhanced Website Execution
WebP image format only decreases the file size retaining its quality. With reduced image size, the website loads faster. Lower-sized WebP image format accelerates the store performance.
Improved Search Engine Rankings
Website loading speed is one of the factors that Google examines while deciding the rankings. With WebP format, the images load faster, resulting in enhanced customer experience and improved SEO rankings.
Enhance Store Execution with Smaller Size Images
WebP images cuts file size keeping the image quality as it is. Hence, the store performance is improved using the Magento 2 WebP Image Converter module.
Automatic WebP Conversion
No matter how many images you have on your website, WebP Image Converter transforms all the images to WebP automatically. A plug-and-play module that spontaneously switches to WebP image format and improves website speed.
Multi-Browser Compatibility
WebP image is supported by almost all browsers like...
- Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Safari
- Opera
- Edge
If the user browses through a browser that doesn't support WebP images, then images will be shown in their original format i.e., JPEG or PNG. So, the user experience won't get disturbed.
Better UX & SEO Performance
As the images load faster with the use of WebP Image Converter extension for Magento 2, it enhances customer experience and boosts SEO rankings.
Why Choose MageComp’s Magento 2 WebP Image Converter Extension?
- Convert large images to WebP or AVIF images and boost store performance.
- Set the image quality from the backend configuration.
- Option to delete all WebP images when the extension is disabled.
- Automatically scan and optimize images using cron.
- Admin can enable responsive images for all CMS pages from the backend.
- Reduce manual work of converting JPEG, PNG, or GIF into WebP.
- Provide a better user experience with a faster loading speed.
- Websites can boost their SEO performance with WebP images.
Version 1.0.2 Date : 08-11-2024
- Added AVIF images support
- Added functionality to scan and optimize WebP/AVIF images via cron job or manually
- Added functionality on CMS page to show responsive images
- Compatible with Magento 2.4.7 version
- Minor bug fixing
Version 1.0.1 Date : 15-09-2023
- Compatible with Magento 2.4.6 version
- Compatible with Magento Coding Standards
- Minor bug fixing
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