How to enable automatic WebP image conversion?

Enabling automatic WebP images on Staq is super simple! 

Follow these steps and start serving the images in the format preferred by Google.

Navigate to Staq Cache Tool

Login into the backend of the website in question and click Staq Hosting from the top toolbar and select Settings.

Please ensure you have both:

• Cache; and
• Optimizer

both enabled.

Click Optimizer → Media on the left sidebar.

Enable Serve Next-Gen Images (WebP)

Under ‘Optimizer’ , navigate to “Media” in the left side menu.
From there, toggle on ‘Serve next-gen images (Webp)’ and click Save.

Wallah! You’re now automatically converting, compressing and serving images in WebP format. You can say goodbye to WPRocket.

Troubleshoot

If some WebP images are not showing, then checkout this guide on how to regenerate images into WebP.

How to View

Please note that Staq Cache will rewrite the HTML and if the image appears in the source code, it will rewrite the HTML page to show the WebP image link with the original fallback image link. To view this, you’ll need to view the website inside incognito or private mode.

Limitation

Images that are served as a background-image cannot be served as WebP since those images are referenced inside the CSS file. However, a new feature is coming that will allow Staq to place the fallback image inside the CSS file. Stay tuned!