[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35725: Add WebP support.

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#35725: Add WebP support.
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 Reporter:  markoheijnen                         |       Owner:
                                                 |  adamsilverstein
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.8
Component:  Media                                |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing has-unit-    |     Focuses:
  tests needs-dev-note dev-feedback              |
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Comment (by atjn):

 Replying to [comment:99 spacedmonkey]:
 > I still think that numbers are not high enough to force it's use.
 https://www.caniuse.com/webp
 > Safari 13, Edge 12-17 jump out as a lack of support.

 Edge 17 was replaced by Edge 18 more than two years ago, it no longer
 receives security updates and it only accounts for 0.07% of worldwide
 traffic. I don't see it as a problem.

 Safari is a slightly bigger issue. It only received WebP support about
 half a year ago and approximately 6% of worldwide traffic is still coming
 from Safari versions that don't support WebP. That number is steadily
 going down, it was around 7% a month ago. Most (>80%) of that traffic is
 coming from browsers that could easily be upgraded to support WebP.

 (All numbers are rough estimates from [https://gs.statcounter.com/
 Statcounter])

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