#Add gif to jpg gimp update#
#Add gif to jpg gimp upgrade#

This reasoning is grossly disconnected from the concerns voiced by people who are in the trenches supporting and maintaining WordPress sites. вЂњThe main goal of this feature is to set the foundation for WordPress to be able to process and deliver more performant formats in the same way other CMS like Duda, Wix, and ShopifyВ are already doing,вЂќ Silverstein said. In the most recent update, Silverstein said the Performance TeamвЂ™s primary objective in enabling WebP by default is to bring WordPressвЂ™ image processing to the level of its competitors. It will also make account restorations, account migrations and similar actions more time consuming.вЂќ A decision like this will *directly* increase our costs. We invest in multiple solutions, and multiple storage locations.

#Add gif to jpg gimp upgrade#

I can see that ending in one of several ways вЂ“ either theyвЂ™ll ask us to delete the webp files (so, more work for us, thanks!), or theyвЂ™ll be forced to upgrade (so, higher fees for them), or theyвЂ™ll get upset that we donвЂ™t offer more disk space for free, and then potentially leave usД«ackups are already one of our major expenses. While they might not be hitting limits yet, effectively doubling the media library size is going to cause issues for many people. Charles Smith, Managing Director at WordPress hosting company WPopt AB, articulated a litany of these concerns for hosts in a comment on the proposal, especially as it relates to support and backup costs:Дisk space вЂ“ a vast majority of our users have very large image libraries. Hosting companies may also experience complications as the result of enabling WebP by default that may not be worth the increased billing for customers who are forced to upgrade. And the increased cost for all the additional storage space needed will be borne by site owners, not by Google.вЂќ вЂњThis proposal is designed to serve GoogleвЂ™s interests (making it easier and cheaper for them to crawl the web). WordPress agency owner Andrew Wilder said. вЂњWebP is a format that Google Created - and itвЂ™s Google Engineers who are leading the Performance Team. вЂњThere are also significant conflicts of interest,вЂќ WordPress agency owner Andrew Wilder said. The Performance Team said they are working closely with the hosting community but this change directly benefits hosts that sell plans with tiered storage space limits.

Can you imagine adding webp images in addition to this? IвЂ™ve seen a site generate 20 images for every uploaded image. Hidden images generated by WP because of plugins and themes already cause problems. This is why there needs to be an option to disable this under Media options. This will affect anyone hosting WordPress on managed hosts with storage limit, their own servers with limited storage, anyone offloading images to S3, etc. YouвЂ™re going to drastically increase disk space usage by generating more images. Viktor Nagornyy summarized storage concerns in a comment on the proposal: One of the chief concerns is that the proposal has the potential to double the amount of disk space used for images, as it would generate WebP thumbnails in addition to the JPEG sub sizes. Vocal opponents to the feature characterized it as вЂњheavy handedвЂќ and pushed for it to be вЂњopt-inвЂќ only or introduced with a more user-friendly way to disable it. Based on our findings, we will reassess our proposed approach to enabling WebP by default.вЂќ

вЂњWith the help of the community, we will work on conducting additional data-driven research.

#Add gif to jpg gimp update#

вЂњThe performance team has heard the feedback and takes the communityвЂ™s concerns seriously,вЂќ Google-sponsored contributor Adam Silverstein said in an update on the status of the proposal. WordPressвЂ™ Performance team proposed this update for the upcoming 6.0 release. The new feature would generate WebP images on upload by default for new JPEG uploads and would use WebP images by default for website content. WordPressвЂ™ Performance team has put its WebP by Default proposal on hold after the community voiced critical feedback and significant technical concerns.