75
WebP Express
Fast WebP conversions that occasionally leave your media library in ruins.
HealthyGrowing
75/100
Many users love the free conversion but some report broken images and unresponsive support.
Active installs
~350,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.4★
161 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+40%
Growing fast
719 → 1,005 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +40% in the last year
719/day a year ago→1,005/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWebP Express is a free image conversion plugin with a loyal base of users who find it reliable and unobtrusive, but a recurring minority report serious issues including broken or missing images, incomplete conversions, and an unresponsive developer.
What people like
- +Works reliably for converting JPG/PNG images to WebP with no intervention once set up×6
- +Long-term stability reported by users running it for years×2
- +Clear documentation and explanations of options×2
- +Free to use with no apparent upsells mentioned×2
Common complaints
- −Broken or missing site images reported after using the plugin, with changes described as hard to reverse×3
- −Incomplete conversions — only some images get converted to WebP×2
- −Developer/author unresponsive in support forums×2
- −Installation failures reported on some setups
- −Conflicts with other plugins causing loss of access to media library files
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.22★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 161 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-19★★★★★causes conflictsnenadvuk
- 2025-12-25★★★★★Good pluginWishlight
- 2025-06-13★★★★★Excelent and good free pluginmetroobra
- 2024-11-11★★★★★Amazingsmastromattei
- 2024-10-29★★★★★Just great.michalszota
- 2024-07-22★★★★★Better than any photo conversion out thereDušan Vrban
- 2024-06-14★★★★★Keep it simplesojic
- 2024-04-04★★★★★Works great and has some fine-tuning features.iz4atkal
- 2024-04-03★★★★★Working well on WordPress Multisite Subdirectories and Custom Uploads Folderemiliogll1-shot
- 2024-04-03★★★★★Very powerful (and therefore complex)Martin Sauter
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WebP Express
Top Media plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
971
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
983
Prior 7-day baseline
653
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
971
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-1.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
19%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.79
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.24 → 4.22★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered