WEBP in Drupal

So, I heard you want to improve your site performance, aren't you? Well, aren't we all (looking at you Google). 

You have looked at compressing your js, packing css,... ) But it looks like you have reached your peak, you have done everything you could have. Or have you?

What if I told you that you could squeeze up to an extra 20% performance, and what if I told you that it's right before our noses, like cherries waiting to be picked. I'm talking about images, and about WEBP, a format created and open sourced by Google that promises a 20 to 30% boost.

I don't see many people talking about this in the Drupal community, and it may well be because in fact WEBP did not have a clear installation path in our beloved CMS.

That's until now. @Bart Vanhoutte already did an excellent job on its module, it just need a little love to make it fully ready for prime time. And that's what I've been busy with the last weeks (apart of another few other things of course :-) ).

If you are curious about the technology and how it can help you visit my article in Acquia. Don't forget to leave some feedback, and if you find any issues leave a comment in the issue queue in Drupal. I'll love to hear from you on how we can improve Drupal WEBP support.

Article in @Acquia: https://dev.acquia.com/blog/webp-and-drupal-performance-last-frontier

Module in Drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/project/webp