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Magento2 module for images conversion to webp format.

Requirements

PHP >= 7.1
Cwebp >= 0.5.2
libvips >= 8.4.5
Magento >= 2.3
Memory limit >= 8GB

Installation

Webp support
```
sudo apt-get install libwebp-dev
sudo apt-get install webp
```
You must also enable GD-support.

Make sure that You have this extension.
```
sudo apt-get install phpX-gd
```
Where x is PHP version (i. e. 7.1).

Next configure PHP to enable support for webp format.
```
--with-webp-dir=DIR
```

Vips extension

sudo apt-get install libvips-dev

pecl install vips

Add extension=vips.so to php.ini file.

composer require jcupitt/vips

Module

composer require greenrivers/webp  

php bin/magento module:enable Greenrivers_Webp

php bin/magento setup:upgrade

php bin/magento setup:di:compile

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f

Memory limit

Increase PHP memory limit to minimum 8GB.

To achieve this add in app/bootstrap.php:

php ini_set('memory_limit', '8192M');

Usage

Stores->Configuration->GREENRIVERS->Webp

General->Enabled - module activation
Settings->Algorithm - choose one from three method types
Settings->Quality - quality of converted image
Conversion->Convert images on product save - if selected, after uploaded images on product page and save product, images will be converted automatically

Content->Conversion

Convert now

On left side select catalogs in which images are to be converted.

On right side in Conversion tab determine extensions which images are to be converted.

Click Convert now button to start conversion.

Cron

On left side select catalogs in which images are to be converted.

On right side in Cron tab click Enable toggle to schedule convert in cron.

Determine cron frequency, time and extensions which images are to be converted.

Clear

Click Clear all button in Clear tab to remove all webp images.

Save

Click Save to remember settings also You have to clear cache after this.

Catalog->Products

Upload images in Images And Videos tab.

Update changes by click on Save button.

All images assigned to product should be converted.

Due to caching images sometimes requires to save product again for convert all images.

Sources

https://www.php.net/manual/en/image.installation.php

https://developers.google.com/speed/webp

https://github.com/libvips/libvips

https://github.com/libvips/php-vips

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