- The module offers a superior lossless and lossy compression for the images of your site which is highly recommended for Page Speed Optimization purposes.
- It is much more efficient than the standard image generation in PrestaShop, it doesn't have timeout errors and you can view the progress of the entire process.
- The images generated through the WebP Generator module are about 26% smaller in size compared to PNGs. WebP lossy images are 25-34% smaller than comparable JPEG images at equivalent SSIM quality index.
- Lossless WebP supports transparency (also known as alpha channel) at a cost of just 22% additional bytes. For cases when lossy RGB compression is acceptable, lossy WebP also supports transparency, typically providing 3× smaller file sizes compared to PNG.
- Generating images with this module will free up space on the server and the page loading of your site will become faster.
- Google will love your images which are generated by this module and you can obtain better rankings in Google Image Searches. This is additional to the general improvements in rankings thanks to having a fast site.
- Your site pages will load faster, the users will have a great experience.
- Images load very fast and the quality is maintained.
- You can generate Product Images, Category Images, Supplier Images, Store Images, Manufacturer Images.
- The module allows you to generate all types of images separately.
- Next to each image type you can see how many images there are in total. When you start generating, this will automatically it shows how many images have been already generated.
- There is also a process bar where you can see generation process in percent.
- There are no timeout errors, you can leave the generation open in a separate tab or window until it is completed.
The new versions of the module from 1.0.8 require at least a 7.1 PHP version.
Due to the new functionalities which we have integrated into the module, we need to use a library that requires the 7.1 version of PHP.
Please make sure to download the module version which is compatible with your PHP version.
Attention, if you use OVH shared server the WebP module will not work on the site.
The OVH shared hosting is not configured to support the Webp module.
On the OVH VPS server, the module is working properly.
The module is not compatible with the Cloudflare CDN and some media server configurations.
On the server one of the next PHP modules must be configured:
Cwebp => php exec function enabled
Imagick => Imagick php module with webp compiled
Gmagick => Gmagick php module with webp compiled
Gd => Gd php module with imagewebp, imagecreatefrompng and imagecreatefromjpeg functions
Ewww => ewww.io subscription and php curl module
IMPORTANT: The window or tab where you started the regeneration process must remain open throughout the entire process. Closing it will interrupt the process and it will need to be reinitiated.
What's New in Version 1.0.11(05/21/2021)
- Rectification of the installation process