Image Optimisation Guides
Practical, technical guides for shipping faster images on the web. Encoder settings, loading strategy, browser support, and Core Web Vitals impact — all grounded in concrete numbers.
Add WebP to your WordPress site. Native support, plugin choices, automatic conversion, lazy loading, and serving WebP with fallbacks.
Shopify serves WebP automatically — here's how the CDN works, what theme code you control, and how to optimise product imagery for speed.
Ship WebP in React apps. Next.js Image component, Vite/Webpack pipelines, picture-element patterns, and lazy loading for modern React stacks.
Optimise WebP images for fast page loads. Practical guide to quality settings, responsive delivery, lazy loading, and Core Web Vitals.
Lazy load WebP images correctly. Native attribute, IntersectionObserver, priority hints, and the rules that decide which images should never lazy load.
Master WebP compression settings. Reference for quality, method, near-lossless, alpha, and preset parameters with practical code examples.
Current WebP browser support across desktop and mobile. Compatibility matrix, fallback strategies, and detection methods for production sites.
Choose between lossy and lossless WebP compression. Decision framework, content-type guidance, and visual quality trade-offs for image optimisation.
Practical image SEO. Alt text, file names, structured data, image sitemaps, and the technical details that determine how Google indexes your images.
How images affect Core Web Vitals. Practical fixes for LCP, CLS, and INP regressions caused by images, with measurement tools and benchmarks.
A short guide to converting your first image to WebP with WEBPery. Drag, drop, and download — no signup, no upload.