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JPG to WebP Converter

Cut roughly a third off your image weight without visible loss.

Every tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to a server.

WebP is typically 25 to 35 percent smaller than JPG at the same visual quality, which makes it the better format for anything served over the web. Conversion happens in your browser and nothing is uploaded.

How to use the JPG to WebP Converter

  1. Add your JPG files. Drag them in or click to browse. Convert a whole folder at once.
  2. Choose a quality. 82 is a sensible default. For web delivery, 75 is often indistinguishable and smaller still.
  3. Convert and save. Download individually or take the batch as a ZIP.

About converting JPG to WebP

If you are optimising a website, this is one of the highest-yield changes available. Images dominate the byte weight of most pages, and Largest Contentful Paint — a metric Google uses directly in ranking — is very often an image. Moving a photo library from JPG to WebP typically removes a quarter to a third of that weight with no visible difference, which is a rare thing in performance work: a real gain with no design compromise. WebP achieves this with more modern compression than JPEG, whose format was finalised in 1992. It also supports transparency and animation, so it can replace both PNG and GIF, and it offers a lossless mode when exactness matters. Support is no longer a serious concern; every current browser reads it, Safari included since 2020. The caveats are narrow. Converting from an already-lossy JPG is a re-encode, so work from your original master where one exists. And because older desktop software still stumbles on WebP, it is the right format for images you serve and the wrong one for images you email to someone who will open them in whatever they happen to have installed.

Frequently asked questions

How much smaller will the files be?
Typically 25 to 35 percent at matched visual quality. Photographs with smooth gradients gain most; small or already heavily compressed images gain least.
Do all browsers support WebP?
Every current browser does, including Safari since 2020. Only genuinely old software is a problem, which is why WebP suits web delivery rather than files you email to strangers.
Will this speed up my website?
Usually yes, and measurably. Images are the largest part of most pages, so a third off image weight often improves Largest Contentful Paint directly.
Is quality lost converting from JPG?
A small amount, since both are lossy and this is a re-encode. At quality 82 it is not visible in normal viewing. Convert from your original master where you have one.

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