Title: heic support
Last modified: November 9, 2023

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# heic support

 *  Resolved [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * (@krasi1)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/)
 * are you considering to add heic support?

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 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187132)
 * Hi [@krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/),
 * Thank you for your message.
 * In what context would you like to receive support for the HEIC format?
 * Best,
    Mateusz
 *  Thread Starter [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * (@krasi1)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187135)
 * to allow uploading heic images which are auto-converted to webp
 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187167)
 * [@krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/) Maybe first I will tell
   you how our plugin works. Our plugin converts images to WebP format and AVIF 
   format, but does not change or delete the original images. It also doesn’t change
   image URLs.
 * When a browser tries to download an image file, the plugin checks if it supports
   the AVIF format (if enabled in the plugin settings). If so, the browser will 
   receive an equivalent of the original image in the AVIF format. If it does not
   support AVIF, but supports the WebP format, the browser will receive the equivalent
   of the original image in WebP format. In case the browser does not support either
   WebP or AVIF, the original image is loaded. This means full support for all browsers.
 * The HEIC format is not supported by browsers other than Safari ([https://caniuse.com/heif](https://caniuse.com/heif)).
   This means that the original HEIC image cannot be used as an alternative to WebP
   and AVIF files.
 *  Thread Starter [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * (@krasi1)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187179)
 * I see
 * direct support of heic is not important rather just to allow uploading heic images.
   
   Converting them to jpeg and applying the original logic would work perfectly 
   fine
 *  Thread Starter [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * (@krasi1)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187183)
 * I am willing to fund the addition of this functionality
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/).
 *  Plugin Author [Mateusz Gbiorczyk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mateuszgbiorczyk/)
 * (@mateuszgbiorczyk)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187215)
 * [@krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/) Our plugin does not work
   in a way that permanently changes the original images. The plugin does not change
   the files in the /uploads directory in any way. It uses them and converts them
   to WebP and AVIF formats, and then saves them in the /uploads-webpc directory.
 * Your idea does not match the way our plugin works. To be able to implement such
   functionality, we would have to change the logic of the plugin, and the users
   of our plugin value it precisely because it works the way it does.
 *  Thread Starter [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * (@krasi1)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187222)
 * yes that makes sense.
 * I will install another the heic support plugin to add this functionality.
 * Thanks for the prompt answers

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 * Last reply from: [krasi1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/krasi1/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/heic-support/#post-17187222)
 * Status: resolved