Webp images not working

it’s due to the & character in directory name

as quick workaround , you can add this at top of your .htaccess

RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} "image/webp"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.webp -f
RewriteRule ^(.*).(jpg|jpeg|png|gif) $1.$2.webp [T=image/webp,L]

it will use rewrite engine to forcefully replace webp , the URI will remain same, but under the hood it will be webp format

Which page is it? Your Home page?

that file doesn’t have webp version

https://ruutunopeus.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sahkopotkulaudan-viritys-250×200.jpg —> 200 OK

https://ruutunopeus.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sahkopotkulaudan-viritys-250×200.jpg.webp —> 404 no found

sometimes some image won’t have webp version , most common reason is webp file is larger than original

the logic for the webp replacement and even my rewrite rule trick is :

1. check if incoming request accepts image/webp or not

2. check if webp files exists or not

3. if 1) and 2) both to be true , then send webp file instead of jpg/png file

so for whatever reason you did , the 2) becomes false , so the check won’t be met

in your case , the webp doesn’t even exists, then you can not force it

if you did not “remove the original backup” , then you can try “desotry all optimized data” and then optimize them again , see if you can get the webp files

if that is the case …

I guess only thing left for you is to manually generate the webp…

Hi,

well , I don’t exactly have step by step guide for such case

but just giving you an idea , there should be plenty of webp convertor , get one of them , zip your /wp-conten/uploads/ and download it to your computer , then run webp conversion in your computer , then bulk upload them back to your site

you need make file name as test.jpg to test.jpg.webp , attach .webp at end of it

Best regards,