Title: WebP Support
Last modified: February 28, 2022

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# WebP Support

 *  [P.E.A. Lutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misfist/)
 * (@misfist)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-support-35/)
 * Hi there!
 * Thanks for the great plugin!
 * Since 5.8, WP has WebP support, but WP User Avatarss uploader doesn’t seem to
   support it. When attempting to upload a WebP image from the User Profile edit
   page, there is an error: “Avatar upload failed”. Adding a WebP image from the
   Media Library does work, however.
 * I assume this because WebP isn’t set as one of the accepted image formats:
 *     ```
       // Handle upload
       $avatar = wp_handle_upload( $_FILES['wp-user-avatars'], array(
           'mimes' => array(
               'jpg|jpeg|jpe' => 'image/jpeg',
               'gif'          => 'image/gif',
               'png'          => 'image/png',
           ),
           'test_form' => false,
           'unique_filename_callback' => 'wp_user_avatars_unique_filename_callback'
       ) );
       ```
   
 * Would it be possible to allow WebP images in the upload?
 * ref: [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/06/07/wordpress-5-8-adds-webp-support/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2021/06/07/wordpress-5-8-adds-webp-support/)

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 *  Thread Starter [P.E.A. Lutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misfist/)
 * (@misfist)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-support-35/#post-15420017)
 * This is duplicated in GitHub Issues here: [https://github.com/stuttter/wp-user-avatars/issues/28](https://github.com/stuttter/wp-user-avatars/issues/28)
 * Please feel free to close this if GitHub is the preferred place for support.

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## Tags

 * [mime-type](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mime-type/)
 * [webp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/webp/)

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 * Last reply from: [P.E.A. Lutz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misfist/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/webp-support-35/#post-15420017)
 * Status: not resolved