Category: Image
image/webp
image/webp is Google's modern web image format providing both lossy and lossless compression with alpha transparency. WebP files are typically 25–34% smaller than comparable JPEGs and PNGs.
MIME / CONTENT-TYPE
image/webp
ASSOCIATED EXTENSIONS
.webp
PRIMARY CATEGORY
Image
HTTP Headers & Web Server Configurations
Standard HTTP Response Header
Content-Type: image/webpSend this exact header in HTTP responses to instruct browsers how to decode and render the payload.
Node.js / Express / Web API
<picture>
<source srcset="photo.webp" type="image/webp">
<img src="photo.jpg" alt="Optimized Photo">
</picture>NGINX Configuration (mime.types)
types {
image/webp webp;
}Apache (.htaccess / httpd.conf)
AddType image/webp .webpSecurity Advisory & Hardening
Ensure your web server caches WebP aggressively (`Cache-Control: public, max-age=31536000, immutable`).
Frequently Asked Questions
image/webp Questions & Answers
Common questions regarding MIME types, Content-Type headers, and web server configurations.
The standard HTTP response header is: "Content-Type: image/webp".