Save image as WEBP

Free extension for Chrome

Save any image as WEBP

Right-click a picture on any website and choose “Save image as WEBP”. PNG, JPG, GIF and AVIF turn into a lighter WebP file for your site, with transparency kept. An image to WebP converter that runs in your browser: no upload site, no waiting.

Add to Chrome — free

416 users on the Chrome Web Store

Also works in Edge, Brave, Opera and other Chromium browsers.

The Save image as WEBP popup: a dashed bar for the original and a short solid bar for the WEBP, the instruction and the supported formats

At a glance

What it does
Adds “Save image as WEBP” to Chrome's right-click menu on pictures. One click converts the picture to WebP and saves it to your Downloads folder.
Who it is for
Bloggers, shop and site owners, front-end developers: anyone who puts pictures on a website and wants them light.
Price
Free. No account, no paid version.
Data
Pictures are converted on your computer and never uploaded. No analytics. It stores only a counter for the rating reminder.
Works in
Chrome and other Chromium browsers that install from the Chrome Web Store. Not Firefox or Safari.
Limits
Always lossy WebP at quality 85: no slider, no lossless mode. One picture per click, no batch mode. An animated GIF keeps its first frame.
Version
2.9.0, updated October 23, 2026

Three steps, one right-click

  1. 1

    Add it to Chrome

    One click on the Chrome Web Store. No account, nothing to set up.

  2. 2

    Right-click a picture

    On a supplier page, a stock site or your own old site: any picture you want on a web page.

  3. 3

    Choose “Save image as WEBP”

    A second or two later the WebP is in your Downloads folder, under the picture's own name.

What it saves, measured

−91%

A heavy PNG photo

In our test, the 3.4 MB PNG header photo of a café website became a 312 KB WebP that looks the same on the page. As a BMP the same photo was 6.2 MB, as a GIF 1.5 MB.

−24%

A JPEG photo

The same photo as a quality-85 JPEG went from 397 KB to 303 KB. JPEGs gain less, and one that was squeezed very hard may stay about the same size.

What it does

  • source formats

    PNG, JPEG, AVIF, GIF, BMP and SVG, plus other pictures Chrome can show.

  • right-click

    The item sits in Chrome's own image menu. No new tab, no upload site, no editor.

  • fixed quality

    Lossy WebP at quality 85, tuned for websites: the picture looks the same and the file gets lighter. Nothing to tune.

  • Transparency kept

    Transparent logos, icons and product cut-outs stay transparent, at a fraction of their old size.

  • Named like the original

    cafe-hero.jpg becomes cafe-hero.webp, ready to upload to your site.

  • uploads

    The conversion runs in Chrome on your computer. Your pictures never go to a server.

Why WebP for your website

PageSpeed reports have long told site owners to “serve images in next-gen formats”. WebP is one of them: every current browser shows it, and at the same look it is usually far lighter than PNG, GIF or BMP and lighter than most JPEG photos. Lighter pictures mean faster pages.

Getting a WebP usually means an online converter: save, upload, wait, download, rename. Save image as WEBP does it from the page with the picture: one right-click, and a lighter copy with the original name lands in Downloads. The output is always lossy at quality 85; if you need an exact copy, keep the original.

Private by design

  • No uploads

    Pictures are converted in Chrome on your computer. No server of ours ever sees them.

  • No tracking

    No analytics, no account. We don't know what you save.

  • Only what the job needs

    The menu item on pictures, downloads to save the file, reading the picture you clicked (through the page when it needs your login), a hidden page that draws SVG, and local storage for the rating reminder.

An online converter vs Save image as WEBP

An online converter vs Save image as WEBP“Save image as” + an online converterSave image as WEBP
Steps to get a WebPSave, upload, wait, download, renameOne right-click
Where your picture goesTo the converter's serverNowhere: it stays on your computer
QualityUsually a slider to chooseFixed at 85, nothing to tune
File nameDepends on the converterThe picture's own name, .webp
PriceOften free, with limits or adsFree, no account

Questions

How do I save an image as WebP in Chrome?

Add Save image as WEBP to Chrome, right-click the picture and choose “Save image as WEBP”. The file lands in your Downloads folder as a .webp, whatever format the site used.

How do I convert PNG or JPG to WebP without an online converter?

Right-click the picture on the page and choose “Save image as WEBP”. The conversion runs in your browser: nothing is uploaded, and there is no queue.

How much smaller is the WebP file?

It depends on the source. In our test a 3.4 MB PNG photo became 312 KB (91% lighter), a GIF 78% lighter and a quality-85 JPEG 24% lighter. A JPEG squeezed very hard may stay about the same.

Can I change the quality or get a lossless WebP?

No. The extension always writes lossy WebP at quality 85, tuned for websites. If you need an exact copy, keep the original file.

Does it keep transparency?

Yes. Transparent areas in PNG, GIF, SVG and other pictures stay transparent in the WebP.

Does it work with GIF and SVG?

Yes. An animated GIF becomes a still WebP of its first frame. SVG graphics are drawn at their own size, then converted.

Does it work on sites that need a login?

Yes. If a picture only loads while you're signed in, the extension reads it through the page you have open. Pictures made by web apps (blob: and data: links) work too.

Does it work in Edge, Brave or Opera?

Most Chromium browsers install extensions from the Chrome Web Store, including Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi. Firefox and Safari are not supported.

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