# Plugin idea: Image optimization with WebP

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-image-optimization-with-webp/36470
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [December 9, 2015, 10:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-image-optimization-with-webp/36470 "2015-12-09T10:05:48Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-image-optimization-with-webp/36470/2 "2015-12-09T11:18:16Z")

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I think converting animated GIFs to MP4s is way more practically useful than this in the near term.

The average animated GIF would be a _lot_ smaller than 66% of the size when converted to MP4.. [a whoooole lot smaller](http://gfycat.com/about).

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/5/95ea0ace507e90a39f9dd75de486f0c6e75526dc.jpg)

```
4,751,045 AlertSpicyBlueandgoldmackaw.gif
  292,891 AlertSpicyBlueandgoldmackaw.mp4

```

That’s 16.2 times smaller…

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