# Webp image as avatar support missing

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 5, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418 "2017-03-05T16:59:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![bitsw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bitsw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitsw)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2017, 4:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/1 "2017-03-05T16:59:00Z")

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when use webp image as avatar just shows empty image.

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### Author: ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/2 "2017-03-05T17:20:01Z")

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Short answer - don’t use WebP images, they aren’t ready for prime time yet.

> **[Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc](https://caniuse.com/#feat=webp)**
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> "Can I use" provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/3 "2019-05-09T05:59:40Z")

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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: [May 9, 2019, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/4 "2019-05-09T08:21:30Z")

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Two years later.. _still_ not supported in iOS or Safari, interestingly.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/5 "2022-09-07T15:25:55Z")

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/6 "2022-09-07T16:11:27Z")

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We’ve supported webp uploads for a while now (since 2020), and Safari has been supporting them as long as you’re on macOS 11 or later.

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-image-as-avatar-support-missing/58418/7 "2022-09-07T16:11:31Z")

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