How to Convert PNG to WEBP
PNG to WEBP is the highest-payoff image conversion for websites: 50–80% smaller files with transparency preserved and no visible quality change. Here's how to do it and which quality setting to choose.
The steps
- Open the PNG to WEBP converter.
- Upload your .png image.
- Optionally adjust the quality slider — 85 is right for almost everything.
- Click Convert, then download the .webp file.
Why this conversion is worth it
PNG is a 1996 format doing a job WEBP now does far more efficiently. For typical web graphics — logos, icons, screenshots, UI images — WEBP produces files 50–80% smaller at visually identical quality, and unlike JPG it keeps alpha transparency. Smaller images directly improve page load time and Core Web Vitals, which affect both user experience and search ranking.
Choosing a quality setting
- 85 (default): visually indistinguishable for nearly all images — use this unless you have a reason not to.
- 70–80: for large hero images and thumbnails where every kilobyte counts.
- 90+: for photography portfolios and images users zoom into.
When to keep PNG
Keep a PNG master copy of anything you'll re-edit — WEBP conversion here is lossy, so treat the WEBP as a delivery format, not a source file. And if an image must be uploaded to a system that doesn't accept WEBP (some CMSs and older tools), PNG remains the safe choice.