Close #3842 Content editors can now upload and use webp images with their content.

[trackleft]

Description

Allow webp images for all image upload fields and allow searching and linking via linkit.

Related issues

Close #3842

How to test

Add or edit any content that has a media field that accepts images.
Change the theme logo
Add images within the ckeditor
Linking the image via linkit

Types of changes

Arizona Quickstart (install profile, custom modules, custom theme)

• Patch release changes
  • Bug fix
  • Accessibility, performance, or security improvement
  • Critical institutional link or brand change
  • Adding experimental module
  • Update experimental module
• Minor release changes
  • New feature
  • Breaking or visual change to existing behavior
  • Upgrade experimental module to stable
  • Enable existing module by default or database update
  • Non-critical brand change
  • New internal API or API improvement with backwards compatibility
  • Risky or disruptive cleanup to comply with coding standards
  • High-risk or disruptive change (requires upgrade path, risks regression, etc.)
• Other or unknown
  • Other or unknown

Drupal core

• Patch release changes
  • Security update
  • Patch level release (non-security bug-fix release)
  • Patch removal that's no longer necessary
• Minor release changes
  • Major or minor level update
• Other or unknown
  • Other or unknown

Drupal contrib projects

• Patch release changes
  • Security update
  • Patch or minor level update
  • Add new module
  • Patch removal that's no longer necessary
• Minor release changes
  • Major level update
• Other or unknown
  • Other or unknown

Checklist

• My code follows the code style of this project.
• My change requires a change to the documentation.
• I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.
• My change requires release notes.

[joeparsons]

Do you think it would make sense to include this change in a 2.11.x patch release?

[trackleft]

Do you think it would make sense to include this change in a 2.11.x patch release?

yes

[natebyerley]

I downloaded an image from the site, which came in as a .jpg.webp, then reuploaded the image to the site, and placed the image on a page - all steps succeeded.