Updated: April 2026 | 10 min read | Blogger Optimization WebP was supposed to make your Blogger site faster. For many bloggers, it has done the opposite. Here is the hidden reason why — and exactly how to fix it in 2026. If you have been scratching your head wondering why your Blogger site scores poorly on Google PageSpeed Insights despite doing everything right — optimized content, clean theme, minimal plugins — the culprit might be sitting right inside your posts. WebP images, widely promoted as the gold standard for web performance, can actually become a serious speed bottleneck on Blogger when implemented incorrectly. This is not a small edge case. It affects thousands of Blogger sites in 2026, and most site owners have no idea it is happening. Let us pull back the curtain on why this happens, what the real performance data shows, and how to fix it once and for all. What Is WebP and Why Was It Supposed to Help? WebP is a modern image format develop...
