{"id":34528,"date":"2026-05-07T06:54:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T06:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/?page_id=34528"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T08:34:08","slug":"convert-images-to-avif","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/modules\/convert-images-to-avif\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Images to AVIF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aab3a22e9ffc7a132f8910cb8841cdbb\" style=\"font-size:48px\" id=\"codex-heading-1\">How to Convert Images to AVIF<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Learn how to convert your WordPress images to AVIF using ThumbPress <br>and unlock peak compression performance for your website instantly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:120px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b858272b1c6caf419f1a37c5b3dedf2\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-2\">Install and Activate ThumbPress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Head over to your WordPress Dashboard, go to <strong>Plugins &gt; Add New Plugin<\/strong>, and search for <strong>ThumbPress<\/strong> in the search bar. <br>Click <strong>Install<\/strong>, then hit <strong>Activate<\/strong> to get the plugin running on your site<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3640\" height=\"1544\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min.png 3640w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/1-min-2048x869.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3640px) 100vw, 3640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd305853938659fd19b00210b7acd705\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-3\">\u00a0<strong>Select Chunk Size, File Formats<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Navigate to <strong>ThumbPress &gt; Convert to AVIF<\/strong>. Choose which file formats you&#8217;d like to convert: JPEG, PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, or all of them. <br>Set your preferred <strong>Chunk Size<\/strong> to control how many images are processed per batch, then hit <strong>Convert Now<\/strong> to begin. <br>A live progress indicator will let you know exactly how the conversion is going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0734ad65b91f026e1b4efb71686e8706 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#008947;font-size:16px\"><strong><strong>Note:<\/strong> Here, Chunk Size is the number of images processed in a single batch per server request.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:3px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" data-id=\"34835\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-converting-images.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-converting-images.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-converting-images-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-converting-images-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/start-converting-images-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3388ae34a52e5bc2a4a8e8428d9e55f2\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-4\"><strong>Review the Conversion Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Once the conversion process finishes, ThumbPress displays a detailed summary of the results. You can quickly see <br>how many images were processed, how many were successfully converted to <strong>AVIF<\/strong>, and the total storage space saved after optimization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/avif-conversion-result.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/avif-conversion-result.webp 1320w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/avif-conversion-result-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/avif-conversion-result-1024x541.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thumbpress.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/avif-conversion-result-768x406.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-5-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:0px;border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:#ff80cc;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;color:#ff80cc;font-size:16px\">Step &#8211; 4<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2bbfd9d9edb70d57c2fb19618f80a920\" style=\"color:#075bfe;font-size:24px\" id=\"codex-heading-5\"><strong>AVIF Conversion Settings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">You can set up how AVIF conversion works on your site. 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