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feat(images): encode Markdown images to WebP at build time - #1259
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Brings the layer5.io idea to this repo. layer5.io gets WebP from gatsby-plugin-sharp, which has no equivalent here, but Hugo extended can encode WebP itself, so the work happens in the image render hook. - Mount content/en at assets/contentimg. Hugo can only process files that are resources, and content images are not, so this makes them reachable without moving a single file. - The render hook resolves each PNG or JPEG destination against that mount, encodes a WebP derivative, and emits <picture> with the original as the <img> fallback. Nothing in content changes, and browsers without WebP support still get the original. - The modal now reads currentSrc, so opening an image reuses the WebP the browser already fetched instead of pulling the original. Measured on a full build: - 274 of 380 Markdown images are now offered as WebP; the rest are GIF or SVG, which are left alone. - 70.05 MB of sources become 14.37 MB of WebP, a 79% saving for any browser that takes them. - Cold build goes from 14.7s to 72.9s. A warm build, with resources/_gen present, is 16s, so CI should cache that directory. Hugo's WebP encoder is lossy only, so quality is pinned at 85. At q100 the output is larger than the source PNG, and at q85 a UI screenshot differs by a mean of 1.6 per channel with text still crisp. Signed-off-by: hiyach28 <hiyach28@gmail.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 1 included review per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change mounts content images as Hugo resources, adds local image resolution and WebP picture output, preserves plain-image fallbacks, and uses the browser-selected image source for modal display. ChangesContent image rendering
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Change: Feature Suggested reviewers: Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant MarkdownImage
participant RenderImage
participant HugoResources
participant Browser
participant ImageModal
MarkdownImage->>RenderImage: Provide image destination
RenderImage->>HugoResources: Resolve local image resource
HugoResources-->>RenderImage: Return image resource
RenderImage->>Browser: Emit WebP source and original fallback
Browser->>Browser: Select currentSrc
Browser->>ImageModal: Invoke openModal with image element
ImageModal->>Browser: Read currentSrc or src
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In `@layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html`:
- Line 16: Update the image render hook so the responsive CSS class remains
static instead of incorporating .Title, and emit .Title as the title attribute
on both img output branches. Preserve all other image rendering behavior.
- Line 36: Update the image modal trigger around the img element and any
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Muse Code review: solid, well-scoped prototype. I verified the mechanics against master and agree with the author's rebuttals in the thread; two minor findings and one CI follow-up below. What I verified (all on master @ HEAD vs the diff):
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- name: Restore Hugo resource cache
uses: actions/cache@v4
with:
path: resources/_gen
key: hugo-resources-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('content/en/**') }}
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hugo-resources-${{ runner.os }}-Out of scope, correctly so: raw No test suite covers Hugo render hooks in this repo (CI |
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@hiyach28 can u please resolve the conflict
Signed-off-by: Parth Gartan <parthgartan26feb@gmail.com>
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Resolved the merge conflicts, LGTM 💯 |
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Prototype for #1257. Opening it as a working implementation to review against, rather than a theory.
What layer5.io does, and why it cannot be copied
layer5.io gets WebP from
gatsby-plugin-sharpandgatsby-plugin-image, which emit modern formats and a<picture>as part of Gatsby's image pipeline. There is no standalone script to lift, and none of it applies to Hugo. Hugo extended can encode WebP natively, so the same outcome is reachable from the render hook.How it works
content/enis mounted atassets/contentimg. Hugo can only process files that are resources, and content images are not, so this makes them reachable without relocating anything.render-image.htmlresolves each PNG or JPEG destination against that mount, encodes a WebP derivative, and emits:The original stays as the fallback, so no content changes and older browsers still work.
widthandheightcome along, which also helps layout shift.openModalnow readscurrentSrc, so the lightbox reuses the WebP the browser already fetched instead of downloading the original.Results on a full build
resources/_genpresent)Every
<picture>was verified to point at a file that exists, with its fallback intact.Decisions worth reviewing
resources/_gen, otherwise every build pays the ~58s encode./contentimg/...tree. That keeps source paths untouched, but it is a second public path for the same images, and some of those paths get long enough to bother Windows tooling.What this does not cover
<img>tags written directly in content bypass the render hook entirely, since Goldmark never sees them. The recent Kanvas pages use<figure><img>heavily, so those images stay PNG. Options: convert them to Markdown images, or add a shortcode that runs the same processing.static/images are not resources and are not processed. They would need to move underassets/or get their own mount.Summary by CodeRabbit
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