Overview
WebP Import is two things that share one job — making WebP effortless:
- A Figma plugin that imports
.webpimages (which Figma can't open on its own) onto your canvas. - Web tools — an image converter and a background remover — that run in your browser.
Both are free and process images entirely on your device.
Figma plugin
Install from the Figma Community. Then, in any Figma or FigJam file:
- Run Plugins → WebP Import (or right-click the canvas → Plugins).
- Add images by drag & drop, the browse button, or paste with ⌘/Ctrl+V.
- Review the queue — each file shows a thumbnail, dimensions and output size.
- Choose your options, then click Import (or press Enter).
Images are placed centered in your current view and selected, ready to move.
Plugin options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Layout | Arrange placed images as a grid, a single row, or an overlapping stack. |
| Resize | Cap the longest side at 512–4096 px. Never upscales; “Original size” keeps full resolution. |
| Encode as | PNG keeps transparency (lossless); JPEG is smaller (transparency flattened to white). |
Your last-used options are remembered between runs.
Keyboard shortcuts
- ⌘ / Ctrl + V — paste an image from the clipboard
- Enter — import the current queue
- Esc — close the plugin
Web converter
The converter turns images between WebP, PNG, JPG and JPEG in both directions:
- Drop your files (batch supported).
- Pick the output format and, for JPG/JPEG/WebP, a quality level.
- Download individually, or grab everything as a
.zip.
JPG and JPEG are the same format — only the file extension differs.
Background remover
The background remover cuts out the subject of an image and gives you a transparent PNG. The AI model downloads once, is cached, and then runs locally — no uploads, no watermark.
Privacy & data
WebP Import has no backend. The Figma plugin declares networkAccess: none and both web tools process images in the browser. Your images are never uploaded or stored on a server. The only thing saved is your own UI preferences, kept locally.
Troubleshooting
- “Import failed” in Figma.Update to the latest plugin version — a fixed build sends decoded bytes correctly. Very large images (>4096 px) are downscaled by Figma; use the resize option to control this.
- Background removal is slow the first time. The model downloads on first use, then is cached for instant reuse.
- Transparent areas turned white. That happens when exporting to JPG/JPEG, which has no alpha channel — choose PNG or WebP to keep transparency.