For WebP we now build a WASM version of libwebp (v1.6.0) and run it in the Wazero runtime. We use this for both encoding and decoding…but it also means that you don’t need the extended version of Hugo to handle WebP images.
Does this mean starting with this version, a person can skip the extended build (if not using SASS?)
You can stop using the extended edition unless you are transpiling Sass to CSS using the LibSass transpiler.
You do not need the extended version to decode/encode WebP images, nor do you need it if you are transpiling Sass to CSS using the Dart Sass transpiler.