diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index f2d3fcfba..6e6b46dc6 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ autoSwitchAppearance = true
enableSearch = false
enableCodeCopy = false
enableImageLazyLoading = true
+enableImageWebp = true
# robots = ""
fingerprintAlgorithm = "sha256"
diff --git a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
index 2b3fa1533..3317d6676 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ autoSwitchAppearance = true
enableSearch = true
enableCodeCopy = true
enableImageLazyLoading = true
+enableImageWebp = true
# robots = ""
fingerprintAlgorithm = "sha256"
diff --git a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
index ac82a6aa1..593279b64 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/_markup/render-image.html
@@ -1,64 +1,28 @@
{{ $url := urls.Parse .Destination }}
{{ $altText := .Text }}
{{ $caption := .Title }}
-{{ $lazyLoad := $.Page.Site.Params.enableImageLazyLoading | default true }}
-{{ if findRE "^https?" $url.Scheme }}
-
- {{ with $caption }}
- {{ with $caption }}
- {{ with $caption }}
+ {{- end -}}
+ {{ with $caption }}