Title: WP_Image_Editor::get_default_quality
Published: November 4, 2021
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Image_Editor::get_default_quality( string $mime_type ): int

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Returns the default compression quality setting for the mime type.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$mime_type`stringrequired

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int The default quality setting for the mime type.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected function get_default_quality( $mime_type ) {
    	switch ( $mime_type ) {
    		case 'image/webp':
    			$quality = 86;
    			break;
    		case 'image/jpeg':
    		default:
    			$quality = $this->default_quality;
    	}

    	return $quality;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Image_Editor::set_quality()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/set_quality/)`wp-includes/class-wp-image-editor.php` |

Sets Image Compression quality on a 1-100% scale.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_image_editor/get_default_quality/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [5.8.1](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.8.1/) | Introduced. |

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