You need to insert the following Code in .htaccecss file for WordPress to support webp images.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_ACCEPT} image/webp
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/uploads/webp/$1/$2/$3.webp -f
RewriteRule ^wp-content/uploads/(.+)\.(jpe?g|png)$ /wp-content/uploads/webp/$1.$2.webp [T=image/webp,E=accept:1,L]
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary Accept env=REDIRECT_accept
</IfModule>
AddType image/webp .webp