Add magic format string
Gimp provides plugins with a function gimp_register_magic_load_handler() that can be used to select an appropriate loader based on the file contents. It would be nice if this plugin could provide such functionality.
The first few bytes of a WEBP image appear to match:
52 49 46 46 B0 EC 00 00 57 45 42 50 56 50 38 RIFF....WEBPVP8
Actually the 4 bytes in between RIFF and WEBP are file data size for the full payload. So it wouldn't work since that will vary for each file. See https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/riff_container
As I see it the gimp_register_magic_load_handler() function accepts a pattern where you can define an offset. If I interpret the examples at https://github.com/GNOME/gimp/search?p=3&q=gimp_register_magic_load_handler&utf8=%E2%9C%93 correctly something like 8,string,WEBPVP8 could work. Not sure if there is a way to also test for the leading RIFF in addition.
I've added it to my branch, adding only the check for WEBP at offset 8 seems enough to me.