Gzip not working properly

Resolved vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Whilst Javascript and CSS are active in terms of GZIP the file type HTML is Inactive with the following error:

Gzip is not working properly:

– Your server may not have the “deflate” module enabled (mod_deflate for Apache, ngx_http_gzip_module for NGINX).
– Contact your host. If deflate is enabled, ask why all .htaccess or nginx.conf compression rules are not being applied.

I have checked the hosting environment and the deflate module is enabled.

Could you Kindly advise.

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Martin
(@surgicalexperts)

7 years, 11 months ago

My hoster says all is proper set.
So what should I advise?

Anton Vanyukov
(@vanyukov)

7 years, 11 months ago

hi @vancameron, @surgicalexperts,

Have you tried clicking on the “Re-check status” button? Does the status update after that?

Could you also post the links to your websites, so I can verify if gzip is working?

Best regards,
Anton

Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Hi Anton

Yes I have pressed that button but I am afraid the same message persists.

V

Anton Vanyukov
(@vanyukov)

7 years, 11 months ago

@vancameron,

Sorry for the inconvenience. We are checking to see if this might be a bug in code, as quite a few people have reported this issue recently. If it is a bug, it will be fixed in the upcoming updated.

For now, please use any external tool (for example, http://checkgzipcompression.com) to verify that compression is enabled. If it is, no need to worry, your site is working perfectly fine with compression and this is just a bug in status text.

Best regards,
Anton

Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Hi Anton

I can confirm that when I use that tool to test my site http://www.firebrand.co.uk is not GZIP enabled.

Anton Vanyukov
(@vanyukov)

7 years, 11 months ago

@vancameron,

Could you try to enable zlib.output_compression, by placing

php_flag zlib.output_compression on

in you .htaccess file.

Best regards,
Anton

Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Hi

I added that line to the beginning of my htaccess file. However I received an 500 internal error on my site. I have removed it an the site is back up and running.

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Anton Vanyukov
(@vanyukov)

7 years, 11 months ago

Only HTML compression is not enabled, right? CSS and JS are fine? Are you running a Nginx+Apache configuration? Could you please try to apply the gzip configuration for the Nginx as well.

Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Yes that is correct. I’m on an Apache setup (Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS) there is no Nginx+Apache config. I use Fasthosts as a hosting provider
Anton Vanyukov
(@vanyukov)

7 years, 11 months ago
When I try to fetch the headers for your website, I get these headers:
```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2018 10:01:40 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Connection: close
```
Please ask your host if there is a Nginx server or why is it in the headers.
Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

Ah ok — I will check

Thread Starter vancameron
(@vancameron)

7 years, 11 months ago

If it is a NGNIX server then it will be shared environment which means the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file cannot be edited. I have asked Fasthosts to confirm Apache or NGNIX

Plugin Support Dimitris – WPMU DEV Support
(@wpmudev-support6)

7 years, 10 months ago

Hey there all 🙂

This should be fixed with latest version 1.9.1. (you may have to “recheck status” once more), so I mark this as resolved.

If you’re still dealing with that after plugin update, just let us know here in your next reply.

Warm regards,
Dimitris

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