Title: Chrome Error: err_content_decoding_failed
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Chrome Error: err_content_decoding_failed

 *  Resolved [Andrew Wilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eatingrules/)
 * (@eatingrules)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/)
 * I just installed Better WordPress Minify, and I’m getting an intermittent “err_content_decoding_failed”
   message when I view my site. I’m using Chrome, and from my research it seems 
   to be some kind of gzip/encoding issue. However, my server should have gzip enabled,
   and everything *should* be working fine with that.
 * In Chrome it will flash the error, and then usually load the page a second or
   two later. In Internet Explorer, it just says “This page can’t be displayed” –
   but hitting “Refresh” will load the page.
 * Any ideas? Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-minify/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bwp-minify/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Andrew Wilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eatingrules/)
 * (@eatingrules)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/#post-6562977)
 * Solved — It was caused by an extra space after the closing ?> in a plugin file…
   Had nothing to do with Better WP Minify!
 *  [Akif aykan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akif-aykan/)
 * (@akif-aykan)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/#post-6563249)
 * Can you explain more?
 *  Thread Starter [Andrew Wilder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eatingrules/)
 * (@eatingrules)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/#post-6563250)
 * There was another plugin (not Better WordPress Minify) that had an extra space
   after the ?> in one of its files.
 * It’s important to be sure there are no extra characters (spaces or new lines)
   after the final ?> in a PHP file. Not sure how else to explain.
 *  [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/)
 * (@karzin)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/#post-6563251)
 * I need help too. Same problem here

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 * [err_content_decoding_failed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/err_content_decoding_failed/)
 * [gzip](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/gzip/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Pablo Pacheco](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karzin/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/chrome-error-err_content_decoding_failed/#post-6563251)
 * Status: resolved