Title: Compression causes error in 404 processing
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Compression causes error in 404 processing

 *  [nyodulf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nyodulf/)
 * (@nyodulf)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compression-causes-error-in-404-processing/)
 * When I enable compression, 404 errors cause a browser error. In Firefox, the 
   error is: `Content Encoding Error
 * The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or
   unsupported form of compression.`
 * Disabling compression fixes the problem.
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 *  Plugin Author [Taylor Lovett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tlovett1/)
 * (@tlovett1)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compression-causes-error-in-404-processing/#post-7406826)
 * Who is hosting your website? Do you have nginx set up? Can you link me to the
   site?

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compression-causes-error-in-404-processing/#post-7406826)
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