disable gzip compression without accessing admin panel

  • Resolved Sarah Berg

    (@sarah-berg)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    I recently enabled gzip compression by going to http://www.mywebsite.com/wp-admin/options.php and changing the value of the gzip field from 0 to 1. Everything seemed to be fine at first, but later in the day, when I tried to make a change to my .htaccess file, the website crashed, and the issue was not resolved even when I went back and removed the changes I had made to .htaccess. Now I think that the problem might be caused by the gzip compression, but I cannot figure out how to turn it off without accessing my website. Is there a way that I can do this using FTP? Thanks

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    8 years, 8 months ago

    The gzip field in the WordPress options table doesn’t actually do anything. Support for built-in gzip compression was removed from WordPress in version 2.5. The field is just a relic of an earlier time.

    Thread Starter Sarah Berg

    (@sarah-berg)

    8 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you for the reply. Unfortunately this leaves me with no idea what to do next. If the problem was only with the .htaccess, I don’t understand why it wasn’t fixed when I changed the file back. Any ideas would be appreciated.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    8 years, 8 months ago

    The only thing I can think of is that the .htaccess is still wrong in some way. You could try renaming it, so that it’s not interfering anymore, and see if your site comes back up.

    Thread Starter Sarah Berg

    (@sarah-berg)

    8 years, 8 months ago

    Thank you for the advice. I still don’t know exactly what caused the issue, but I was able to restore the website to the previous day, and now everything runs as it should.

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