Title: Gzip
Last modified: February 13, 2018
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# Gzip
* Resolved [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/)
* GZip not working properly
* The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fgzip-5%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
to see the link]_
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* [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/)
* (@calumbrash)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971545)
* Hi [@mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/),
* In order for us to troubleshoot your issue further could you please provide a
bit more information about your Gzip not working properly?
* Cheers,
Calum Brash
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971819)
* 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.
If re-checking and restarting does not resolve, please check with your host or
open a support ticket with us.
* [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/)
* (@calumbrash)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971871)
* Hi [@mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/),
* Thanks for the reply. I see that your server is Apache, have you checked that
mod_deflate is enabled? If you don’t know how to check this please contact your
hosting provider for these details.
* Cheers,
Calum Brash
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971875)
*
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|
deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding RequestHeader append Accept-
Encoding “gzip,deflate” env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE “application/atom+xml” \ “application/
javascript” \ “application/json” \ “application/ld+json” \ “application/manifest
+json” \ “application/rdf+xml” \ “application/rss+xml” \ “application/schema+
json” \ “application/vnd.geo+json” \ “application/vnd.ms-fontobject” \ “application/
x-font-ttf” \ “application/x-font-opentype” \ “application/x-font-truetype” \“
application/x-javascript” \ “application/x-web-app-manifest+json” \ “application/
xhtml+xml” \ “application/xml” \ “font/eot” \ “font/opentype” \ “font/otf” \ “
image/bmp” \ “image/svg+xml” \ “image/vnd.microsoft.icon” \ “image/x-icon” \ “
text/cache-manifest” \ “text/css” \ “text/html” \ “text/javascript” \ “text/plain”\“
text/vcard” \ “text/vnd.rim.location.xloc” \ “text/vtt” \ “text/x-component” \“
text/x-cross-domain-policy” \ “text/xml”
*
AddEncoding gzip svgz
*
* [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/)
* (@calumbrash)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971904)
* Is this the current code that’s in your .htaccess file?
If so please remove
it and replace it with
* ```
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
"application/javascript" \
"application/json" \
"application/ld+json" \
"application/manifest+json" \
"application/rdf+xml" \
"application/rss+xml" \
"application/schema+json" \
"application/vnd.geo+json" \
"application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
"application/x-font-ttf" \
"application/x-font-opentype" \
"application/x-font-truetype" \
"application/x-javascript" \
"application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
"application/xhtml+xml" \
"application/xml" \
"font/eot" \
"font/opentype" \
"font/otf" \
"image/bmp" \
"image/svg+xml" \
"image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
"image/x-icon" \
"text/cache-manifest" \
"text/css" \
"text/html" \
"text/javascript" \
"text/plain" \
"text/vcard" \
"text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
"text/vtt" \
"text/x-component" \
"text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
"text/xml"
AddEncoding gzip svgz
```
* Then navigate to Hummingbird’s Gzip page and click the re-check status button.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/).
- This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/).
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971906)
* Yes it is
* [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/)
* (@calumbrash)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971924)
* In order for me to help you can you please provide more detail in your replies.
Did you try replacing the code with
* ```
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
"application/javascript" \
"application/json" \
"application/ld+json" \
"application/manifest+json" \
"application/rdf+xml" \
"application/rss+xml" \
"application/schema+json" \
"application/vnd.geo+json" \
"application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
"application/x-font-ttf" \
"application/x-font-opentype" \
"application/x-font-truetype" \
"application/x-javascript" \
"application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
"application/xhtml+xml" \
"application/xml" \
"font/eot" \
"font/opentype" \
"font/otf" \
"image/bmp" \
"image/svg+xml" \
"image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
"image/x-icon" \
"text/cache-manifest" \
"text/css" \
"text/html" \
"text/javascript" \
"text/plain" \
"text/vcard" \
"text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
"text/vtt" \
"text/x-component" \
"text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
"text/xml"
AddEncoding gzip svgz
```
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971927)
* I’ll replace it with the code you provided.
* [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/)
* (@calumbrash)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9971932)
* Thanks 🙂 let me know how it goes.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by [calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/).
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973648)
* I’m unable to change the code in the gzip compression window to replace this
code – I’m only able to copy the current code and not manipulate it. Could it
be somewhere else? Any suggestion?
* [Anton Vanyukov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanyukov/)
* (@vanyukov)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973662)
* [@mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/),
* You need to edit the .htaccess file via any FTP client and paste the code, posted
above by [@calumbrash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/calumbrash/). The
only difference is in the first lines:
* ```
```
* compared to:
* ```
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
```
* Best regards,
Anton
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973717)
* Thank you. I guess my other question is where would I find my original .htaccess
file – this a new process for me – I lost my webmaster so I’m having a go with
this.
* [Anton Vanyukov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vanyukov/)
* (@vanyukov)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973724)
* Oh. It’s where the index.php file and wp-content, wp-includes folders are located.
Should be the top most directory for your website.
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973824)
* I found it and updated the file. Fingers crossed**
* Thread Starter [mtrthenetwork](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mtrthenetwork/)
* (@mtrthenetwork)
* [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/#post-9973831)
* I now have NGINX in GZip compression – it wasn’t there before – would I want
to change this as well like I did for .htaccess
* # Enable Gzip compression
gzip on;
* # Compression level (1-9)
gzip_comp_level 5;
* # Don’t compress anything under 256 bytes
gzip_min_length 256;
* # Compress output of these MIME-types
gzip_types application/atom+xml application/
javascript application/json application/rss+xml application/vnd.ms-fontobject
application/x-font-ttf application/x-font-opentype application/x-font-truetype
application/x-javascript application/x-web-app-manifest+json application/xhtml
+xml application/xml font/eot font/opentype font/otf image/svg+xml image/x-icon
image/vnd.microsoft.icon text/css text/plain text/javascript text/x-component;
* # Disable gzip for bad browsers
gzip_disable “MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)”;
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* Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-5/page/2/#post-10204504)
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