Title: Gzip compression does not work
Last modified: April 9, 2019

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# Gzip compression does not work

 *  Resolved [tiicaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiicaa/)
 * (@tiicaa)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-does-not-work-3/)
 * I’m having the same problem, I can not enable the gzip function, when I test 
   the web through gtmetrix or pagespeed I accuse that there is no compression for
   the site. I looked at the performance and saw that mod_deflate: is installed.
 * Another question would be in the free version of the plugin the option of memcached
   being disabled means that it only works in the premium version or to enable it
   would be some configuration on the server?
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by [tiicaa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiicaa/).

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-does-not-work-3/#post-11410226)
 * Hello,
 * Please confirm with your host if the mod_deflate module is installed.
 * Regarding Memcached, This is available in the community version of the plugin.
   You need to install Memcached in order to be able to use it. Please check Memcached
   [wiki](https://github.com/memcached/memcached/wiki) for more details
 *  [roadsider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadsider/)
 * (@roadsider)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-does-not-work-3/#post-11634652)
 * I have the same issue. I’m using a VPS and I checked with the hosting service.
   I said, I rand a compatibility check for W3, and it said mod_deflate was “Not
   Detected.”
 * Tech support replied:
    ============ “Hello,
 * According to Apache conf 4 of the 5 modules are enabled:
    LoadModule env_module
   modules/mod_env.so LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so LoadModule
   deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.
   so
 * The mod_ext_filter is not installed.
 * I don’t know why exactly this test is failing as running similar tests via
    command
   line (e.g. via curl) shows that the 4 listed modules are enabled and available.”
   ============
 * Everything seems to be in place, but it’s not working. There is no GZIPing going
   on.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by [roadsider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadsider/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-does-not-work-3/#post-11634716)
 * Hello [@roadsider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roadsider/),
 * Not detected means you don’t use mod_php mode, so you probably use php-fpm. We
   cannot detect Apache modules in that case, but that doesn’t mean it is not installed/
   active.

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