I can’t get Gzip Compression to work

Hello @alexcjackson05,

hope you’re doing good and thanks for reaching us! ??

Enabling GZIP isn’t difficult at all, as long as there’s no kind of restriction from your hosting provider.
Simply select the server type your server uses (you may have to advise your hosting provider about it), then select either the Automatic or Manual way to activate it.
https://monosnap.com/file/hXRH1gITUirxspSC4CO5UCQkRWlyAk

Please keep in mind that GZIP is waiting for some server modules to be installed already, so if you get any similar error message, please consult your hosting provider again.

Warm regards,
Dimitris

Hi Dimitris,

Thanks for taking a look – I think because my site is on a NGINX server I have to copy something across into my domain control panel but I don’t know where to go to copy it.

Thanks!
Alex

Hello @alexcjackson05

Hope you’re doing well!

Please copy the code for NGNIX server into your nginx.conf which is usually located at /etc/nginx/nginx.conf or /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf. If you are not sure of the exact file location, please contact your hosting provider.

The code needs to be added above to the http or inside server section in the file. After this, please reload NGINX.

Here is the code that you will need to add, it is also can be found from the plugin’s options, Defender > GZIP Compression

# 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)";

Let us know if you have any questions!

Cheers,
Nastia

Hi Nastia,

Thanks – yes, this looks like what I need to do. The problem is, I’ve contacted Fasthosts and they say that they cannot direct me to where I can add the code. Very fustrating! Perhaps I will try again to get a different operator this time.

If you have any other suggestions, they are greatfully recieved!

Thanks,

Alex

Hello @alexcjackson05

Unfortunately there isn’t any standard location for the configuration files of Nginx, as this may vary due to the actual way that server is built, so some feedback from your hosting provider is needed, apart from the necessary access privileges that you should have (if you don’t have such access, then this should be inserted by your hosting provider)

Warm regards,
Dimitris

Ahh I see. I’ve just got back in contact with Fasthosts support and they say that they can’t allow me access to the NGINX for security reasons, but they will enable GZIP compression through the .htaccess file for me instead. Will that work with the plug in okay?

Hi @alexcjackson05,

As long as the compression is enabled, Hummingbird will be able to detect it. You might not be able to change the values automatically. Depends on how your host does the configuration.

Best regards,
Anton

Thanks for all your help everyone!

Mission success.

Alex

@alexcjackson05, welcome ??