Gzip remains disabled

Hello jmulder,

Could you install this plugin and send me the details?

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-serverinfo/

Thanks!

Hi Richard, have identical problem. Have activated wp-server info. You can see a pdf with php info here . Click here Please advise.

Website IJConline

Many thanks in advance

Thanks supajiggi,

I’ll look into this issue, but it might take a few days for me to sort out.

Richard

I’ve asked my hosting provider. Gzip is currently not supported on my hosting. That was the problem in my case.

Hi Richard and thank you for that.

As an update, I have had Gzip working even tonight but it seems to drop out. I have been editing the .htaccess file and appreciate that it could be something lurking in there but I have not touched it today so I do not understand.

Will awaite your follow up.

Many thanks

@jmulder, Thanks for the feedback. I’ll probably build a check in the next version which avoids confusing when GZIP compression is not available on the server.

@supajiggi
That’s strange, did you use this .htaccess snippet? https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Output_Compression

Hi Richard,

Thank you for your help, it would appear that gzip was not turned on and is not allowed on my shared hosting. Looks like it was ok until their server monitor picked up on it and turned it off again which would explain why I had it working for short periods of time.

So for those who use Fasthosts in the UK on a shared server. YOU CANNOT use server side gzip, it is turned off and not allowed as too resource intensive!!

To get around it use the code below in index.php in the root directory but remember this will be overwritten on WordPress updates.

<?php

ob_start(‘ob_gzhandler’);

?>
As per Richards comment above please visit wordpress codex for more info. https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Output_Compression

Thanks supajiggi for the update. Too bad your hosting doesn’t support compression. I’m currently working on a new update which checks a few methods (including ob_gzhandler).

I’ll close this topic now. Thanks for the support!