How do I gZip my Site?

  • I hear there was an option for this which was removed in 2.5, but why was it removed?

    Any idea on how this is done, and any disadvantages/is it reccomended?

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

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    It was removed because most of the time it barely worked, and it conflicted with many webservers which automatically do it for you. Certain versions of IE also have problems with gzipped content.

    If you really want it, WP-Super-Cache supports it well. Most of the time it’s not worth the bother.

    Thread Starter xdesi

    (@xdesi)

    Thanks for the reply,

    Strange I had just asked this question on another forum, just in relation to gzipping in general, and everybody was promoting the idea, with the only real drawback being a possible slight increase in server load.

    I seem to have enabled it by adding:
    SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
    to my .htaccess

    This seems to gzip all my added files, scripts and css but not those added by plugins!

    Now I am concerned about when you say “Certain versions of IE also have problems with gzipped content.”

    I’m thinking of removing it now, as you said is it really worth the bother! Is there a resource or more information you can provide me on this issue?

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