Comments on: GZip Compression and WordPress

By: TheShadow

TheShadow — Wed, 25 May 2011 09:56:19 +0000

Hi,Thanks for letting us know.You can also enable gzip by adding code to index.php page

ob_start(“ob_gzhandler”); place this within the loop

By: Name (required)

Name (required) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:30:28 +0000

I am in the process of switching to a VPS server, and I am previewing everything before I go live on the new nameservers. I know the mod_deflate extension is activated, so I should be able to send everything compressed. However, my pages will not compress! Here is what I have in my .htaccess file:

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript

However, everytime I check YSlow and PageSpeed it tells me that my page is not compressed. It is bugging the fool out of me. What can I do to get my pages compressed?

Does it have something to do with there not being any .html or whatever on the end of my adresses?

By: x0ajzah327

x0ajzah327 — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:21:31 +0000

Enables gzip-compression if the visitor’s browser can handle it. This will speed up your WordPress website drastically and reduces bandwidth usage as well. Uses the PHP ob_gzhandler() callback.

By: Roell

Roell — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:03:56 +0000

Thanks Raju for make this post, Not only from your advice, but many of your comentator is useful for me to speed my website

By: Raju PP

Raju PP — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:27:11 +0000

>> Not that I’m much better
huh? better in what way?

>> but you don’t have many wordpress experts following your blog.
Thanks. I didn’t know that.

>> Or your keywords are perfect for beginners’ searches.
Not just the keywords, the article as a whole is aimed at beginners. The article you linked to is full of jargons and messy details.

>> W3 Total cache is now the “standard” for caching plugins. It one-ups supercache.
Agreed.

By: David

David — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 06:16:03 +0000

Not that I’m much better, but you don’t have many wordpress experts following your blog. Or your keywords are perfect for beginners’ searches.

Explination:
http://betterexplained.com/articles/how-to-optimize-your-site-with-gzip-compression/

Why it’s better as a plugin v. htaccess customized, and why it’s not included, not sure. But I’m sure google will answer me soon enough.

PS W3 Total cache is now the “standard” for caching plugins. It one-ups supercache.

For Speed, a CDN helps a lot:
Search for cloudflare for their site

Article about it:
pbjbreaktime.com/2011/01/cloudflare-speeds-website/

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By: Raju

Raju — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:10:56 +0000

as a thumb rule, back up your site (everything including database) before making any change

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 18:08:03 +0000

I will try this, only after more research. If is does disrupt the site, can it be easily fixed?

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:57:00 +0000

hey thanks a ton.. his was so useful…