[PierreMeulParticipant]

HI, folowing your recommendations on performance I want to add GZIP compression but I am not sure what I did is right in the file so here it is:

# Use PHP5.4 as default
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php54 .php

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>

# Force compression for mangled headers.
# http://developer.yahoo.com/blogs/ydn/posts/2010/12/pushing-beyond-gzipping
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding “gzip,deflate” env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Compress all output labeled with one of the following MIME-types
# (for Apache versions below 2.3.7, you don’t need to enable mod_filter
# and can remove the <IfModule mod_filter.c> and </IfModule> lines
# as AddOutputFilterByType is still in the core directives).
<IfModule mod_filter.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \
application/javascript \
application/json \
application/ld+json \
application/rss+xml \
application/vnd.ms-fontobject \
application/x-font-ttf \
application/x-web-app-manifest+json \
application/xhtml+xml \
application/xml \
font/opentype \
image/svg+xml \
image/x-icon \
text/css \
text/html \
text/plain \
text/x-component \
text/xml
</IfModule>

</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Can you tell me if I have well placed the additional code as I still see remarks about adding GZIP from the test I am doing with google developer tools in Chrome. See snapshot attached.

[ChristianModerator]

Hey there,

We’re sorry but we do not have support for server setup. Our performance article serves only as a guide. If you’re not sure, it is best to seek assistance from a WordPress developer.

Thank you for understanding.

[PierreMeulParticipant]

OK. Thank you.

[ChristopherModerator]

You’re welcome.

[PierreMeulParticipant]

I found this link to allow testing of GZIP and it seems ok for my site.
https://varvy.com/tools/gzip/

Something you may re-use if somebody else ask you the same 😉

[ChristopherModerator]

Thanks for sharing the link.

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