How to enable gzip compression on my website
Issue
- Gzip compression wordpress
- SEO recommends to enable gzip compression on web contents.
- Enable gzip on your website to improve the Page Speed Grade on gtmetrix.com and load time on webpagetest.org
- How do i enable gzip without root access to the server ?
- How do i enable gzip with .htaccess rules.
- How do i enable gzip compression on my wordpress / joomla / django website.
Environment
- Websites running on Apache web-server.
- All shared hosting accounts.
Solution
Add the Following content in your .htaccess File.
Now go to gtmetrix.com and test your site. You should see 100% gzip compression.
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