Are you using WordPress? The copressure gzip helps reduce the content size of your pages. By compressing you will significantly increase the speed of your WordPress website and reduce the bandwidth usage on your server.
Google reports that web page sizes can be reduced by as much as 70% to the correct use of gzip compression.
Of course there are plugins like W3 Total Cache or Super Cache that allow you to gzipping your files. So you will not need to modify the .htaccess file manually.
In this publication we'll show you how to make Gzip compression through the .htaccess file as each plugin you use in your WordPress, in addition to the useful functionality it offers, adds to your site.
So instead of installing caching plugins, you can enable Gzip compression by modifying the .htaccess file located in your WP root.
Be careful not to use text when editing the .htaccess file editor of Windows. Download and install the free app notepad + +
Open the .htaccess and add the following code:
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 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
