Do you want to enable GZIP compression in your WordPress site? GZIP reduces your webpage size and improves your website loading speed.
Today in this article I will tell you how to enable GZIP in WordPress site.
How to Enable GZIP Compression in a WordPress Site
By enabling GZIP compression on your site, you can reduce the page size by up to 70%. Here I will tell you 4 methods for GZIP.
So let’s start…
1. W3 Total Cache (Compression)
W3 Total Cache is the most popular cache plugin in the WordPress repository. If you use the W3 Total Cache plugin, you can easily enable gzip on your website or blog.
All you have to do is click on Performance >> Browser Cache and check the Enable HTTP (gzip) option.
2. WP Super Cache
WP Super Cache is also the second most popular cache plugin in the WordPress repository. If you use it on your blog, click on Settings >> WP Super Cache >> Advanced tab and check the option “Compress pages so served more quickly to visitors”.
3. WP Fastest Cache
यह भी एक बहुत अच्छी और लोकप्रिय कैशिंग प्लगइन भी है जो आपकी website loading speed में काफी सुधार करता है। यदि आप अपने ब्लॉग पर WP Fastest Cache का उपयोग करते हैं, तो आप आसानी से वर्डप्रेस साइट में Gzip compression enable कर सकते हैं।
बस WP Fastest Cache menu पर क्लिक करें और Gzip option को चेक करें।
4. Enable Gzip Compression via .htaccess
You can also do Gzip compression of your site with the help of .htaccess file. Just add the given code to your .htaccess file
# compress text, html, javascript, css, xml: AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text / plain AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text / html AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text / xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text / css AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application / xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application / xhtml + xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application / rss + xml AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application / javascript AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application / x-javascript AddType x-font / otf .otf AddType x-font / ttf .ttf AddType x-font / eot .eot AddType x-font / woff .woff AddType image / x-icon .ico AddType image / png .png
You can use Yoast SEO or cPanel to edit the .htaccess file.
Here is a guide
I hope this article helped enable GZIP compression on your site.
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