{"id":8970,"date":"2018-10-10T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T08:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:02:06","slug":"wordpress-gzip-compression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wordpress-gzip-compression\/","title":{"rendered":"How to GZIP Compression in WordPress Website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Introduction<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> is the most popular platform for having a website or blog. Well, those who have WordPress websites, they are familiar with the fact that, more pages can lower down the load times. So, if an individual wants to achieve fast load times, he\/she should decrease the size of the pages.<\/p>\n<p>However, those who won&#8217;t have their own website, I&#8217;m sure to have experienced the same thing on the other websites. Have you heard about <strong>WordPress GZIP Compression<\/strong>? If no, then learn now. It will help you to reduce the load times.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>What is WordPress GZIP Compression?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a software application which is widely used to decrease the file size. As the decompression of the website pages help you to lower down the load times of the website. It can only be enabled from server-side which reduces the size of the websites&#8217; style sheets, HTML and JavaScript files. However, this software doesn&#8217;t work on pictures because images are compressed in various way. If one uses this perfectly then, it will reduce load time by 70%. When a browser hits a website to monitors, it checks two things. Whether the web server has <strong>GZIP enabled<\/strong> in it or not. If not, then it will show warnings to enable it.<\/p>\n<p>Read &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Tips to Increase WordPress Website Speed\" href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/increase-wordpress-website-speed\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tips to Increase WordPress Website Speed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a line<strong><em>, \u201cWordPress GZIP Compression will encode data using fewer bits\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>How does Compression work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, you get familiar with <strong>WordPress GZIP Compression<\/strong>, but how it works? Well, before going to the implementation stage, we should learn how it can help. In this era, everyone becomes tech-savvy and knows what best for their business or website. Most websites use a mixture of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. In that case, compression can help to resize the patterns and repetitions found within the text which less the loads time and websites become faster<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>How to enable GZIP Compression in WordPress?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before moving to how to enable it, first know- it is not handled by the WordPress&#8217;s server. You have to opt outside source to enable it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong><em>Ask your host provider: <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is a bit complicated process which requires a lot to edit. So, always take help of your host to edit they can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudways.com\/en\/wordpress-hosting.php\">Managed WordPress Hosting<\/a><\/strong> easily. If your host is top-notch, he can support you to build and do entire set up.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong><em>Change yours . htaccess <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>File: Host&#8217;s help is the easiest way to get things done. But, an alternate method of enabling GZIP compression on your WordPress site, so those who want another option to limit plugins can choose to implement Gzip compression manually. First, you have to secure file transfer protocol which helps you to directly control your files.<\/p>\n<p>Read &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Why WordPress Site Speed Matters \u2013 11 Ideas To Speed Up Your Website\" href=\"https:\/\/weblizar.com\/blog\/wordpress-site-speed-matters-11-ideas-speed-your-website\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Why WordPress Site Speed Matters \u2013 11 Ideas To Speed Up Your Website<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong><em>Review your work<\/em><\/strong>:<\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To check whether the size of the file gets compressed or not, use <a href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\">GTMetrix<\/a> site testing tool.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h2><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apart from that, there are many other ways to make your WordPress website run faster such as one can select an optimized hosting plan to speed up. And, <strong>WordPress GZIP Compression<\/strong> is the best among all ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction: WordPress is the most popular platform for having a website or blog. Well, those who have WordPress websites, they are familiar with the fact that, more pages can lower down the load times. So, if an individual wants to achieve fast load times, he\/she should decrease the size of the pages. 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