Force gzip
Implements gzip output compression to speed up load times and does a check to see if browsers are incorrectly saying that they do not support GZIP whe …
Force gzip ranks #11,896 among WordPress.org plugins with 200+ active installations, a 4/5 rating from 1 reviews, and was last updated Jul 20, 2010. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- trunk
- Last Updated
- Jul 20, 2010
- Requires WP
- 2.0+
- Tested Up To
- 3
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Justin Shreve
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4
- Reviews
- 1
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress site owners who want faster page load times through output compression. It solves the problem of incorrectly-reported gzip support by testing browsers directly and serving gzipped content when they can actually handle it.
- Gzip output compression
- Detects incorrect Accept-Encoding headers
- User-Agent based browser detection
- Tests browser gzip decompression ability
- Serves gzipped content when supported
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