Autoptimize file compression

minification is done automatically. google might claim it can be minified even more, if you’re concerned with that have a look at this thread.

compression is done by the webserver, and AO tries to convince Apache to do so. if this does not work, you can simply turn off “static file delivery” (last option) and the files will be compressed by PHP.

hope this helps,
frank

Thanks Frank, but it really didn’t solve anything. Both Google and the SEO tools now say the php files need compressing – so I can’t win on this one. Thought it would be best to turn on the “static file” delivery.

Cheers!

weird … can you share the URL of your site?

It’ https://heritagepainter.com.au
I have since taken the caching back to “static file delivery”.

had a quick look and can confirm ao’s JS & CSS files are properly compressed (by apache). both files however do contain “important” comments which AO does not remove by default, which explains why some tools might claim there’s more to squeeze out of minification. if you want to bother with that (personally i think the gains would be minimal), then there’s more info in this thread (it’s about JS, but also pertains tot CSS).

frank

Thanks Frank! By the way, is there a need to purge the cache from time to time, and if so, is there a way of clearing out the cache?

AO will display a warning on the WP dashboard if cache size goes over half a Gigabyte. Clearing cache can by done by clicking the “save changes & empty cache”-button on the settings-page ??

have a nice weekend!
frank