• Resolved watwebdev

    (@watwebdev)


    Hello, I am using the latest version of WordPress and all other plugins.

    The Problem
    After emptying cache on DiscoverPh.com checkgzipcompression.com reports that gzip is active and working.
    We retest within a second or two and it then displays that gzip is NOT working.

    If we empty the cache, checkgzipcompression.com will again show gzip working, but a second later and it says it is not working again. If I keep testing, it never says that gzip is back on.

    While doing this, I checked the .htaccess file to make sure that it was not being re-saved. The date and time of the file remained the same.

    I am at a loss as to what is causing this and why it is working when the cache is emptied, but then breaks again within a second.

    I have found that this happens not just for this site, but for every single site that we manage.

    A little background
    While running a routine test on one of my sites, I found that webpagetest.org was reporting that gzip compression was not working.
    I checked my server and confirmed that it did had mod deflate installed and active. It was.
    After a lot of testing, we dropped the .htaccess file for the site and manually added a new one containing just the gzip lines and webpagetest.org showed that gzip was working fine.
    We remove the htaccess file and re-saved w3 total cache settings. Ran another test and gzip is disabled.

    .htaccess contents

    # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
    <IfModule mod_mime.c>
        AddType text/css .css
        AddType text/x-component .htc
        AddType application/x-javascript .js
        AddType application/javascript .js2
        AddType text/javascript .js3
        AddType text/x-js .js4
        AddType text/html .html .htm
        AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx
        AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
        AddType text/plain .txt
        AddType text/xsd .xsd
        AddType text/xsl .xsl
        AddType text/xml .xml
        AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx
        AddType video/avi .avi
        AddType image/bmp .bmp
        AddType application/java .class
        AddType video/divx .divx
        AddType application/msword .doc .docx
        AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
        AddType application/x-msdownload .exe
        AddType image/gif .gif
        AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip
        AddType image/x-icon .ico
        AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
        AddType application/json .json
        AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb
        AddType audio/midi .mid .midi
        AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt
        AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a
        AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v
        AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe
        AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp
        AddType application/x-font-otf .otf
        AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype .otf
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt
        AddType audio/ogg .ogg
        AddType application/pdf .pdf
        AddType image/png .png
        AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx
        AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram
        AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
        AddType application/x-tar .tar
        AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff
        AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
        AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype .ttf .ttc
        AddType audio/wav .wav
        AddType audio/wma .wma
        AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri
        AddType application/font-woff .woff
        AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw
        AddType application/zip .zip
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
        ExpiresActive On
        ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/x-component A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/x-js A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/html A3600
        ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
        ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600
        ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xml A3600
        ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/java A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/json A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/png A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/font-woff A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
        </IfModule>
            AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
        <IfModule mod_mime.c>
            # DEFLATE by extension
            AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
        </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
    <FilesMatch "\.(css|htc|less|js|js2|js3|js4|CSS|HTC|LESS|JS|JS2|JS3|JS4)$">
        FileETag MTime Size
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header set Cache-Control "public"
             Header unset Set-Cookie
             Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.4.1"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|svgz|txt|xsd|xsl|xml|HTML|HTM|RTF|RTX|SVG|SVGZ|TXT|XSD|XSL|XML)$">
        FileETag MTime Size
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header set Cache-Control "public"
             Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.4.1"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|wav|wma|wri|woff|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip|ASF|ASX|WAX|WMV|WMX|AVI|BMP|CLASS|DIVX|DOC|DOCX|EOT|EXE|GIF|GZ|GZIP|ICO|JPG|JPEG|JPE|JSON|MDB|MID|MIDI|MOV|QT|MP3|M4A|MP4|M4V|MPEG|MPG|MPE|MPP|OTF|ODB|ODC|ODF|ODG|ODP|ODS|ODT|OGG|PDF|PNG|POT|PPS|PPT|PPTX|RA|RAM|SVG|SVGZ|SWF|TAR|TIF|TIFF|TTF|TTC|WAV|WMA|WRI|WOFF|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW|ZIP)$">
        FileETag MTime Size
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header set Cache-Control "public"
             Header unset Set-Cookie
             Header set X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.4.1"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    # END W3TC Browser Cache
    # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteBase /
        RewriteRule ^(.*\/)?w3tc_rewrite_test/?$ $1?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 [L]
        RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-Encoding} gzip
        RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_ENC:_gzip]
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} w3tc_preview [NC]
        RewriteRule .* - [E=W3TC_PREVIEW:_preview]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
        RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} =""
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \/$
        RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE} !(comment_author|wp\-postpass|w3tc_logged_out|wordpress_logged_in) [NC]
        RewriteCond "%{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" -f
        RewriteRule .* "/wp-content/cache/page_enhanced/%{HTTP_HOST}/%{REQUEST_URI}/_index%{ENV:W3TC_PREVIEW}.html%{ENV:W3TC_ENC}" [L]
    </IfModule>
    # END W3TC Page Cache core
    
    # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
    </IfModule>
    
    # END WordPress

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  • Thread Starter watwebdev

    (@watwebdev)

    What seemed to be happening was that cPanel was changing the .htaccess file as it was set to not have gzip.

    This issue was resolved by disabling gzip within W3TC and enabling gzip within cpanel.

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