Mod_Deflate

Hi @bradburyarchitecture,

The first thing to check is that .htpaccess is just a typo in your message. The file should be named .htaccess. But I guess it’s just a typo…

The lines that you have in your .htaccess file will only be valid if your server type is Apache. When I tried to query your server, I did not get the server type in the response. That is strange. Perhaps, your host is hiding it. So the first thing I would do is contact the host and ask the following questions:
1. What web server is your site running on?
2. Do they have Nginx working together with Apache?

Depending on their response, we can continue on debugging your issue.

Another easy thing you can try – do a small test and see if the directives in your .htaccess file are being parsed by the server.

Here’s how it’s done:
1. Open up your .htaccess file in any FTP editor (not with WordPress)
2. Right after <IfModule mod_filter.c> write in any word or sequence of letters/numbers. For example, 123
3. Save the file. Refresh your website in the browser. If you are getting a weird error, that means the lines have been parsed by the web server. That’s good news. Yes, if you get an error with this test – it’s good news )
4. Remove the added text from the .htaccess file. Save it. Your site is back to normal. Don’t forget to remove the added text even if there was no error.

Will wait for the info, regarding your server type and if the .htaccess test yielded an error or not.

Best regards,
Anton

@vanyukov

Hi Anton, Not sure if I reply through here or the email so I will try both.

Yes it was a typo on my side.

the test: This is what is showing on my side and where i added the 123

DirectoryIndex index.php

# 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
# BEGIN WP-HUMMINGBIRD-GZIP

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding
RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding “gzip,deflate” env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_filter.c>123
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE “application/atom+xml” \
“application/javascript” \
“application/json” \
“application/ld+json” \
“application/manifest+json” \
“application/rdf+xml” \
“application/rss+xml” \
“application/schema+json” \
“application/vnd.geo+json” \
“application/vnd.ms-fontobject” \
“application/x-font-ttf” \
“application/x-font-opentype” \
“application/x-font-truetype” \
“application/x-javascript” \
“application/x-web-app-manifest+json” \
“application/xhtml+xml” \
“application/xml” \
“font/eot” \
“font/opentype” \
“font/otf” \
“image/bmp” \
“image/svg+xml” \
“image/vnd.microsoft.icon” \
“image/x-icon” \
“text/cache-manifest” \
“text/css” \
“text/html” \
“text/javascript” \
“text/plain” \
“text/vcard” \
“text/vnd.rim.location.xloc” \
“text/vtt” \
“text/x-component” \
“text/x-cross-domain-policy” \
“text/xml”

</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
AddEncoding gzip svgz
</IfModule>

</IfModule>
# END WP-HUMMINGBIRD-GZIP
AddHandler phpCGI .php
Action phpCGI /cgi-bin/php5-cgi

# BEGIN WP-HUMMINGBIRD-CACHING

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault A0

<FilesMatch “\.(txt|xml|js)$”>
ExpiresDefault A691200
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(css)$”>
ExpiresDefault A691200
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav|mp4|m4v|ogg|webm|aac|eot|ttf|otf|woff|svg)$”>
ExpiresDefault A691200
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|webp)$”>
ExpiresDefault A691200
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
<FilesMatch “\.(txt|xml|js)$”>
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=691200”
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(css)$”>
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=691200”
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav|mp4|m4v|ogg|webm|aac|eot|ttf|otf|woff|svg)$”>
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=691200”
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch “\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|webp)$”>
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=691200”
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>
# END WP-HUMMINGBIRD-CACHING

No error occurred on the site.

Answering your questions from our host:
1. What web server is the site running on? Apache_mod
2. Do they have Nginx working together with Apache? Only with Apache

Thank you hope you can help.

Hi @bradburyarchitecture,

No errors means that you do not have mod_filter installed on the host, and the rules applied inside that If statement are not executed. Can you please ask your host if it’s possible to install or activate that module for your site? Once that is done, try that test with the error again. If you get the error, compression on your site should start working.

If host won’t install/activate that module, we’ll find a workaround.

Best regards,
Anton

Hello @bradburyarchitecture

It’s been a while since we’ve header back from you, so I’m marking this topic as resolved. Feel free to post back here, if more assistance is required. ??

Warm regards,
Dimitris