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Ready to speed up your site? ⚡️ Enabling GZIP compression on your web server is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to achieve that. Learn how with this step-by-step walkthrough ⬆️ 👉 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/c/Kinsta?sub_confirmation=1 The easiest way to speed up your WordPress site is to eliminate all its unwanted resources. The second easiest way to speed it up is to compress all its wanted resources. Enabling GZIP compression on your web server is one of the simplest and most efficient ways to achieve that. All modern browsers include support for GZIP compression by default. However, to serve the compressed resources to your users with no hiccups, you must configure your server properly. Tune in to learn the basics of data compression on the web, what GZIP compression is, its various benefits, and how you can use it to speed up your WordPress sites on different server setups! _____________________________________________________ ℹ️ About Kinsta Kinsta provides Managed WordPress Hosting for projects of all sizes, serving over 120,000+ businesses worldwide. Officially recommended by Google Cloud, Kinsta leverages Google's Premium Tier network and the fastest C2 and C3D machines to guarantee lightning-fast load times. Kinsta provides enterprise-level security, a free global edge CDN with 260+ PoPs, and 24/7/365 support. Try Kinsta's Managed WordPress hosting for free, with your first month on us! 🚀 Don’t let unnecessarily complicated and underperforming hosts delay your projects. Explore our plans to find the perfect fit to run your WordPress sites ► https://kinsta.com/pricing/ 💡Learn more about Kinsta’s hosting solutions 👉Managed WordPress Hosting: https://kinsta.com/wordpress-hosting/ 👤Follow us: ► https://kinsta.com/blog/ ► https://kinsta.com/newsletter/ ► https://twitter.com/kinsta ► https://instagram.com/kinstahosting ► https://facebook.com/kinstahosting ___________________________________________________________________________ 🕘Timestamps 0:00 How to Enable Gzip Compression 1:06 The Basics of Data Compression on the Web 3:32 What Is GZIP Compression? 7:47 How Good Is GZIP Compression? 11:21 GZIP Warnings in Website Speed Testing Tools 12:12 GZIP Warning in Google PageSpeed Insights 12:50 GZIP Warning in GTmetrix 13:16 GZIP Warning in Pingdom Tools 13:49 How to Check If GZIP Compression Is Enabled 14:13 Online GZIP Compression Test Tools 15:52 The “content-encoding: gzip” HTTP Response Header 16:30 Webpage Speed Testing Tools 16:59 How to Enable GZIP Compression 17:16 Enable GZIP with a WordPress Plugin 18:17 Enable GZIP on Apache Web Server 20:47 Enable GZIP on Nginx Web Server 21:24 Enable GZIP on IIS Web Server 21:56 Alternatives to GZIP Compression ___________________________________________________________________________ 📚Resources 📙 Full Guide on How to Enable Gzip Compression ► https://kinsta.com/blog/enable-gzip-compression/ ⚙️ Apache Server Configs ► https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache 🧾 Apache documentation ► https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/configuring.html 💻 Code Snippet Number 2 ► https://kinsta.com/blog/enable-gzip-compression/#enable-gzip-on-apache-web-server #GzipCompression #Gzip #WordPressGzip