Force gzip Plugin
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 …
This plugin implements gzip output compression to speed up load times.
The plugin also does a check to see if browsers are incorrectly saying that they do not support GZIP when they actually do. This can speed up load times for a significant portion of users.
For requests with missing or mangled Accept-Encoding headers, inspect the User-Agent to identify browsers that should understand gzip. * Test their ability to decompress gzip. * If successful, send them gzipped content! See:
- http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2010/07/12/velocity-forcing-gzip-compression/
- http://en.oreilly.com/velocity2010/public/schedule/detail/14334
- http://wpdevel.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/forcing-gzip-httpwww-stevesouders-co/
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to your blog
- Activate it.
You’re done!
Changelog
1.0.1
- Less aggressive with the cookie (uses a session cookie as Google does)
- Do not do a check if we find Accept-Encoding: identity.
- Match browser versions instead of just greater than (To catch IE6, etc)
1.0.0
- Initial Plugin