Title: Enabling plugin doesn’t stick Last modified: July 25, 2017 --- # Enabling plugin doesn’t stick * Resolved [Davy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davyh/) * (@davyh) * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-plugin-doesnt-stick/) * For some reason when I press the enable button, the GZIP isn’t actually enabling even though the success message shows. If I go back into the settings, it’s back to the “GZIP is not enabled” message. Running tests on GZIP testing sites shows it really isn’t being enabled. What gives? * Site is live on a real domain. * Here is the debug info on the success message: isApache: 1 (Apache) enabled: 1 enabled-htaccess: 1 plugin: 1.1.11 Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Contributor [ericmulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmulder/) * (@ericmulder) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-plugin-doesnt-stick/#post-9433611) * Hi davy, * And what if you try without htaccess mode? * Eric * Thread Starter [Davy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davyh/) * (@davyh) * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-plugin-doesnt-stick/#post-9434273) * I’m not sure what you mean. * I’ve found that turning it on and off a few times and deleting htaccess (and then refreshing permalinks) before turning it on again does the job about half the time. Occasionally I’ll also find that the plugin says that it is disabled, but htaccess shows it’s on. * Plugin Contributor [ericmulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmulder/) * (@ericmulder) * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-plugin-doesnt-stick/#post-9520049) * When you don’t check the htaccess method, the plugin tries to enable gzip via php. It might be that the htaccess rules don’t do the trick on your server. What’s your website? Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Enabling plugin doesn’t stick’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/check-and-enable-gzip-compression. svg) * [Check and Enable GZIP compression](https://wordpress.org/plugins/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/check-and-enable-gzip-compression/reviews/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [ericmulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ericmulder/) * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enabling-plugin-doesnt-stick/#post-9520049) * Status: resolved