Title: Gzip compression
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Gzip compression

 *  Resolved [Cartographer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cartographer/)
 * (@cartographer)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-3/)
 * Hi all,
 * Where exactly should I add the “lines” for gzip compression?
 * This is my .htacess content:
 * ## EXPIRES CACHING ##
    <IfModule mod_expires.c> ExpiresActive On ExpiresByType
   image/jpg “access 1 year” ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access 1 year” ExpiresByType
   image/gif “access 1 year” ExpiresByType image/png “access 1 year” ExpiresByType
   text/css “access 1 month” ExpiresByType application/pdf “access 1 month” ExpiresByType
   text/x-javascript “access 1 month” ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash“
   access 1 month” ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access 1 year” ExpiresDefault “access
   2 days” </IfModule> ## EXPIRES CACHING ##
 * # 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
 * Thank you!
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 *  Plugin Author [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-3/#post-4737925)
 * Hi Cartographer,
 * You can place the GZIP Compression lines at the very top of your `.htaccess` 
   file.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-3/#post-4737925)
 * Status: resolved