Title: [NSFW] Gzip Compression not recognizing Cloudflare Last modified: January 8, 2021 --- # [NSFW] Gzip Compression not recognizing Cloudflare * Resolved [nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * (@nofilter9) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/) * Hello, I am trying to set things up. I have set up caching, and was able to connect to cloudflare as server type. But when trying to setup gzip cloudfare does not show up as a server type option. Does this mean I should contact my host? * Also, running a test with GT Metrix, and Pingdom, it shows I should add Expires headers. That’s how I found Hummingbird. But after completing the setup, the test still shows the same result. Does it take time to take effect? * Thanks, NF Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/) * (@wpmudevsupport12) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/#post-13881912) * Hi [@nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * I hope you are doing well. * I checked some documentation from CloudFlare and it uses both brotli and Gzip, however, if you enable the settings on Cloudflare it should work fine, but you can also enable on the hosting end using the plugin interface. * We are already working on a feature to support brotli, but we don’t have an estimated time. * For the expire on the browser caching, had you connected it to Cloudflare already or only applied the rules on the local server? * Best Regards Patrick Freitas * Thread Starter [nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * (@nofilter9) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/#post-13883957) * Hello, Thanks for responding. * I order for me to get to gzip option, I have to go through the speed tab. But I get a “The Speed test could not run error.” I have disable my security plugin, and still no luck. I have sent a support ticket to them. Unless you know a trick that would be great. * And yes, I was already connected to cloudfare already. But I dont think the DNS was fully transfered would this make a difference? It show everything is activated and good. * Thanks, NF * Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/) * (@wpmudevsupport12) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/#post-13888533) * Hi [@nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * Yes, when the DNS is propagating we can see some weird behaviour. * In case the issue persists, can you try to allow the WPMU DEV IPs on your server Firewall? * [https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/getting-started/wpmu-dev-ip-addresses/](https://premium.wpmudev.org/docs/getting-started/wpmu-dev-ip-addresses/) * Best Regards Patrick Freitas * Thread Starter [nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * (@nofilter9) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/#post-13890199) * Hi Patrick, * At the time of my original post here, I was with another host. That original propagating was from me signing up with cloudflare. * Now I am with wpmudev.org hosting as of yesterday 🙂 * We will see how things go from here, but those errors are still there according to pingdom.com. I will continue to troubleshoot, and will keep you updated. * Thanks, NF Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘[NSFW] Gzip Compression not recognizing Cloudflare’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/hummingbird-performance/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2633221) * [Hummingbird Performance - Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hummingbird-performance/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hummingbird-performance/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hummingbird-performance/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hummingbird-performance/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hummingbird-performance/reviews/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [nofilter9](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nofilter9/) * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gzip-compression-not-recognizing-cloudflare/#post-13890199) * Status: resolved