Title: Problem with Gzip enabled
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Problem with Gzip enabled

 *  [Manuel345](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel345/)
 * (@manuel345)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/)
 * Excuse me if this has been addressed before, but I only found 1 post about this
   that was closed.
 * I’m using Headwaytheme which has the option for gzip compression. If the option
   is activated I receive a “Error 330 (net::ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED): Unknown
   error.”in Chrome. A similar message in FireFox:”The page you are trying to view
   cannot be shown because it uses an invalid or unsupported form of compression.”

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453185)
 * I believe that’s a commercial theme. If so, you’ll need to address the error 
   with support at Headway themes. [They also have their own FAQ and Codex.](http://codex.headwaythemes.com/Configuration_%28Headway_2.0%29)
 * Lots of discussions regarding that [error issue in the Chrome browser](http://www.google.com/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22%22Error+330+%28net:%3AERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED%29%3A%22+chrome&oq=%22%22Error+330+%28net:%3AERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED%29%3A%22+chrome&gs_l=hp.3...8237.9823.1.9923.7.7.0.0.0.0.142.678.4j3.7.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.2.hp.rW__KE6VeEE&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.42080656,d.dmQ&fp=4fa95f74ebc06670&biw=1680&bih=905),
   as well.
 *  [Luis Abarca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luisabarca/)
 * (@luisabarca)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453225)
 * umm, deactivate the theme or rename it if you can acces to your wp-admin
 * try to add gzip with W3 Total Cache or Super Cache instead, it also add expiration
   dates and you’ll get better overall perfomance
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453232)
 * Or, if you would like to try activating gzip compression on your WordPress site
   yourself – rather than allowing the theme or a plugin to do it – you can log 
   in, navigate to /wp-admin/options.php and change the setting in the gzipcompression
   field from 0 to 1 and save the changes.
 * ..and don’t rule out discussing compression settings/features with your hosts
   support group.
 *  Thread Starter [Manuel345](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuel345/)
 * (@manuel345)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453265)
 * Thank you all for the answers.
    For now I deactivated the gzip function from 
   the Headwaythemes setup. I’ll take a look at W3Total Cache and the like. The 
   current hosting provider also has available a SuperCacher from the CPanel; don’t
   know if its the same Super Cache that Luis mentioned. I’ll check.
 * As for activating gzip on WP from /wp-admin/options.php, maybe I misunderstood
   but I did not find any references to ‘gzip compression’ field in options.php 
   Should I look in other file?
 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453272)
 * >  Should I look in other file?
 * No. It should be on the options.php page. Log in as admin, and go back to yoursite.
   com/wp-admin/options.php.
 * All available options are listed alphabetically from the top of the page to the
   bottom. You should see this in the list:
 * gzipcompression [ 0 ]
 * If you can’t locate it by scrolling, hit Ctrl+F and enter gzipcompression in 
   your browsers page search function. That should highlight it for you.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-gzip-enabled/#post-3453272)
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