Title: zlib compression
Last modified: April 14, 2018

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# zlib compression

 *  Resolved [Zlato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zlato/)
 * (@zlato)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/)
 * Hi guys shoud i activate zlib.output_compression on my cpanel ?
    Thx
 * We go from wp rocket to your plugin. Thx guys for this.

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 *  [codyarsenault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codyarsenault/)
 * (@codyarsenault)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/#post-10185716)
 * Have you already enabled Gzip compression via mod_deflate? If so, this isn’t 
   necessary although it is recommended to enable compression on your origin server
   of course.
 *  Thread Starter [Zlato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zlato/)
 * (@zlato)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/#post-10200930)
 * [@codyarsenault](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codyarsenault/) thx
 *  [alicewondermiscreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alicewondermiscreations/)
 * (@alicewondermiscreations)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/#post-10251187)
 * If you use TLS, no. And you should use TLS.
 * There are several different exploits that allow TLS communication to be deciphered
   when compression is used.
 * For many types of communication it does not matter, but it really is best practice
   to just not use compression for dynamic content.
 * For purely static content, compression is fine, but that’s not PHP.
 *  Thread Starter [Zlato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zlato/)
 * (@zlato)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/#post-10251235)
 * [@alicewondermiscreations](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alicewondermiscreations/)
   thx

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 * Last reply from: [Zlato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zlato/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/zlib-compression/#post-10251235)
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