Hi,
Do you mind to help me solve my GZIP compression since there is zero compression
https://gtmetrix.com/reports/www.notasejarah.com/auSdrdfp
Tq
Hello,
Please check this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
There is a section destined for gzip compression in that guide.
Thank you!
Hello,
I would also like to enable Gzip compression.
As the theme is marketed as a fast and easy to use theme without needing to know coding, I find tagDiv’s communication style a bit nerdy and technical. For example the guide says:
“The theme demo server is set like this:”
An amateur like me would ask, “set like this, where?” Is that a piece of code from the .htaccess file or what is it?
Anyway, I asked my hosting provider how to do it and they gave me links to different Gzip plugins.
Question: can you recommend some plugin for this use?
Feedback for future: please try to make the end product as easy (and good) as possible for the non-technical user – as it is marketed. It can’t be that you always hide behind the explanation that “optimizing site speed is for advanced users..” or “you need a developer”. On your theme sales page it says:
“Because everything is perfectly optimized for you!”
gzip/deflate is set at the server level — if your host doesn’t know what that is or how to enable at server level; get a better web host!
Theme can’t manage server side setup, custom htaccess optimizations, etc. — these are all common issues for *any* WordPress setup. It is a technical operation to setup and manage a website, so always a learning curve you will need to explore — as there are a decade of online tutorials and help for learning the basics of WP and website management.
I don’t work here, just some feedback.
Thanks for the comment.
Web host said the following:
“GZIP is enabled on our servers, but you have to implement it yourself.
Here is a list of WordPress GZIP plugins: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gzip/”
What is tagDiv’s recommendation for the plugin?
And, sure thing it’s an ongoing process learning to run WP sites. It’s just strange that an almost fresh install of a “light and fast” theme with very light articles (50kB image per article), it gives 35/100 on Google PageSpeed Insights. Yes, amount and compatibility of plugins might affect, or web host speed. But I have read similar kinds of comments on the forum. I understand that you at tagDiv might now give the standard answer linking to the speed optimizing guide but I hope you are working on a more user friendly solution for the future.
If they can’t set it to be ‘on’ by default for your domain, you can usually control that with .htaccess file.
If you don’t want to Google how to do that, some tips are in the ‘best of forums’ and DIY-tutorials section of the docs here on the forum; e.g.,
https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-make-the-site-faster/
Again … theme cannot fix your basic system setup stuff; you have to do that yourself, as with *all* WordPress themes and any website in general.
Using GTMetrix.com to test a post on your site will also give you specific examples of the things you can optimize with tips, if the speed guide I linked to above is no help. 🙂
Ok, solved now. If there’s a fellow amateur wondering what to do, this is how I did it:
1. I found out what server type my web hosting was using. Answer was “Apache”
2. Copied a piece of code from here under Apache: https://varvy.com/pagespeed/enable-compression.html
3. Pasted that into my site’s .htaccess file – and done.
PageSpeed Insights results doubled.. woohoo!
Hello,
The main message that needs to be sent to other readers here is that the theme cannot do it automatically. Page speed is something you must implement yourself. There is no page speed button that you can press and all is good. It is an implementation that needs to be made by each individual on their particular host. This has to be made on every theme out there.
Thank you!
