{"id":8163,"date":"2019-08-27T11:46:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T11:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=8163"},"modified":"2023-02-21T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:15:42","slug":"how-to-enable-gzip-compression-for-nginx-per-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-enable-gzip-compression-for-nginx-per-site\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable gzip Compression for Nginx Per Site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Generally, gzip compression isn\u2019t enabled by Nginx for serving files. If CSS and Javascript files aren\u2019t minified or pre-compressed, gzip compression is commonly used to reduce the filesize of these files. This guide will display the way to enable it per site for a Plesk 12.5 or Onyx based server.
\nInstructions<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Login to your Plesk server.<\/li>\n
  2. From the left hand side, select the domain that you want to enable gzip<\/strong> for.<\/li>\n
  3. Click on Apache and nginx settings<\/strong> as below:
    \n\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. At the bottom, add the following to the “Additional nginx directives”<\/strong> field:\n

    gzip on; gzip_disable “MSIE [1-6]\\.(?!.*SV1)”; gzip_proxied any; gzip_types text\/plain text\/css application\/x-javascript application\/javascript text\/xml application\/xml application\/xml+rss text\/javascript image\/x-icon image\/bmp image\/svg+xml; gzip_vary on;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. In order to save, click on OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The working of gzip compression can be verified by using your browser\u2019s debug tools or third party website such as GTMetrix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Generally, gzip compression isn\u2019t enabled by Nginx for serving files. If CSS and Javascript files aren\u2019t minified or pre-compressed, gzip compression is commonly used to reduce the filesize of these files. This guide will display the way to enable it per site for a Plesk 12.5 or Onyx based server. 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