Gzip, Brotli, and Browser Cache SetupApache Example

Apache Example

If your server uses Apache and compression is not already enabled, a server admin can review a standard setup like this:

apache

1<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
2  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
3  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
4  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
5  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
6  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
7  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
8  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
9  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
10  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
11</IfModule>
12 
13<IfModule mod_expires.c>
14  ExpiresActive On
15  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
16  ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
17  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
18  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
19  ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 year"
20  ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
21  ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
22</IfModule>
23 
24<IfModule mod_headers.c>
25  <FilesMatch "\.(css|js|jpg|jpeg|png|webp|svg|woff2)$">
26    Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=2592000"
27  </FilesMatch>
28</IfModule>

Notes:

Some hosts already set these rules globally.
Some managed hosts block custom .htaccess rules.
If your site already has caching rules, merge carefully rather than pasting duplicate blocks.

Recommended Compression Setup

Nginx Example