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You can use this interface to configure your server to automatically compress specified content types when visitors access that content.

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System administrators must enable the mod_deflate Apache module for this interface to appear in cPanel.

Compression Management

To disable compression of your website's content, follow these steps:

1. Select Disabled ( Disabled ).

2. Click Update Settings ( Update Settings ).

To compress all content on your website, follow these steps:

1. Select Compress All Content .

2. Click Update Settings ( Update Settings ).

To specify a list of content types to compress, follow these steps:

1. Select the the specified MIME types option.

2. In the MIME Type text box, enter a space-separated list of content types to compress (for example, text/html text/plain text/xml).

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- Image file formats (e.g. .jpg and .png) already compress the data. Do not include image file types in the list.

- cPanel's MultiPHP INI Editor interface ( cPanel > > Home > > Software > > MultiPHP INI Editor ), Apache will compress PHP content if you enable the zlib.output_compression setting.

- For more information, see Wikipedia's list of internet media types .

3. Click Update Settings ( Update Settings ).

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cPanel stores its settings in an .htaccess file in your home directory. System administrators customize these settings with Apache FileMatch directives .

Additional information

For additional information about the mod_deflate module, which handles website content compression, see the documentation for your server's version of Apache.

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Home in cPanel Stats The sidebar displays the Apache version on the server.

• Apache 2.0 web server documentation for mod_deflate .
• Apache 2.2 web server documentation for mod_deflate .
• Apache 2.4 web server documentation for mod_deflate .

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