[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10365: Gzip compression should be offered by default in Wordpress

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#10365: Gzip compression should be offered by default in Wordpress
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 Reporter:  caesarsgrunt        |        Owner:          
     Type:  feature request     |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal              |    Milestone:          
Component:  Optimization        |      Version:          
 Severity:  normal              |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  gzip, compression,  |  
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:8 micasuh]:
 > We can't assume that all hosts will provide the same options but we
 should educate and inform developers to use best practices and encourage
 gzipping their output.

 I strongly disagree. We should educate users to switch to better hosts, of
 the kind that enable this by default.

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