[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11453: Use compression for CSS and JS file output

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#11453: Use compression for CSS and JS file output
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 Reporter:  micasuh          |       Owner:                              
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new                         
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.0                         
Component:  Optimization     |     Version:  2.9                         
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  css, js, minify, compression
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Comment(by novasource):

 Denis-de-Bernardy is correct about minify if it consumes a lot of CPU.
 Have to analyze on cost-benefit. At least on hosts like Dreamhost, lots of
 minify could push high volume sites into mandatory private virtual host
 mode.

 re: concatenation--will Google's scheme include # of HTTP requests in the
 speed factor? If not, then concatenation is 0 value for this purpose.
 Concat is only a good idea if you have static JS or CSS files. If your
 concat includes dynamic JS or CSS content, or changes on page-to-page,
 then you've defeated the advantage of concat because the browser cannot
 cache it.

 CDN makes a lot of sense for static files on a high traffic site but only
 makes sense to relieve load on primary host. You'd have to get tons and
 tons and tons of hits for that to make sense, and at that point you
 probably need professional services that put you in a different league.

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