This interface allows you to configure your server to automatically compress specified types of content when visitors access that content.
Note
Your system administrator must enable the mod_deflate Apache module for this interface to appear in cPanel.
Manage compression
To disable compression of your website’s content, perform the following steps:
.1Select Disabled.
.2Click Update Settings.
To compress all of your website’s content, perform the following steps:
.1Select Compress All Content.
.2Click Update Settings.
To specify a list of types of content to compress, perform the following steps:
.1Select the Compress the specified MIME types option.
.2In the MIME Types text box, enter a space-separated list of the types of content that you wish to compress (for example, text/html text/plain text/xml).
Note
Image file formats (for example, .jpg and .png) already compressed data. Do not include any image file formats in the list.
Apache will compress PHP content if you enable the zlib.output_compression setting in cPanel’s MultiPHP INI Editor interface (cPanel » Home » Software » MultiPHP INI Editor).
cPanel saves your settings to a .htaccess file in your home directory. Your system administrator customizes these settings with the Apache FileMatch directive.
Additional information
For more information about the mod_deflate module, which handles website content compression, read the documentation for your server’s version of Apache:
Note
The Stats sidebar in cPanel’s Home interface displays your server’s version of Apache.