Force gzip

Implements gzip output compression to speed up load times and does a check to see if browsers are incorrectly saying that they do not support GZIP whe

Author:Justin Shreve (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.0
WordPress version tested:3.0.5
Plugin version:1.0.1
Added to WordPress repository:20-07-2010
Last updated:20-07-2010
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://justin.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/force-...
Total downloads:28 352
Active installs:400+
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This plugin implements gzip output compression to speed up load times.

The plugin also does a check to see if browsers are incorrectly saying that they do not support GZIP when they actually do. This can speed up load times for a significant portion of users.

For requests with missing or mangled Accept-Encoding headers, inspect the User-Agent to identify browsers that should understand gzip.
* Test their ability to decompress gzip.
* If successful, send them gzipped content!

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