what does "Optimize website" actually do?

[nivekau]

If I enable Optimize Website for select MIME types in cpanel, does it just add something like the following to the .htaccess files in that account;

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
<filesMatch "\.(html|php|js|css)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</filesMatch>
</IfModule>

Or does it do more than this?

Also, how can I check whether mod_deflate is enabled?
And how do I set the server to cache the gzip files?

 

[Eminds]

If you have root access of your Cpanel server then use the below command and it will show you the results of mod_deflate

[root ~ ]# httpd -M | grep deflate
deflate_module (static)
[root ~ ]#

 

[nivekau]

Thanks Eminds,

It responded;
deflate_module (shared)

how do I set the server to cache the gzip files?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello,

Yes, using this feature simply populates the default settings to the .htaccess file in account's home directory. The following thread should help if you want to verify compression is working:

Compression not working

Information on the additional options available if you'd like to customize the entries in the .htaccess file is available at:

mod_deflate - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4

Thank you.