Enable Text Compression

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Element Code: PE-010

Issue: Text-based resources not served with compression

Impact: Larger transfer sizes, slower loading

Fix: Enable gzip or Brotli compression on server

Detection: Lighthouse, PageSpeed Insights, HTTP header inspection

What Is This Issue?

Text resources (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSON) can be compressed by 60-80% using gzip or Brotli. Without compression, users download much more data than necessary.

Why This Matters for Your Website

Compression is one of the easiest and most effective performance improvements. It reduces bandwidth costs and speeds up loading for all users.

How to Fix This Issue

  1. Enable on server: Configure Apache, Nginx, or CDN
  2. Prefer Brotli: Better compression than gzip
  3. Verify headers: Check Content-Encoding in response

Tools for Detection

  • Lighthouse: Reports uncompressed resources
  • DevTools Network: Shows Content-Encoding header

TL;DR (The Simple Version)

Your text files are not compressed. Enable gzip or Brotli compression on your server to reduce transfer sizes by 60-80%.

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