htaccess Prestashop htaccess speed optimization

[Edge_jr]

Hi,

Any idea what code needs to be added in htaccess to increase the speed and optimization website?

[Zohaib-fk]

Hello Edge,

Try adding below code in htaccess file

Visit article link for more details => https://www.presta-addons-modules.com/en/blog/227_Prestashop-how-to-use--htaccess-to-speed-up-your-site.html

<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
  # Compress HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Text, XML and fonts
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml

  # Remove browser bugs (only needed for really old browsers)
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
  BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
  BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
  Header append Vary User-Agent
</IfModule>

Edited August 24, 2022 by Zohaib-fk
Post Updated (see edit history)

[El Patron]

Normally this is set for you when you enable apache optimization in ps admin performance page.  

Also ensure gzip is enabled using this site to verify.

https://www.giftofspeed.com/gzip-test/

[Edge_jr]

Thanks Zohaib and El Patron

[El Patron]

 

Performance Tip: Move Rewrite Rules from .htaccess to httpd.conf

 

.htaccess can/does have significant impact to performance.