By adding the following to your .htaccess file, you can enable Gzip compression and browser caching to speed up page loading.

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<IfModule mod_headers.c>
	# Proxy cache settings (cache images and fonts)
	<FilesMatch "\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|svg|swf|pdf|ttf|woff|woff2|otf|eot)$">
		Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
	</FilesMatch>

	# Ensure the proxy server doesn't serve the wrong content
	Header append Vary Accept-Encoding env=!dont-vary

	# Security measures
	Header always append X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
	Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
	Header always set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
	Header always set Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=31536000" env=HTTPS
	Header always set Content-Security-Policy "upgrade-insecure-requests"
	Header always set Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade"
	Header always set Permissions-Policy "geolocation=(), midi=(), sync-xhr=(), microphone=(), camera=(), magnetometer=(), gyroscope=(), payment=(), fullscreen=(self)"

	# Browser cache settings
	<IfModule mod_expires.c>
		ExpiresActive On

		# Cache Refresh (Set to 1 second)
		ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"

		# Settings by MIME Type
		ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType text/js "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType image/webp "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType font/woff "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType font/woff2 "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
		ExpiresByType application/font-woff "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff2 "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/x-font-opentype "access plus 1 year"
		ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 year"
	</IfModule>
</IfModule>
FileETag None
# Gzip compression settings
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
	SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

	# Disabled in older browsers
	BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
	BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
	BrowserMatch \bMSIE\s(7|8) !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html

	# Do not recompress content that is already compressed, such as images
	SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|ico|eot|woff|woff2)$ no-gzip dont-vary

	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/js
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/json
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom_xml
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-httpd-php
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
	#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-woff
	#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-woff2
	AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
	#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
</IfModule>
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