title: Using mod_filter instead mod_deflate, the .htaccess way
body: <p>I've a Wordpress site running in a VPS but it's extremely slow, take a look <a href="http://elclarinweb.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. This what I've in <code>.htaccess</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
      RewriteEngine On
      RewriteBase /
      RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
      RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  # END WordPress
  
  # Gzip Support Compress text, html, javascript, css, xml:
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
  AddType x-font/otf .otf
  AddType x-font/ttf .ttf
  AddType x-font/eot .eot
  AddType x-font/woff .woff
  AddType image/x-icon .ico
  AddType image/png .png
  
  # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
  &lt;IfModule mod_mime.c&gt;
      AddType text/css .css
      AddType text/x-component .htc
      AddType application/x-javascript .js
      AddType application/javascript .js2
      AddType text/javascript .js3
      AddType text/x-js .js4
      AddType text/html .html .htm
      AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx
      AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
      AddType text/plain .txt
      AddType text/xsd .xsd
      AddType text/xsl .xsl
      AddType text/xml .xml
      AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx
      AddType video/avi .avi
      AddType image/bmp .bmp
      AddType application/java .class
      AddType video/divx .divx
      AddType application/msword .doc .docx
      AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
      AddType application/x-msdownload .exe
      AddType image/gif .gif
      AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip
      AddType image/x-icon .ico
      AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
      AddType application/json .json
      AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb
      AddType audio/midi .mid .midi
      AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt
      AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a
      AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v
      AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe
      AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp
      AddType application/x-font-otf .otf
      AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype .otf
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods
      AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt
      AddType audio/ogg .ogg
      AddType application/pdf .pdf
      AddType image/png .png
      AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx
      AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram
      AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
      AddType application/x-tar .tar
      AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff
      AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
      AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype .ttf .ttc
      AddType audio/wav .wav
      AddType audio/wma .wma
      AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri
      AddType application/font-woff .woff
      AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw
      AddType application/zip .zip
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;IfModule mod_expires.c&gt;
      ExpiresActive On
      ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
      ExpiresByType text/x-component A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/javascript A31536000
      ExpiresByType text/javascript A31536000
      ExpiresByType text/x-js A31536000
      ExpiresByType text/html A3600
      ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
      ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600
      ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
      ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600
      ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600
      ExpiresByType text/xml A3600
      ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000
      ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/java A31536000
      ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/json A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000
      ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000
      ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000
      ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/png A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000
      ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
      ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/font-woff A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000
      ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;IfModule mod_deflate.c&gt;
      &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;
          Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
          AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
      &lt;IfModule mod_mime.c&gt;
          # DEFLATE by extension
          AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;FilesMatch "\.(css|htc|less|js|js2|js3|js4|CSS|HTC|LESS|JS|JS2|JS3|JS4)$"&gt;
      &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;
          Header set Pragma "public"
          Header append Cache-Control "public"
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
  &lt;FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|svgz|txt|xsd|xsl|xml|HTML|HTM|RTF|RTX|SVG|SVGZ|TXT|XSD|XSL|XML)$"&gt;
      &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;
          Header set Pragma "public"
          Header append Cache-Control "public"
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
  &lt;FilesMatch "\.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|wav|wma|wri|woff|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip|ASF|ASX|WAX|WMV|WMX|AVI|BMP|CLASS|DIVX|DOC|DOCX|EOT|EXE|GIF|GZ|GZIP|ICO|JPG|JPEG|JPE|JSON|MDB|MID|MIDI|MOV|QT|MP3|M4A|MP4|M4V|MPEG|MPG|MPE|MPP|OTF|ODB|ODC|ODF|ODG|ODP|ODS|ODT|OGG|PDF|PNG|POT|PPS|PPT|PPTX|RA|RAM|SVG|SVGZ|SWF|TAR|TIF|TIFF|TTF|TTC|WAV|WMA|WRI|WOFF|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW|ZIP)$"&gt;
      &lt;IfModule mod_headers.c&gt;
          Header set Pragma "public"
          Header append Cache-Control "public"
      &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  &lt;/FilesMatch&gt;
  # END W3TC Browser Cache
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm using also W3C Total Cache plugin but for some reason the GZIP output is not enabled and I can't find the right way to enable it in order to speedup the site. I have read all this topics:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/555545/mod-deflate-centos-application-x-httpd-php">https://serverfault.com/questions/555545/mod-deflate-centos-application-x-httpd-php</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/555140/apache-mod-deflate-does-not-compress-php-output/555260#555260">https://serverfault.com/questions/555140/apache-mod-deflate-does-not-compress-php-output/555260#555260</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5230202/apache-addoutputfilterbytype-is-deprecated-how-to-rewrite-using-mod-filter">Apache AddOutputFilterByType is deprecated. How to rewrite using mod_filter?</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Also the oficcial docs:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_filter.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/mod/mod_filter.html</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_deflate.html</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>But I'm not getting any positive results. My question, for now, is: how do I enable|use <code>mod_filter</code> from <code>.htaccess</code> file? It's possible? I've access to server VPS setup I mean Apache config files but I want to keep as far as I can't from them since I'm not an expert and fear to damage something.</p>
  
  <p>Can any give me some help?</p>