.htaccess and gzip compression

.htaccess and gzip compression - .htaccess files are extremely useful in many cases for users who either do not have root permissions or for users who simply aren't comfortable in making changes in their web server's configuration file. Trying to debug .htaccess not working isn't always the easiest thing to do, however, hopefully by checking the discuss below mentioned about htaccess, wordpress, compression, gzip, .htaccess common problems as well as the troubleshooting tips, you'll have a better grasp on what you may have to modify to get your .htaccess file running smoothly.Problem :

i have question about GZIP compression,
actualy my wordpress website doesn't have .htaccess to be able to use that feature, so can i create .htaccess file only for gzip, it won't change anything on website?

Solution :

You can add it to the existing .htaccess file your Wordpress creates for SE friendly URLs. If you don't have an htaccess file from Wordpress then you can create your own with the GZIP code in it and it won't break Wordpress at all.

Additionally, if you would like to do some further testing, give the htaccess tester tool a try. It allows you to specify a certain URL as well as the rules you would like to include and then shows which rules were tested, which ones met the criteria, and which ones were executed.