Title: gzip_compression
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# gzip_compression()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 2.5.0.

Unused function.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function gzip_compression() {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.5.0' );
    	return false;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L1227)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L1227-L1230)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/gzip_compression/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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