If you have access to your Apache / NGINX config files, then these directives will significantly boost your site speed. Pretty standard GZip and Browser Expiry but it’s easier than using htaccess I think
# Enable Gzip compression
gzip on;
# Compression level (1-9)
gzip_comp_level 5;
# Don't compress anything under 256 bytes
gzip_min_length 256;
# Compress output of these MIME-types
gzip_types
application/atom+xml
application/javascript
application/json
application/rss+xml
application/vnd.ms-fontobject
application/x-font-ttf
application/x-javascript
application/x-web-app-manifest+json
application/xhtml+xml
application/xml
font/opentype
image/svg+xml
image/x-icon
text/css
text/plain
text/javascript
text/x-component;
# Disable gzip for bad browsers
gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.(?!.*SV1)";
location ~* \.(txt|xml|js)$ {
expires 8d;
}
location ~* \.(css)$ {
expires 8d;
}
location ~* \.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav|mp4|m4v|ogg|webm|aac)$ {
expires 8d;
}
location ~* \.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf|webp)$ {
expires 8d;
}