In my last post, I talked about the problems of getting WP-Cache to work with gzip compression. In short, most of the solutions suggested on the web require gzip compression of cached pages each time they are requested. It turns out it is not so difficult to hack a gzip feature into WP-Cache after all. Read on to see how you can make the latest WP-Cache gzip compress cached pages only once per page no matter how many times they are served. A modified version of the latest WP-Cache v2.1.2 that supports this efficient gzip feature is also available for download. 
The information and source code in this post is only relevant if you have some specific reason or desire to continue using WP-Cache instead of the new WP Super Cache. Read more about Super Cache here. WP Super Cache now incorporates all the features described here.
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