Title: Custom Cache Control Headers
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Custom Cache Control Headers

 *  [Jesse Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/plasticmind/)
 * (@plasticmind)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-cache-control-headers/)
 * There are several options for Cache Control policy on the browser cache tab:
    - cache (“public”)
    - cache with validation (“public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate”)
    - cache without proxy (“private, must-revalidate”)
    - cache with max-age (“max-age=EXPIRES_SECONDS,public, must-revalidate, proxy-
      revalidate”)
    - no cache
 * However, we use EdgeCast and they recommend setting “max-age=EXPIRES_SECONDS,
   public” with no revalidate directive.
 * Is there a “right” way to add more options to this list without hacking the plugin
   code? Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-cache-control-headers/)
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