Disable Static File Headers

Hi,

Thanks for contacting us! Looking at the UI compared to one of my test sites it looks like the browser static caching was already in place in the htaccess file for the site.

Can you check the htaccess file and see if there are any rules in place for caching? You should see some lines that say “Header set Cache-Control” and “Expires by type”.

Can you let me know if you see any of those rules there?

Thanks!

Hi,

Thanks for the update! If the Static File Headers had been added by wp-optimize we would see them wrapped in comments “BEGIN WP-Optimize Browser Cache” and “END WP-Optimize Browser Cache”.

Since you are not seeing any other instances in the htaccess file this likely means that the rules for static file caching are added at a higher level such as the Virtual Host config or in the Apache Server config file.

If you want to disable them you would need to reach out to the hosting provider but I’d recommend keeping it enabled as they are good for user experience on repeat visits.