Title: Do not remove css versions
Last modified: November 16, 2023

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# Do not remove css versions

 *  Resolved [toimisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toimisto/)
 * (@toimisto)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-remove-css-versions/)
 * Is there ANY way to avoid removing cache busting version numbers from css and
   js files (like this app.css?v1214) When “optimise HTML” code is enabled. It now
   strips those (to just app.css) which is driving us and testers mad.
 * Thank you!

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 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-remove-css-versions/#post-17206464)
 * Afraid I’m not really sure what is happening here as there is no specific logic
   in HTML optimization to remove query strings. Can you share your site’s URL so
   I could have a quick look at your HTML source to see what is happening there?
 *  Thread Starter [toimisto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toimisto/)
 * (@toimisto)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-remove-css-versions/#post-17214689)
 * Ok sorry this was so dumb and missed the remove ver thing under extra settings…
   Thanks for your time nevertheless!
 *  Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/)
 * (@optimizingmatters)
 * [2 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do-not-remove-css-versions/#post-17214705)
 * no worries 🙂
 * feel free to [leave a review of the plugin and support here](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/reviews/#new-post)!
   🙂
 * frank

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