Title: Inline variable exlusion – optimisation issues
Last modified: March 27, 2021

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# Inline variable exlusion – optimisation issues

 *  Resolved [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/)
 * Hey Phil!
 * I have been working heavily on optimising our page with litespeed plugin connected
   to a CDN and my limited PHP knowledge is stopping me from generating a public
   cache for pages. I would try the V3 to see if that would solve my problem but
   unfortunately I do not meet PHP version requirements so at the moment I am stuck
   with the previous version… I can not seem to exclude this variable from caching
   as a vary:
 * >  </label></p><input type=”hidden” name=”age_gate[age]” value=”TVRnPQ==” /><
   > input type=”hidden” name=”action” value=”age_gate_submit” /><input type=”hidden”
   > name=”age_gate[nonce]” value=”**832ce7b546**” /><input type=”hidden” name=”
   > _wp_http_referer” value=”/product-category/e-liquid/xxx/” /><input type=”hidden”
   > name=”confirm_action” value=”0″ /></form></div></div>
 * As you can imagine every time the age gate is generating **832ce7b546** new page
   is being made making the cache useless. I had a very similar issue with another
   plugin called WCPA that generated values inlined but I managed to make a vary
   entry in my .htaccess file forcing it as a “random” unique so my public cache
   remains intact.
    The code after looked like this:
 * `var wcpa_global_vars = {"wc_currency_symbol":"\u00a3","wc_thousand_sep":",","
   wc_price_decimals":"2","wc_decimal_sep":".","price_format":"%1$s%2$s","wc_currency_pos":"
   left","date_format":"F j, Y","date_format_js":"MMMM D, YYYY","time_format":"g:
   i a","time_format_js":"h:mm a","use_sumo":"","start_of_week":"1","today":{"days":
   18713,"seconds":1616834724},"google_map_api":"","google_map_countries":"","ajax_url":"
   https:\/\/xxxxxxxx.xx.xx\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","change_price_as_quantity":"","
   show_field_price_x_quantity":"","show_strike_product_price":"","strings":{"ajax_file_upload":"
   Files are being uploaded...","ajax_upload_error":"Upload error","sel_min_req_error":"
   You have to select minimum %d items","sel_max_req_error":"You can select maximum%
   d items","fix_val_errors":"Please correct the errors shown for fields","field_is_required":"
   This field is required","character_not_valid":"Character %s is not supported","
   sumo_strings":{"captionFormat":"{0} Selected","captionFormatAllSelected":"All{
   0} selected!"}},"wcpa_init_triggers":["qv_loader_stop","quick_view_pro:load","
   elementor\/popup\/show","xt_wooqv-product-loaded","woodmart-quick-view-displayed","
   porto_init_countdown"]};`
 * So that was straightforward – I grabbed the identifier and made a caching rule
   that looked like this:
 * > RewriteEngine on
   >  RewriteRule .* – [E=Cache-Vary:wcpa_global_vars]
 * If the **832ce7b546** was identified as something else other than
 * > value=””
 *  I would probably put it inside the same scheme and forget about it but this 
   identifier is too generic and it is used across multiple functions so I can not
   possibly use it.
 * In the code I have noticed
 * > name=”age_gate[nonce]”
 * and I thought – oh, great, I can put it through ESI content that is private for
   every user but that made no difference. The code is still there and it is being
   inlined into the page.
 * Any insight into my issue would be greatly appreciated. 😅

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 *  Thread Starter [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14242413)
 * Update: I tried to make a vary out of the whole `RewriteRule .* - [E=Cache-Vary:
   tmpl-age-gate]` but to no avail.
 * I excluded _tmpl-age-gate_ from optimised JS – testing.
 *  Thread Starter [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14247731)
 * No changes, the code is still in every page
 *  Plugin Author [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsbury/)
 * (@philsbury)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14249446)
 * Hi [@rafaeluj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/),
 * The nonce field isn’t actually used in the JS version, I could remove it from
   the template if that’s helpful?
 * Cheers
    Phil
 *  Thread Starter [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14249661)
 * Hey Phil!
    Thx for the reply!
 * the whole part of this `script type="text/template` could be removed I suppose..
   
   I mean this block:
 *     ```
       <script type="text/template" id="tmpl-age-gate">
   
       <blockquote>  <div class="age-gate-wrapper"><div class="age-gate-background-colour"></div><div class="age-gate-loader"><svg version="1.1" class="age-gate-loading-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px" width="40px" height="40px" viewBox="0 0 40 40" enable-background="new 0 0 40 40" xml:space="preserve"><path opacity="0.2" d="M20.201,5.169c-8.254,0-14.946,6.692-14.946,14.946c0,8.255,6.692,14.946,14.946,14.946 s14.946-6.691,14.946-14.946C35.146,11.861,28.455,5.169,20.201,5.169z M20.201,31.749c-6.425,0-11.634-5.208-11.634-11.634 c0-6.425,5.209-11.634,11.634-11.634c6.425,0,11.633,5.209,11.633,11.634C31.834,26.541,26.626,31.749,20.201,31.749z"/><path d="M26.013,10.047l1.654-2.866c-2.198-1.272-4.743-2.012-7.466-2.012h0v3.312h0 C22.32,8.481,24.301,9.057,26.013,10.047z"><animateTransform attributeType="xml"
                   attributeName="transform"
                   type="rotate"
                   from="0 20 20"
                   to="360 20 20"
                   dur="0.5s"
                   repeatCount="indefinite"/></path></svg>    </div><div class="age-gate"><form method="post" action="https://ultimatejuice.co.uk/product-category/e-liquid/ultimate-juice-brands" class="age-gate-form"><h1 class="age-gate-heading">Ultimate Juice</h1><div class="age-gate-error" data-error-field="buttons"></div><p class="age-gate-challenge">Are you over 18 years of age?</p><button type="submit" value="1" name="age_gate[confirm]" class="age-gate-submit-yes">Yes</button><button type="submit" name="age_gate[confirm]" class="age-gate-submit-no">No</button><p class="age-gate-remember-wrapper"><label class="age-gate-remember"><input type="checkbox" name="age_gate[remember]" value="1" checked="checked"  />
                   Remember me          </label></p><input type="hidden" name="age_gate[age]" value="TVRnPQ==" /><input type="hidden" name="action" value="age_gate_submit" /><input type="hidden"  name="age_gate[nonce]" value="c8aa474bf5" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/product-category/e-liquid/ultimate-juice-brands/" /><input type="hidden" name="confirm_action" value="0" /></form></div></div>
       ```
   
 * I believe it is generated by age-gate-shortcode, if I remove the script will 
   this stop the JS version from working? Or is there another way? Line of code 
   perhaps?
 * because what’s tripping up my whole optimization is just this part:
 * > value=”c8aa474bf5″
 * Thank you for your time brother!
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 2 months ago by [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/).
 *  Thread Starter [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14249727)
 * I was working to upgrade the PHP to 7.4 – would installing V3 alleviate this 
   issue?
 *  Plugin Author [Phil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philsbury/)
 * (@philsbury)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14249822)
 * Hi [@rafaeluj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/),
 * Yeah, removing the whole script would break it entirely as that’s what we grab
   if there need to be an age gate on the page (shortcode is a different one).
 * > value=”c8aa474bf5″
 * This is the nonce value and would change for new users. V3 has it too but we 
   don’t really need it on the front end so I may well remove it.
 * [This is a version](https://www.dropbox.com/s/x6pgw83n7abunlz/age-gate-2.15.0-beta.zip?dl=1)
   of v2 with that field removed if you want to see if it helps.
 * Thanks
    Phil
 *  Thread Starter [Rafael UJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rafaeluj/)
 * (@rafaeluj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inline-variable-exlusion-optimisation-issues/#post-14250147)
 * That worked like a charm! Phil you’re da MVP! 🤘🏻
    Thank you so so much!

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