it will cache wp-statistics

Hi @loukky,
WP Statistics is something that shows up on the admin side and admin side are never cached so, I don’t see a reason why WP Statistics will be cached. The whole wp-admin side is not cached.

Hi @loukky,
Can you share a screenshot of the issue? Cause again as I said the admin side of WordPress is never cached and WP Statistics shows up on the admin side. So, no chance for that page to be cached.

Hi @loukky,
I see what you mean. And it is funny that you mention that as today only I opened a core track ticket about it which you can find here: https://core.trac.ww.wp.xz.cn/ticket/52636

Maybe you can also chime in here and explain why WordPress should include a proper cache-control header for the wp-json REST API endpoints. Now it is up to the WP core team to either add no-cache cache-control for wp-json endpoints or give users an option to add that for those who need that.

BTW are you on an nginx server or apace or lightspeed server? Can you let me know that?

Hi @loukky,
Are you using Apache 2.4.x? If so we add this code in htaccess which is supposed to work:

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    <If "%{THE_REQUEST} =~ m#\s/+wp-json/?[?\s]#">
    Header set Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"
    </If>
</IfModule>

Can you verify 2 things:
1. Are you using Apache 2.4?
2. Do you see the above htaccess rule in your htaccess file?

Hi @loukky,
No need. Inside the plugin settings click on “Disable Page Cache” and then once the page reload, click on “Enable Page Cache” that should add that rule. Let me know if that works.

Hi @loukky,
Just tell me that do you see the above htaccess file in your htaccess file now?

Hi @loukky,
Can you now comment/remove that code and replace it with:

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 0 seconds"
</IfModule>

After you do that purge your whole Cloudflare cache. Let me know once done.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by iSaumya.

Hi @loukky,
Yes this is the easiest possible hack which is only possible in apache/lightspeed servers to force not caching of wp-json until WordPress core team adds a way to have prove cache-control header for rest API endpoints.

So, test now and let me know. Things should work now.