Hoe To Add Expires Headers To Your WordPress Website
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Here are a few different code snippets for Expires Headers. If you are not sure what you are doing, please refer to the video and/or contact your hosting service for help.
>> This is the one I used in the video <<
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 month”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 month”
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
Here are a few other code snippets for you to compare and / or use. If not sure please stick with what was shown in the video or contact your hosting service for help.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access 1 year”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType image/gif “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType image/png “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType text/css “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType application/pdf “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript “access 8 days”
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash “access 8 days”
ExpiresDefault “access 2 days”
</IfModule>
OR…
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access plus 1 year”
# Data interchange
ExpiresByType application/json “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType application/xml “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType text/xml “access plus 0 seconds”
# Favicon (cannot be renamed!)
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 week”
# HTML components (HTCs)
ExpiresByType text/x-component “access plus 1 month”
# HTML
ExpiresByType text/html “access plus 0 seconds”
# JavaScript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
# Manifest files
ExpiresByType application/x-web-app-manifest+json “access plus 0 seconds”
ExpiresByType text/cache-manifest “access plus 0 seconds”
# Media
ExpiresByType audio/ogg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType video/mp4 “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType video/ogg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType video/webm “access plus 1 month”
# Web feeds
ExpiresByType application/atom+xml “access plus 1 hour”
ExpiresByType application/rss+xml “access plus 1 hour”
# Web fonts
ExpiresByType application/font-woff “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType font/opentype “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml “access plus 1 month”
</IfModule>
OR…
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
# Enable expirations
ExpiresActive On
# Default directive
ExpiresDefault “access plus 1 month”
# My favicon
ExpiresByType image/x-icon “access plus 1 year”
# Images
ExpiresByType image/gif “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/png “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpg “access plus 1 month”
ExpiresByType image/jpeg “access plus 1 month”
# CSS
ExpiresByType text/css “access 1 month”
# Javascript
ExpiresByType application/javascript “access plus 1 year”
</IfModule>
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