I've read that one needs to add the below code to leverage caching for static images. However, the images on our website change frequently and are dynamic (using asp.net). There are static ones but how do I indicate to only cache those static images?
The below code seems to cache all images.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
</IfModule>
EDIT:::
Using another example, I would do like this:
<Directory /var/www/images/>
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 month"
</IfModule>
</Directory>
Is this the correct way?
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I am running an ElasticBeanstalk instance running apache.
I have the following file in .platform/httpd/conf.d which should set my cache policy.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 day"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/ico "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1200 seconds"
ExpiresByType "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8" "access plus 1 month"
</IfModule>
It works, except all images are being set to 1 day (the default), rather than 1 year as specified by the ExpiresByType.
What have I got wrong?
My website gets Add Expires headers error from pingdom tools. I searched and found solution adding the codes below to .htaccess file.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/html "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access 1 month"
</IfModule>
but still I am getting same error.
In plesk I found apache & nginx settings. Changed Expires settings but doesn't solved problem. What else can I do? Thanks
mod_expires was disabled on apache. I activated it and worked.
I added the following code to my .htaccess file to leverage browser caching for my website:
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access 2 days"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
In GTMETRIX it showed that the problem of the browser caching improved a little bit - it went from 0 to 56 in the results - it's in the pic below. But there are still some things that are causing the site to load slowly, should I add some specific code to it or should I use a different one? Or is there a way to resolve the specific issues that are left?
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I am using Google page speed insights to improve the performance but no matter what I do I can't get the 'leverage browser caching' to disappear.
I have modified the htaccess file as described on several online articles and added every combination I can. In page insights it's complaining about CSS/PNG/JS/JPG files.
# Expires Caching Start #
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType text/css "access 2 day"
ExpiresByType text/html "access 2 day"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
ExpiresDefault "access 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
</IfModule>
# Expires Caching End #
You seem to be missing you plus in "access plus 1 month" in many lines.
Default should be your second line for readability
Here is part of the h5bp template:
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 0 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 year"
...
https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/blob/master/dist/.htaccess
If you're using Apache, you might want to run these as this worked for me:
sudo a2enmod headers
sudo a2enmod expires
service apache2 restart
You also might want to try this code:
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
Maybe try this:
# 1 Month for most static assets
<filesMatch ".(css|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|ico)$">
Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
</filesMatch>
I have this code on .htaccess file
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
# Media
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 1 year"
# Codes
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 year"
# Webfonts
ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType font/opentype "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/x-font-woff "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType image/svg+xml "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject "access plus 1 year"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 days"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
But I am still having the error of "leverage browser caching" when I am trying to test my website speed!
When I tried to view the error details:-
Before using the code above, I had a lot of links!
Now I have only png,jpg,js files.
Hope you can help me.
You need to enable mod_expires.
With apache :
a2enmod expires
service apache2 restart