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  • #2728
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    I played around with variations of ETag .htaccess code and I did not find any benefit from using it.  And from looking around the Internet I do not think you should use this code.  There is conflicting information about using this code.  Use it at your own risk.  If you are going to experiment with that code it needs to be in your root .htaccess file AFTER WP Super Cache .htaccess code.  You would put this code in the 

    Also I ran into one minor issue with WP Super Cache, which I am still looking into.  2 pages were displaying blank so what I have now done is setup Garbage Collection in WP Super Cache to delete expired cached pages after 1 hour.

    On the WP Super Cache Advanced page

    Expiry Time & Garbage Collection

    Cache Timeout:  set to 3600 seconds which is 1 hour
    Scheduler:  chose Timer and set to 3600 seconds
    Notification Emails:  chose not to have emails sent to me when the garbage collection runs.

    #6533
    Young Master
    Participant

    I think the following codes works well if browser compression is enabled.

    # A2592000 = 30 days
    # A86400 = 1 day
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/jpg A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
    ExpiresByType text/css A86400
    ExpiresByType text/javascript A86400
    ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
    #
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpe?g|png|ico|css|js|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "public"
    </FilesMatch>

    So for me I would recommend the following:

    
    # BEGIN Browser Cache
    <IfModule mod_mime.c>
        AddType text/css .css
        AddType text/x-component .htc
        AddType application/x-javascript .js
        AddType application/javascript .js2
        AddType text/javascript .js3
        AddType text/x-js .js4
        AddType text/html .html .htm
        AddType text/richtext .rtf .rtx
        AddType image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
        AddType text/plain .txt
        AddType text/xsd .xsd
        AddType text/xsl .xsl
        AddType text/xml .xml
        AddType video/asf .asf .asx .wax .wmv .wmx
        AddType video/avi .avi
        AddType image/bmp .bmp
        AddType application/java .class
        AddType video/divx .divx
        AddType application/msword .doc .docx
        AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject .eot
        AddType application/x-msdownload .exe
        AddType image/gif .gif
        AddType application/x-gzip .gz .gzip
        AddType image/x-icon .ico
        AddType image/jpeg .jpg .jpeg .jpe
        AddType application/json .json
        AddType application/vnd.ms-access .mdb
        AddType audio/midi .mid .midi
        AddType video/quicktime .mov .qt
        AddType audio/mpeg .mp3 .m4a
        AddType video/mp4 .mp4 .m4v
        AddType video/mpeg .mpeg .mpg .mpe
        AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp
        AddType application/x-font-otf .otf
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database .odb
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart .odc
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula .odf
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics .odg
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation .odp
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet .ods
        AddType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text .odt
        AddType audio/ogg .ogg
        AddType application/pdf .pdf
        AddType image/png .png
        AddType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint .pot .pps .ppt .pptx
        AddType audio/x-realaudio .ra .ram
        AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
        AddType application/x-tar .tar
        AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff
        AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
        AddType audio/wav .wav
        AddType audio/wma .wma
        AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri
        AddType application/vnd.ms-excel .xla .xls .xlsx .xlt .xlw
        AddType application/zip .zip
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
        ExpiresActive On
        ExpiresByType text/css A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/x-component A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/javascript A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/x-js A31536000
        ExpiresByType text/html A3600
        ExpiresByType text/richtext A3600
        ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A3600
        ExpiresByType text/plain A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xsd A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xsl A3600
        ExpiresByType text/xml A3600
        ExpiresByType video/asf A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/avi A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/bmp A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/java A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/divx A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/msword A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-fontobject A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-msdownload A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/gif A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-gzip A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/x-icon A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/jpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/json A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-access A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/midi A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/quicktime A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/mpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/mp4 A31536000
        ExpiresByType video/mpeg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/ogg A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/pdf A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/png A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-powerpoint A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/x-realaudio A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/svg+xml A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-tar A31536000
        ExpiresByType image/tiff A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/x-font-ttf A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
        ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000
        ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
        </IfModule>
            AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon application/json
        <IfModule mod_mime.c>
            # DEFLATE by extension
            AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
        </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
    <FilesMatch "\.(css|htc|js|js2|js3|js4|CSS|HTC|JS|JS2|JS3|JS4)$">
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header append Cache-Control "public"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|svgz|txt|xsd|xsl|xml|HTML|HTM|RTF|RTX|SVG|SVGZ|TXT|XSD|XSL|XML)$">
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header append Cache-Control "public"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|mpp|otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|wav|wma|wri|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip|ASF|ASX|WAX|WMV|WMX|AVI|BMP|CLASS|DIVX|DOC|DOCX|EOT|EXE|GIF|GZ|GZIP|ICO|JPG|JPEG|JPE|JSON|MDB|MID|MIDI|MOV|QT|MP3|M4A|MP4|M4V|MPEG|MPG|MPE|MPP|OTF|ODB|ODC|ODF|ODG|ODP|ODS|ODT|OGG|PDF|PNG|POT|PPS|PPT|PPTX|RA|RAM|SVG|SVGZ|SWF|TAR|TIF|TIFF|TTF|TTC|WAV|WMA|WRI|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW|ZIP)$">
        <IfModule mod_headers.c>
            Header set Pragma "public"
            Header append Cache-Control "public"
        </IfModule>
    </FilesMatch>
    # END Browser Cache
    
    #6535
    Young Master
    Participant

    Or what do you think about this @AITPro Admin?

    #6537
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    Looks good to me.

    #6539
    Young Master
    Participant

    I would like to exclude register and login pages from being cached by wp super cache. can you show me how to do that please.

    #6541
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    WP Super Cache does NOT cache the login page by default.  If you look at the WP Super Cache Advanced tab page you will see these 2 default rules to not cache any files that start with wp- and the index.php file.

    wp-.*\.php
    index\.php

    Register is an action query on the wp-login.php page.  The rule above does not cache the wp-login.php file and will not cache the register action.

    /wp-login.php?action=register

    #6717
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    This caching code is working very, very nicely in this Forum. We are currently not using a caching plugin in this Forum and are only using the is caching code below. Eventually WP Super Cache will be installed and configured in this BuddyPress Forum site.

    You can find this .htaccess code and other cool .htaccess code on the http://www.askapache.com website.  NOTE:  This code below has been modified/changed from the example you will find on the askapache.com site.

    # BEGIN Browser Cache
    #
    # ETag
    Header unset ETag
    FileETag None
    
    # Turn on Expires and set default to 0
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresDefault A0
    
    # Set up caching on media files for 1 year
    <FilesMatch "\.(flv|ico|pdf|avi|mov|ppt|doc|mp3|wmv|wav)$">
    ExpiresDefault A29030400
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    # Set up caching on media files for 2 months
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|swf)$">
    ExpiresDefault A4838400
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    # Set up caching on js and css files 1 month
    <FilesMatch "\.(js|css)$">
    ExpiresDefault A2419200
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    # Set up caching on commonly updated files for 1 day
    <FilesMatch "\.(txt|html)$">
    ExpiresDefault A86400
    Header append Cache-Control "proxy-revalidate"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    # Force no caching for dynamic files
    <FilesMatch "\.(php|cgi|pl|htm|xml)$">
    ExpiresActive Off
    Header set Cache-Control "private, no-cache, no-store, proxy-revalidate, no-transform"
    Header set Pragma "no-cache"
    </FilesMatch>
    #
    # END Browser Cache
    
    # mod_deflate
    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css application/x-javascript application/javascript

    Time cheat sheet
    A0 = no seconds/no time / variable value = blank/no value
    60 seconds = A60
    1 hour = 60 seconds x 60 minutes = 3600 seconds = A3600
    2 hours = 60 seconds x 120 minutes = 7200 seconds = A7200
    1 day/24 hours = 24 x 3600 (1 hour) = 86400 seconds = A86400
    1 week/7 days = 7 x 86400 (1 day) = 604800 seconds = A604800
    2 weeks = 2 x 604800 (1 week) = 1209600 seconds = A1209600
    4 weeks/1 month = 4 x 604800 (1 week) = 2419200 seconds = A2419200
    2 months = 2 x 2419200 (1 month) = 4838400 seconds = A4838400
    3 months = 3 x 2419200 (1 month = 7257600 seconds = A7257600
    6 months = 6 x 2419200 (1 month) = 14515200 seconds = A14515200
    1 year = 2 x 14515200 (6 months) = 29030400 seconds = A29030400

    #6788
    Young Master
    Participant

    I see. Do you think WP Super Cache works better than W3 Total Cache?

    #6789
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    Each person should install, configure, test and benchmark each plugin to determine which caching plugin works better for them.

    #6955
    Young Master
    Participant

    I would also like to recommend http: //wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/ plugin. Its a great plugin for optimizing images.  http: //smush.it/ offers an API that performs the following optimizations automatically, and this plugin seamlessly integrates Smush.it with WordPress.

    • optimizing JPEG compression
    • converting certain GIFs to indexed PNGs
    • stripping the un-used colours from indexed images
    #7280
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    After months of experimentation and combatting ongoing issues/problems with caching plugins we are now ONLY using the .htaccess caching code above.  It may cost a split second or two in page load time, but we would rather have everything working consistently at all times then have to deal with corrupt cache, blank pages and other various issues and problems with both WPSC and W3TC and some other caching plugins that we tried.  😉

    #7297
    silas88
    Participant

    I have been working with htaccess caching also, and I found the askapache site a useful reference although the fact that it’s difficult to search and see the date of the articles is frustrating at times. There is a lot of stuff there that on further inspection (i.e. mostly reading the comments) turn out to be out of date / incorrect.

    Re Etag – have you concluded that Etags should be removed?

    I found that if I check my site with the very useful redbot.org that Etags are flagged as issues on images “The ETag doesn’t change between negotiated representations.”

    This is the end part of my custom code section (excuse the long code section). From your comments above it seems I should move the caching elements to the top after the WPSC code. I found that it seems to work OK anyway.

    # CUSTOM CODE BOTTOM HOTLINKING/FORBID COMMENT SPAMMERS/BLOCK BOTS/BLOCK IP/REDIRECT CODE
    # TIME CHEAT SHEET
    #      300   5 MIN
    #      600  10 MIN
    #      900  15 MIN
    #     1800  30 MIN
    #     2700  45 MIN
    #
    #     3600   1 HR
    #     7200   2 HR
    #    10800   3 HR
    #    14400   4 HR
    #    18000   5 HR
    #    36000  10 HR
    #    39600  11 HR
    #    43200  12 HR
    #    46800  13 HR
    #    50400  14 HR
    #    54000  15 HR
    #    86400  24 HR
    #
    #    86400   1 DAY
    #   172800   2 DAY
    #   259200   3 DAY
    #   345600   4 DAY
    #   432000   5 DAY
    #   518400   6 DAY
    #   604800   7 DAY
    #
    #   604800   1 WEEK
    
    <ifModule mod_expires.c>
    # any Expires Directives go here
    ExpiresActive On
    ExpiresDefault A86400
    ExpiresByType image/gif A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/jpeg A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/jpg A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/png A2592000
    ExpiresByType image/x-icon A2592000
    ExpiresByType text/css A86400
    ExpiresByType text/javascript A2592000
    # ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash A2592000
    ExpiresByType application/pdf A2592000
    </ifModule>
    
    ### HEADER CACHING
    
    <ifModule mod_headers.c>
    # any Header directives go here
    
    # below from http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/apache-speed-cache-control.html
    #Header unset Pragma
    #FileETag None
    #Header unset ETag
    
    # below from http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/speed-up-sites-with-htaccess-caching.html
    <FilesMatch "\.(flv|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|ico|woff)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    <FilesMatch "\.(js|css|pdf|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|txt)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=7200"
    Header append Cache-Control "private, must-revalidate"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    <FilesMatch "\.(pl|php|cgi|spl|scgi|fcgi)$">
    # Header unset Cache-Control
    Header set Cache-Control "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0"
    Header set Pragma "no-cache"
    </FilesMatch>
    
    <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpe?g|png|ico|woff|js|swf)$">
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
    </FilesMatch>
    </ifModule>
    #7299
    silas88
    Participant

    There are a few ways to use redbot, I found this particular method very useful as it gives further detail http: //redbot.org/?descend=True&uri=http://mydomain.com#

    #7316
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    To tell you the truth I am not 100% sure about ETags.  There is conflicting info around the Internet.  Currently we are removing ETags.  Whether this is the best thing to do I believe they should be removed, but that is just my opinion.  It may also be a case by case thing that each person should test/benchmark to see what works best for their particular website/Server/Environment.

    #7317
    AITpro Admin
    Keymaster

    On a personal note, I am bummed out that page caching is not working out for our sites with caching plugins.  We are looking into alternative methods to do this that work consistently.  Or maybe a better more effecient way of detecting and deleting corrupted cached pages would be the solution.  Having home pages and other very important pages displaying a blank white page for hours is something we just cannot have going on on our sites so at this point we cannot use any caching plugins and have to accept that the initial page load times on our sites will be increased as much as 1 second.  ;(

    Note:  This may be a host specific thing and would not happen for other folks on other Hosts/Servers.  We spent months trying every possible combination of settings and nothing seemed to stop blank white pages/corrupted page cache from randomly occurring except for one thing and that was to exclude the page from being cached.  😉

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