I have a wordpress website with a custom theme that I created myself. Currently, I am working on suggestions from “Google PageSpeed Insights”, to improve user-experience on my website.
PageSpeed is suggesting “Leverage Browser Caching”. Below are the results:
**Leverage browser caching** Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the network. Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable resources: http:.//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (60 minutes) http:.//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js (60 minutes) http:.//www.google.com/â¦callback%22%3A%22__gcse.sacb%22%7D%5D%7D (60 minutes)
So, basically, it is suggesting me to set “expiry-time” for cache of the Adsense scripts to 60 minutes.
I tried to check the caching status of my website via REDbot. Below are the results:
General
The server’s clock is correct.
Content Negotiation
The resource doesn’t send Vary consistently.
Content negotiation for gzip compression is supported, saving 72%.
Caching
This response allows all caches to store it.
This response allows a cache to assign its own freshness lifetime.
My understanding of the results is that my website allows caching and that it allows a cache to assign its own refresh time. I am not using any HTML “meta” tags for caching so basically, my server is configured this way.
Now my question is: how would I manually set the “expitry-time” for the scripts to 60 minutes.
I know how to use “.htaccess” file to set caching duration for various file types ((using FilesMatch)). But, presumably, this method works for File types, not individual scripts within “.php” files.
So, how can I change the caching expiry-time of adsense scripts?
((This is my first stackoverflow question, so if there is any mistake or deficiency, please point it out for me.. Thanks))
UPDATE:
After the answer from “Andrew”, I added the following to my .htaccess file.
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 hour"
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 hour"
</IfModule>
## EXPIRES CACHING ##
But it gave me strange results. Pagespeed now decreased my score and has the following suggestions now:
Leverage browser caching Setting an expiry date or a maximum age in
the HTTP headers for static resources instructs the browser to load
previously downloaded resources from local disk rather than over the
network. Leverage browser caching for the following cacheable
resources:http.://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js (60 minutes) http.://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/osd.js (60 minutes) http.://www.google.com/â¦callback%22%3A%22__gcse.sacb%22%7D%5D%7D (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦heme/images/mananatomy_logo_modified.jpg (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦mages/mananatomy_logo_modified_small.jpg (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦s/mananatomy-theme/images/sidebar_bg.jpg (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦ontent/themes/mananatomy-theme/style.css (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦t/uploads/2010/12/basic-anatomy-logo.jpg (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦nt/uploads/2010/12/body-systems-logo.jpg (60 minutes) http.://www.mananatomy.com/â¦ntent/uploads/2010/12/histology-logo.jpg (60 minutes)
So it got even more confusing. Any help ???
read here:
Its not your resources not being cached!
The bracket in front like (60 minutes) is NOT a suggestion by google to set cache by that amount. It is actually google telling you that Cache is set to very low (60 minutes) i.e. 1 hour
For images and other static files, set your cache to at least 1 month!
About google’s JS files, you cant do anything.. you cant cache EXTERNAL links (esp javascript) without messing your website up
I have used some code for leverage browser caching issue to increase website speed performance and got nice result in it.
Step 1: To make Prefetch on Google Analytics. Just put bellow code into website body code.
Step 2: Then Added some code into .htaccess file to keep remember browser cache history for 1 year or 1 month.
EXPIRES CACHING
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”
EXPIRES CACHING
Step 3: After put the above code then added some extra code into your .htaccess file.
Header set Cache-Control “max-age=2592000, public”
This code will help Control Cache in your website and Up website performance as high situation
This is the ultimate header code that covers all the things you need to cover
add this code in your .htacess file which you will find in the site root directory.
<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 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 image/webp .webp
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 video/webm .webm
AddType application/vnd.ms-project .mpp
AddType application/x-font-otf .otf
AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype ._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 image/svg+xml .svg .svgz
AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf
AddType application/x-tar .tar
AddType image/tiff .tif .tiff
AddType application/x-font-ttf .ttf .ttc
AddType application/vnd.ms-opentype ._ttf
AddType audio/wav .wav
AddType audio/wma .wma
AddType application/vnd.ms-write .wri
AddType application/font-woff .woff
AddType application/font-woff2 .woff2
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 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 image/jpg A31536000
ExpiresByType image/webp 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 video/webm A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-project A31536000
ExpiresByType application/x-font-otf A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-opentype 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 application/vnd.ms-opentype A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/wav A31536000
ExpiresByType audio/wma A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-write A31536000
ExpiresByType application/font-woff A31536000
ExpiresByType application/font-woff2 A31536000
ExpiresByType application/vnd.ms-excel A31536000
ExpiresByType application/zip A31536000
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/html text/richtext text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/bmp application/java application/msword application/vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-msdownload image/x-icon image/webp application/json application/vnd.ms-access video/webm application/vnd.ms-project application/x-font-otf application/vnd.ms-opentype application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text audio/ogg application/pdf application/vnd.ms-powerpoint image/svg+xml application/x-shockwave-flash image/tiff application/x-font-ttf application/vnd.ms-opentype audio/wav application/vnd.ms-write application/font-woff application/font-woff2 application/vnd.ms-excel
<IfModule mod_mime.c>
# DEFLATE by extension
AddOutputFilter DEFLATE js css htm html xml
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
<FilesMatch ".(css|htc|less|js|js2|js3|js4|CSS|HTC|LESS|JS|JS2|JS3|JS4)$">
FileETag MTime Size
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Set-Cookie
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".(html|htm|rtf|rtx|txt|xsd|xsl|xml|HTML|HTM|RTF|RTX|TXT|XSD|XSL|XML)$">
FileETag MTime Size
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|webp|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|mpe|webm|mpp|otf|_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|_ttf|wav|wma|wri|woff|woff2|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|WEBP|JSON|MDB|MID|MIDI|MOV|QT|MP3|M4A|MP4|M4V|MPEG|MPG|MPE|WEBM|MPP|OTF|_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|_TTF|WAV|WMA|WRI|WOFF|WOFF2|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW|ZIP)$">
FileETag MTime Size
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Set-Cookie
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<FilesMatch ".(bmp|class|doc|docx|eot|exe|ico|webp|json|mdb|webm|mpp|otf|_otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|pot|pps|ppt|pptx|svg|svgz|swf|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|_ttf|wav|wri|woff|woff2|xla|xls|xlsx|xlt|xlw|BMP|CLASS|DOC|DOCX|EOT|EXE|ICO|WEBP|JSON|MDB|WEBM|MPP|OTF|_OTF|ODB|ODC|ODF|ODG|ODP|ODS|ODT|OGG|PDF|POT|PPS|PPT|PPTX|SVG|SVGZ|SWF|TIF|TIFF|TTF|TTC|_TTF|WAV|WRI|WOFF|WOFF2|XLA|XLS|XLSX|XLT|XLW)$">
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header unset Last-Modified
</IfModule>
</FilesMatch>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header set Referrer-Policy "no-referrer-when-downgrade"
</IfModule>
You will have a solution of that problem by following below steps:
upload .htpasswd file to your WordPress wp-admin folder
add the following code to your .htaccess file