Leverage Browser Caching Issue

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July 28, 2020 at 12:52 pm #25426

Don
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Hi,

I am having an issue with “Leverage Browser Caching” when I test my website. Browser cache is enabled in the W3 Cache settings, but my score is consistently F 30/100.

Any ideas? Thanks so much.

July 28, 2020 at 1:40 pm #25436
Jesse Owens
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Hi Don-

I ran a scan on the URL you sent over privately, and here’s what I see:

It looks like it’s giving you a lower score because the CSS and media files are mostly set to expire after only 1 day. By default, W3 Total Cache sets these files to expire after 1 year.

You can check this setting in Performance > Browser Caching:

It’s also possible that your CDN (CloudFlare) is replacing these values from their settings in W3 Total Cache. Here’s some more information about setting the expires headers from CloudFlare.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Jesse Owens.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Jesse Owens.
July 28, 2020 at 3:41 pm #25450

Don
Guest

Thanks so much, it was Cloudflare overriding W3 Cache.

July 28, 2020 at 3:43 pm #25454

Jesse Owens
Keymaster

Glad to hear you got it sorted out, Don! Let us know if there’s anything else we can do to help.

July 28, 2020 at 3:52 pm #25456

Jesse Owens
Keymaster

Wow, it looks like you really did get it optimized Don!

If you have a moment, I’d love it if you have a chance to share your experience in a review for us.
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