How to Add Expires Headers
Before learning how to add expires headers, you have to know what browser cache is. Every website has its own static files, such as HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. These files come together and make up the web page of the site. Suppose that you visited the page yesterday and then stored these files on your browser. If you visit again a day later, the files will be uploaded quickly from the browser, and you can reduce resource usage and save time. Also, the speed of viewing the page on the website will increase. But the problem is that the browser cache does not hold files forever. After a certain time, the files will replace with fresh copies. This point is where the expired headers come in. They contain a specific date to discard cached files and also fetch new ones. In this post, we are going to talk about how to add expires headers. Let’s get started! Examples of Expires Headers ExpiresDefault “access plus…: “2881700 seconds” “access plus 1 month” “access...