Set HTTP Caching Expiration, Recommended by Google PageSpeed

Question

I ran tests on my website using Google\'s PageSpeed and it recommends that I \"Leverage browser caching\" and provided the following resource:

http://code.google.co

Answer 1

In your root's .htaccess:

  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2592000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 604800 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 600 seconds"

And follow by:

Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2692000, public"


Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2692000, public"


Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"


Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"

Header unset ETag
Header unset Last-Modified

This is the exact same code I use on every property I manage and offers me (and PageSpeed) the most satisfying results. One may argue on specific rules, that's why I said that it satisfies me, but it certainly satisfies PageSpeed.