[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29201: Ehancement: file versioning should not use query strings, but rename the filename to allow caching

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#29201: Ehancement: file versioning should not use query strings, but rename the
filename to allow caching
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 Reporter:  benoitchantre  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Script Loader  |     Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * component:  General => Script Loader


Old description:

> Most proxies, most notably Squid up through version 3.0, do not cache
> resources with a "?" in their URL even if a Cache-control: public header
> is present in the response. To enable proxy caching for these resources,
> remove query strings from references to static resources, and instead
> encode the parameters into the file names themselves.
>   http://gtmetrix.com/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources.html
>
> wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script have a parameter $ver to specify a
> version number, but it adds a query string in the returned link.
>
> It would be better to rename the filename
> style.foo.css instead of style.css?v=foo
>
> Another detailed info about that: (this link can be found in the htaccess
> file of html5boilerplate):
> http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-
> querystring/

New description:

 Most proxies, most notably Squid up through version 3.0, do not cache
 resources with a "?" in their URL even if a Cache-control: public header
 is present in the response. To enable proxy caching for these resources,
 remove query strings from references to static resources, and instead
 encode the parameters into the file names themselves.
 http://gtmetrix.com/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources.html

 wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script have a parameter $ver to specify a
 version number, but it adds a query string in the returned link.

 It would be better to rename the filename
 style.foo.css instead of style.css?v=foo

 Another detailed info about that: (this link can be found in the htaccess
 file of html5boilerplate):
 http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2008/08/23/revving-filenames-dont-use-
 querystring/

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