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09.12.08

CSS Cache Buster

By Alister Cameron

Thanks to Matt for prodding me to take the CSS cache buster code I posted about a couple of days ago, and turn it into a filter.

I decided to go one better and make it a plugin, for those who are intimidated by code or just pressed for time.

So here’s the current readme, which is short and to-the-point (so unlike me!):

CSS Cache Buster does one very simple but very powerful thing: it ensures that your Wordpress blog delivers the very latest version of your CSS stylesheet to your visitors, no matter how often or how rarely you edit your CSS.

You no longer need to worry that you’ve made a CSS change that others won’t see because of caching issues at their end.

Technically, this plugin automatically appends a last-modified date/timestamp to the end of your stylesheet url.

And since this feature is applied as a filter, you don’t have to touch your theme files. It just works.

Simple!


If that makes sense to you — and if you’re a developer I sure hope it will — here’s the big fat download button:

Click here to download

This plugin live here, and on this page:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/css-cache-buster/

Installation

The CSS Cache Buster plugin is installed in the standard way:

• Download the plugin and unzip the contents (the php file and the readme.txt file)

• Upload `css-cache-buster.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory

• Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

• That’s it! Nothing else to do. Breathe a long sigh.

Comments

About the Author:
Alister Cameron is an accomplished web designer and internet marketing consultant who turns established subject-matter experts into expert bloggers. Alister's clients are using blogging and social media to leverage their offline expertise in the online world, and engage Alister to build their blogging platform or social network; to train them in writing and online marketing strategy; and to help them stay up with the latest developments in blogging and online marketing. Alister's blog is a rich tapestry of advice, anecdotes and reflections from the frontline of professional blogging, social media and search engine marketing, and never without generous dollops of humor and wit.
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