Is setting Expires Header in .htacess a terrible idea for a Woocommerce site?

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I have added the following to my .htacces file in order to set the expiry time for the various files types. The speed impact on my woocommerce site has been huge - it's flying now. And everything seems to work.

But surely this is a bad idea as if all the script files, thumbnails etc are cached then things shouldn't work properly one editing the cart / returning customers etc?

It just seems too easy??

# Optimize cache-control

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

    ExpiresActive on

    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 3 days"

    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType image/x-ico "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"

  <IfModule mod_headers.c>

       Header unset ETag

       Header unset Pragma

       Header unset Last-Modified

       Header append Cache-Control "public, no-transform, must-revalidate"

       Header set Last-modified "Tue, 1 Nov 2018 10:10:10 GMT"

  </IfModule>

</IfModule>

.htaccess woocommerce expires-header

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I have added the following to my .htacces file in order to set the expiry time for the various files types. The speed impact on my woocommerce site has been huge - it's flying now. And everything seems to work.

But surely this is a bad idea as if all the script files, thumbnails etc are cached then things shouldn't work properly one editing the cart / returning customers etc?

It just seems too easy??

# Optimize cache-control

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

    ExpiresActive on

    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 3 days"

    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType image/x-ico "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"

  <IfModule mod_headers.c>

       Header unset ETag

       Header unset Pragma

       Header unset Last-Modified

       Header append Cache-Control "public, no-transform, must-revalidate"

       Header set Last-modified "Tue, 1 Nov 2018 10:10:10 GMT"

  </IfModule>

</IfModule>

.htaccess woocommerce expires-header

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I have added the following to my .htacces file in order to set the expiry time for the various files types. The speed impact on my woocommerce site has been huge - it's flying now. And everything seems to work.

But surely this is a bad idea as if all the script files, thumbnails etc are cached then things shouldn't work properly one editing the cart / returning customers etc?

It just seems too easy??

# Optimize cache-control

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

    ExpiresActive on

    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 3 days"

    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType image/x-ico "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"

  <IfModule mod_headers.c>

       Header unset ETag

       Header unset Pragma

       Header unset Last-Modified

       Header append Cache-Control "public, no-transform, must-revalidate"

       Header set Last-modified "Tue, 1 Nov 2018 10:10:10 GMT"

  </IfModule>

</IfModule>

.htaccess woocommerce expires-header

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I have added the following to my .htacces file in order to set the expiry time for the various files types. The speed impact on my woocommerce site has been huge - it's flying now. And everything seems to work.

But surely this is a bad idea as if all the script files, thumbnails etc are cached then things shouldn't work properly one editing the cart / returning customers etc?

It just seems too easy??

# Optimize cache-control

<IfModule mod_expires.c>

    ExpiresActive on

    ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 month"

    ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 3 days"

    ExpiresByType text/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/plain "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/rss+xml "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType application/json "access plus 1 seconds"

    ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 week"

    ExpiresByType image/x-ico "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year"

    ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 1 month"

  <IfModule mod_headers.c>

       Header unset ETag

       Header unset Pragma

       Header unset Last-Modified

       Header append Cache-Control "public, no-transform, must-revalidate"

       Header set Last-modified "Tue, 1 Nov 2018 10:10:10 GMT"

  </IfModule>

</IfModule>

.htaccess woocommerce expires-header

.htaccess woocommerce expires-header

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