Title: Cache Time
Author: wesg
Published: <strong>May 16, 2008</strong>
Last modified: July 28, 2008

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Cache Time

 By [wesg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cache-time.1.02.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-time/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-time/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-time/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-time/#developers)

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## Description

Cache Time displays the time that the current page was cached, and prints it via
the cache_time(); function. It takes into account the different time zones of the
WordPress blog, and whether or not WP-Cache has blocked the current URL for caching.

It has been tested with WP 2.6 and WP-Cache only, so please contact me with any 
questions or concerns with other systems. WP-Super-Cache should work, but it is 
not officially tested.

Be sure to check out my other plugins at [my WordPress profile](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/wesg).

#### USAGE

 1. Anywhere inside the WordPress template pages, copy `<?php cache_time(); ?>` to 
    print the plugin’s output.

#### CUSTOMIZATION

There are 3 elements that can be customized with Cache Time:

 1. _Text displayed when page is cached_ — Open cache-time.php inside the Cache-time
    folder with your favorite text editor and find line 27 that says `$cached = 'Page
    cached on: ';`. Change the text between the quotes for your own message.
 2. _Text displayed if no cache is present_ — Similar to above, find line 29 that says`
    $not_cached = 'Time is now: ';` and change the text between the quotes.
 3. _Date Format_ — Again inside the cache-time.php file, line 36 can be changed to
    display your choice of information. More details about customizing the date can
    be found at [w3schools](http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_date_gmdate.asp).

#### LIMITATIONS

 1. Currently Cache Time only works with WP-Cache, though theoretically it should work
    with WP-Super-Cache as well.

## Installation

 1. Copy the folder cache-time into your WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins).
 2. Log in to WordPress Admin. Go to the Plugins page and click Activate.
 3. Wherever you wish to display the information, use `<?php cache_time(); ?>` inside
    your Template pages.

## FAQ

#### What is the point of this plugin?

Cache Time is meant to display the time that your website last cached the current
page, for both you and your users benefit. There are many instances where users 
want the most current information, and this is an easy way to show how current that
info is.

#### Is WP-Cache the only caching plugin that works with Cache Time?

Officially, yes. WP-Super-Cache may work, though I have not tested it.

#### OK, but what if I don’t have WP-cache installed?

If no caching system is installed, the plugin simply displays the current time.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Cache Time” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ wesg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cache-time/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cache-time/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cache-time/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cache-time/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.02**
 *  Last updated **18 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.6**
 * Tags
 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cache/)[clock](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clock/)
   [time](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/time/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ wesg ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wesg/)

## Support

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