Title: Browser Cache Breaks Site + Fix!
Last modified: April 26, 2017

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# Browser Cache Breaks Site + Fix!

 *  Resolved [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-breaks-site-fix/)
 * The most recent update broke my websites. After some testing it turned out to
   be the browser caching, specifically the “Prevent caching of objects after settings
   change” option. Unchecking that in the Browser Cache settings fixed it, but it’s
   happening on every site.
 * Evidently it would append “x” and then some numbers to a bunch of .css and .js
   files, which turned up as 404 errors, which was problematic because I’m also 
   running Wordfence, and my settings for that locked me out because of too many
   404 errors.

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 *  [eddr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eddr/)
 * (@eddr)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-breaks-site-fix/#post-9068603)
 * Same here
 *  [Roman Sarvarov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rom4i/)
 * (@rom4i)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-breaks-site-fix/#post-9068993)
 * Go to browser cache settings > disable:
    Prevent caching of objects after settings
   change Remove query strings from static resources
 *  Thread Starter [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * (@shoelaced)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-breaks-site-fix/#post-9072707)
 * Thanks for putting out such a quick fix! It’s working now.

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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Head Goldfish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shoelaced/)
 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-breaks-site-fix/#post-9072707)
 * Status: resolved