Title: Browser cache settings won’t save properly
Last modified: November 22, 2023

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# Browser cache settings won’t save properly

 *  Resolved [Megunticook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megunticook/)
 * (@megunticook)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-settings-wont-save-properly/)
 * While reviewing my browser cache settings I noticed that the value for “Expires
   Header Lifetime” under “Media & Other Files” was 2 seconds (odd…I don’t recall
   setting that). I changed it to 7884000 seconds and clicked the “save” button 
   but the value reverted back to “2” when the page refreshed. Went through this
   several times.
 * Is this value saved in the database or is it saved in a local file on the server?
   I’m using a load balancer at AWS with multiple EC2 instances as servers so perhaps
   that’s the issue?
 * Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fbrowser-cache-settings-wont-save-properly%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [Megunticook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megunticook/)
 * (@megunticook)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-settings-wont-save-properly/#post-17221759)
 * This is resolved, was an issue around the multiple server and load balancer. 
   Don’t see a way to delete the thread so posting this reply. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-settings-wont-save-properly/#post-17221784)
 * Hey [@megunticook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/megunticook/)
 * Thanks for getting back.
 * Glad to know you found the source of the problem
 * Thanks!

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/browser-cache-settings-wont-save-properly/#post-17221784)
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