Title: page cache – exclude subdirectory
Last modified: September 3, 2016

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# page cache – exclude subdirectory

 *  [Gloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloak/)
 * (@gloak)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-exclude-subdirectory/)
 * Hi, I need to exclude one full plugin files and pages from caching.
 * We have this in the “Never cache the following pages:”:
 * > Always ignore the specified pages / directories
 * What is the right structure to add this to that field? As t appears in the cpanel?
   
   public_html/wp-includes/plugin/…. ?
 * Thanks!
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Gloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloak/).
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Gloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloak/).

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 *  [Ashok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bappidgreat/)
 * (@bappidgreat)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-exclude-subdirectory/#post-8147795)
 * Hello [@gloak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gloak/)
 * This is what I get from Performance > FAQ:
 * > Which textareas for file entries support regular expressions?
   > Page Cache: Never cache the following pages, Cache exception list, Non-trailing
   > slash pages
   >  Database Cache: Never cache the following pages CDN: Custom file
   > list, Rejected files The CDN fields only support regular expression on the 
   > filename. Examples (Never cache the following pages):
   > Do not cache page/directory and sub pages /directory*
   >  Do not cache pages under
   > a directory /directory/.+ Do not cache pages that contain specific text /.*
   > text.* Do not cache pages that is named child in directories .+/child Do not
   > cache any pages named child */child Note: To disable page caching of specific
   > theme templates or plugin files you need to add define(‘DONOTCACHEPAGE’, true);
   > to it.
 * It should always start relative to public_html directory. So I think correct 
   structure should be:
 *     ```
       /wp-includes/plugin/….
       ```
   
 * Have a good day!
 * Cheers
    Ash

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 * Last reply from: [Ashok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bappidgreat/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-exclude-subdirectory/#post-8147795)
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