Comments on: Cache Busting Scripts and Styles https://webdevstudios.com/2020/05/07/cache-busting-scripts-and-styles/ WordPress Design and Development Agency Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: David Anderson https://webdevstudios.com/2020/05/07/cache-busting-scripts-and-styles/#comment-92130 Fri, 08 May 2020 17:21:46 +0000 https://webdevstudios.com/?p=22016#comment-92130 > “However, filemtime() is not a great solution to use with dozens or hundreds of assets in one request.”

On any operating system that isn’t an antique, the value of the lookup will have been cached in RAM by the kernel. Nothing will actually be happening that involves the physical storage layer. Even hundreds of such lookups wouldn’t make a detectable difference. (Do sites on which there are hundreds of CSS files and scripts loading even exist?).

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