HTTP Headers Analyzer
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WordPress → Apache → Browser9 missing headers, 3 warnings, 5 notices
Header
Value
Explanation
date
wed, 18 jun 2025 09:15:27 gmt
The date and time at which the request was made. A browser uses it for age calculations rather than using its own internal date and time; e.g. when comparing against
Max-Age
or Expires
.server
apache
x-powered-by
php/8.0.30
Some of the software used to generate or serve this page.
Warning Sharing too many details about a server or web application makes it easier for hackers to target a website. Avoid specific version numbers such as 8.0.30, especially when running software that is end-of-life and/or has known security bugs. Consider removing this header. At a miminum, remove any version number.
Warning Sharing too many details about a server or web application makes it easier for hackers to target a website. Avoid specific version numbers such as 8.0.30, especially when running software that is end-of-life and/or has known security bugs. Consider removing this header. At a miminum, remove any version number.
expires
wed, 11 jan 1984 05:00:00 gmt
This
Notice Because there is a
Expires
date is in the past: the page is considered stale and will be removed from all caches.Notice Because there is a
Cache-Control
header with a max-age
and/or s-maxage
directive, the Expires
header will be ignored. Consider removing Expires
to save bandwidth and processing power.cache-control
no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0, no-store, private
private
means the response can only be stored by the browser's cache, but not by CDNs, proxies, or any other shared caches.no-cache
means the response can be stored by any cache, but the stored response must be validated with the origin server before each reuse. If the origin confirms that the response hasn't changed, downloading of the full response body can be skipped.Warning
no-cache
will cause a revalidation request to the origin server for every use of the cached response. Consider using public
with appropriate max-age
to improve caching efficiency.Warning
no-store
means the response may not be stored in any cache, including the browser's cache.max-age=0
with must-revalidate
means caching is disabled and all requests must be validated with the origin server.Notice It does not make sense to set
must-revalidate
with no-store
; when nothing is cached, there is nothing to revalidate.Notice It does not make sense to set
must-revalidate
with no-cache
; must-revalidate
is implied.Notice
no-store
is set, so it does not make sense to set no-cache
as well.Notice
no-store
is set, so it does not make sense to set private
as well.link
<https://sodoblog.com/wp-json/>; rel="https://api.w.org/", <https://sodoblog.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages/12>; rel="alternate"; title="json"; type="application/json", <https://sodoblog.com/>; rel=shortlink
rel="shortlink"
specifies a shorter URL for the current page, to be used in space constrained interfaces and/or for manual entry.vary
accept-encoding
The
Vary
header specifies a list of headers that must be considered when caching responses. For a cached response to be used, these headers must match between the cached response and the new request. This ensures that the appropriate version of a resource is served based on factors like language, encoding, or device type.strict-transport-security
missing Add a
Strict-Transport-Security
header. The Strict-Transport-Security
header or HSTS header is used to instruct browsers to only use HTTPS, instead of using HTTP. It helps enforce secure communication.content-security-policy
missing Add a
Content-Security-Policy
header. The Content-Security-Policy
header helps browsers prevent cross site scripting (XSS) and data injection attacks.referrer-policy
missing Add a
Referrer-Policy
header. When a visitor navigates from one page to another, browsers often pass along referrer information. The Referrer-Policy
header controls how much referrer information a browser can share. This is important to configure when private information is embedded in the path or query string and passed onto an external destination.permissions-policy
missing Add a
Permissions-Policy
header. Restrict access to device features like the camera, microphone, location, accelerometer and much more.cross-origin-embedder-policy
missing Add a
Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy
to specify how this page can be loaded by cross-origin resources.cross-origin-opener-policy
missing Add a
Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy
header to opt-in into better browser isolation.cross-origin-resource-policy
missing Add a
Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy
header to specify who can load this page.x-frame-options
missing Add a
X-Frame-Options
header. The X-Frame-Options
header prevents this URL from being embedded in an iframe
. This protects against clickjacking attacks. Alternatively, set a Content-Security-Policy
header with a frame-ancestor
directive.x-permitted-cross-domain-policies
missing Add a
X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies
header to prevent Flash, Adobe Reader and other clients from sharing data across domains.Questions or feedback? Email dries@buytaert.net.