How to disable cache control and expires headers.

An example of disabling cache control headers:

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  Header set Cache-control "max-age=1, no-cache, no-store"
</IfModule>

An example of disabling expires headers:

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresDefault A0
</IfModule>

An example of disabling expires headers for a particular filename:

<Files some_file_with_no_cache.jpg>
  <IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive on
    ExpiresDefault A0
  </IfModule>
</Files>

An example of disabling expires headers to match a filename pattern:

<Files *.jpg>
  <IfModule mod_expires.c>
    ExpiresActive on
    ExpiresDefault A0
  </IfModule>
</Files>

Example cache control and expires headers.

An example of cache control headers:

# 2014-06-02: Setting cache control headers.
# VERY IMPORTANT: Do not use 'mod_expires' for any reason on a CDN origin.
# MORE IMPORTANT: Always use 'Cache-control' headers with 's-maxage' for a CDN origin.
<IfModule mod_headers.c>

  # The default cache control setting is 3 minutes (3 * 60 = 180 seconds).
  Header set Cache-control "s-maxage=7, max-age=180, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"

  # 1 year (2592000 seconds in a month * 12 = 31104000 seconds in a year).
  <FilesMatch "\.(pdf|flv|swf|mp4|mp3|f4v|mov)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "s-maxage=7, max-age=31104000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"
  </FilesMatch>

  # 1 month (86400 seconds in a day * 30 = 2592000 seconds in a month).
  <FilesMatch "\.(xml|txt|css|js)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "s-maxage=7, max-age=2592000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"
  </FilesMatch>

  # 1 week (86400 seconds in a day * 7 = 604800 seconds in a year).
  <FilesMatch "\.(ico|jpg|jpeg|png|gif)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "s-maxage=7, max-age=604800, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"
  </FilesMatch>

  # 5 minutes (5 * 60 seconds = 600 seconds).
  <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|php)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "s-maxage=7, max-age=600, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate"
  </FilesMatch>

</IfModule>

An example of cache control and expires headers for an Amazon CloudFront CDN setup:

# 2013-12-30: Setting cache control headers.
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
  # Header set Cache-control "max-age=300, no-cache, no-store"
  Header set Cache-control "s-maxage=7, max-age=300, public, must-revalidate"
  # Header set Cache-control "max-age=1, public, must-revalidate"
</IfModule>

# 2014-05-23: Setting expires headers.
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
  ExpiresActive On
  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 7 seconds"

  ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 7 seconds"

  ExpiresByType application/pdf "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 7 seconds"
  ExpiresDefault "access plus 7 seconds"
</IfModule>