Gets the header information to prevent caching.

The several different headers cover the different ways cache prevention is handled by different browsers

array The associative array of header names and field values.

File: wp-includes/functions.php. View all references

function wp_get_nocache_headers() {
	$headers = array(
		'Expires'       => 'Wed, 11 Jan 1984 05:00:00 GMT',
		'Cache-Control' => 'no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0',
	);

	if ( function_exists( 'apply_filters' ) ) {
		/**
		 * Filters the cache-controlling headers.
		 *
		 * @since 2.8.0
		 *
		 * @see wp_get_nocache_headers()
		 *
		 * @param array $headers Header names and field values.
		 */
		$headers = (array) apply_filters( 'nocache_headers', $headers );
	}
	$headers['Last-Modified'] = false;
	return $headers;
}