Why are linked images (sidebar widget) cached at, e.g. https://i1.wp.com
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My blog uses sidebar widgets where I include weather warning maps (which should be up-to-date!) via html img scr tags. Since yesterday I learned that the final blog html page does not show the initial ressource but a cached copy of the image in the form https://i1.wp.com/url of the image.
The problem is, that this chached copy is RATHER OUTDATED which makes my formerly properly working solution senseless.
How can I switch back to the ‘old’ behavior, e.g. ressources are included directly from their respective source?
Thank you very much and looking forward to your reply!
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Edit: Behavoir reproducible on PC browsers IE and FF BUT NOT on smartphone browsers (independent, if using “desktop mode browsing” or not…
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Edit: I drew a wrong conclusion concering apparently different behavior on different devices since the WP-sided cache was updated in the meantime. Thus, the described behavior is observable under all devices/browsers.
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WordPressdotcom uses Photon to cache hotlinked images. There is no way to turn this off.
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After some testing it seems that the afore said DOES NOT apply for the “image” widget… Well, seems to be an option for me (used the “text” widget with html markups before…)
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@eintopfband If this just changed recently for you, I’m guessing it’s related to this:
Your widget images are sourced via http, rather than https. If we leave them as http, your readers will get an SSL warning saying some content is not secure.
Could you upload the current image to your site, and source that in your widget instead?
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