Cachebuster
Extension Actions
- Extension status: Featured
Front-end devs: stop fiddling with the address bar every time you need fresh-baked server goodness.
Automagically append a query string to the address bar, forcing a hard refresh from the web server. Click the extension icon or use the default shortcut ⌥R.
Invoke the cache busting as often as you need—the updated URL replaces the old and keeps the browser history unpolluted. Existing query params and anchors are preserved, too.
Only does what is says on the tin. No analytics. No special permissions. No tricks.
## Version Log
---2.0.0---
• Refactored codebase to reflect Google’s Manifest V3.
---1.0.3---
• Optimized the PNG set, knocking a few Kb out of the package.
---1.0.2---
• Snappy new marketing copy! I’m going to make millions!
• Lowercased the querystring key to “cachebuster”. I’m sorry, I should have known better the first time. I don’t know what I was thinking.
---1.0.1---
• Various tinkers.
## Source code
See how the sausage is made at
https://github.com/niftinessafoot/cachebuster
Latest reviews
- Andrei Rosu
- Works as expected 💯
- Mark Johnson
- This extension is exceptional for its utility and simplicity. I only wish you'd create one for Firefox too!
- Mark Johnson
- This extension is exceptional for its utility and simplicity. I only wish you'd create one for Firefox too!
- Ahn Ming Loke
- Light footprint. Does what you need it to do.
- Ahn Ming Loke
- Light footprint. Does what you need it to do.
- Alan Wong
- When you are developing and they go "we need cache" and you go "NOOOOOOOOOO"
- Robert Yang
- It is simple and straightforward. Does what it says on the tin.
- Robert Yang
- It is simple and straightforward. Does what it says on the tin.