Title: Offline Content Author: delapuente Published: February 10, 2016 Last modified: April 16, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/offline-content/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1366488) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/offline-content/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1366488) # Offline Content By [delapuente](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delapuente/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/offline-content.0.6.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/) ## Description This plugin uses new [ServiceWorker](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API) and [Cache API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Cache) to allow your users to access the contents of your site while they are offline or under unreliable network situations by caching part of your site. Once you’ve installed this plugin, anyone visiting your site in [browsers that support the Service Workers API](http://caniuse.com/#feat=serviceworkers) will be able of access your content even if they run out of network or experiment network instability. Configure the plugin in the “Settings > Offline content” section of your WordPress dashboard. ## Installation 1. Download and install the plugin from the WordPress.org plugin directory 2. Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress Dashboard. Alternatively, 1. Clone or download the project repository 2. Copy `wp-offline-content` directory inside your WordPress installation plugins directory 3. Enable the plugin from the admin panel ## FAQ What browsers support the W3C Service Workers API? [Browser support for the W3C Service Worker API](http://caniuse.com/#feat=serviceworkers) currently exists in Firefox, Chrome, and Chrome for Android, with other likely to follow. What is the default policy for caching content? The plugin will try to always serve fresh content from the Internet. After visiting a post or a page, the content will be cached in the background. In case of an unreliable network or lack of connectivity, the plugin will serve the cached content. Can I use the plugin in combination with other plugins using SW Since version 0.2.0, you can use this plugin in combination with other using the [WordPress Service Worker Manager library](https://github.com/mozilla/wp-sw-manager/blob/master/README.md). Can I configure which content is available for offline reading? In a very limited way, yes. You can enable/disable if pages should be precached is such a way the will be availables by the user even if they were never visited before. More options will be available with new versions of the plugin. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fd3fd43f1ba928bf347315b99fff1d93c064f26e416b32e49e44d0c216ea10a8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[goodone](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/goodone-2/)󠁿 [suffics](https://profiles.wordpress.org/suffics/) February 22, 2018 helps in web apps ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c412fcb78876cab2f1ad90b8b8e70223e07c5f7e68108285837d6f77c11b749? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I use and work perfectly!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-use-and-work-perfectly/)󠁿 [jramoscarmenates](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jramoscarmenates/) February 8, 2018 Thanks. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4c76d9f6d43ca0d7f8b1f74e5f9574b3068c222281ed6e56a679049c7e7f37e0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[非常棒👍](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%e9%9d%9e%e5%b8%b8%e6%a3%92%f0%9f%91%8d/)󠁿 [zengxiaoluan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zengxiaoluan/) January 2, 2018 很酷，但是为什么这么久没有更新呢，我决定要贡献一些代码。 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1d21769c6d0ddd960f0b2bacd99e6f2e24a9b623b4c33df1043c404bbc4df7d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Actually works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/actually-works-7/)󠁿 [philippenantes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/philippenantes/) September 23, 2017 Does what is says, now my wordpress based PWA will 100% pass lighthouse PWA audit in Chrome DevTools. Amazing work, kudos on this guys. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/80e22fab77f951c2bca7ea901cf8394676084e9479de117ab9df2629d5f0fa2a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[progressive web app PWA](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/progressive-web-app-pwa/)󠁿 [0001](https://profiles.wordpress.org/0001-1/) July 7, 2017 best way to turn your simple wp instal into a pwa.. im really grateful for the developers.. thank you! i wish some feature request… would be nice an update couse since last year this api evolved.. maybe ability to : 1.set background sync.. 2.ability to chose betven a race the request whatever return faster serv that… or: to chose chase only or server only or server first or case first..then update in background .. this settings would be nice… also maybe we could declare what is to be chased.. in case i want someting specific what wasn’t cased before.. or: pre render pages… so on.. this plugin so exiting has soo much potential.. just need a bit more developing maybe.. or just make a new plugin doing the same with more option .. se we could have a bare minimal .. and one with the extra settings.. depend on what ewer people usecase better.. i really wish somebody out there developer read this and soon we get an update.. but in the mean time… again thank you guys really apprichite your work.!! peace rg [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Offline Content” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ delapuente ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delapuente/) * [ Mozilla Web Apps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mozillawebapps/) “Offline Content” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/offline-content/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Offline Content” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/offline-content) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/offline-content/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/offline-content/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/offline-content/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/offline-content/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.6.1 Includes latest Service Worker Manager which fixes a problem unregistering the service worker when all plugins using it are disabled. #### 0.6.0 The Service Worker unregister itself when no plugin using service workers is enabled. Use WordPress AJAX infrastructure for dynamically generating the service worker file while reducing server footprint. Use [WP_Serve_File](http://github.com/marco-c/wp_serve_file) to efficiently generate the registrar and avoid unnecessary WordPress loads. Relying on composer’s autoload to manage plugin dependencies. #### 0.5.0 Prevent undesired updates when used with other service worker supported plugins for WordPress. #### 0.4.0 New smart update algorithm minifies the number of background downloads when adding new content. #### 0.3.0 Cleaning old caches when changing the name of the cache where offline content is stored. #### 0.2.0 Now can be combined with other WP plugins using the [WordPress Service Worker Manager library](https://github.com/mozilla/wp-sw-manager/blob/master/README.md) such as [Web Push](https://wordpress.org/plugins/web-push/). #### 0.1.0 Initial release. ## Meta * Version **0.6.1** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.5.33** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/), and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/offline-content) * Tags * [offline](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/offline/)[read later](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/read-later/) [service-workers.](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/service-workers/)[workers](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/workers/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/offline-content/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/offline-content/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ delapuente ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/delapuente/) * [ Mozilla Web Apps ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mozillawebapps/) ## Support Got something to say? 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