Mastering Django: Core

Template fragment caching

If you're after even more control, you can also cache template fragments using the cache template tag. To give your template access to this tag, put

{% load cache %} near the top of your template. The {% cache %} template tag caches the contents of the block for a given amount of time.

It takes at least two arguments: the cache timeout, in seconds, and the name to give the cache fragment. The name will be taken as is, do not use a variable.

For example:

{% load cache %} 
{% cache 500 sidebar %} 
    .. sidebar .. 
{% endcache %} 

Sometimes you might want to cache multiple copies of a fragment depending on some dynamic data that appears inside the fragment.

For example, you might want a separate cached copy of the sidebar used in ...