Do you know that slow loading pages are bad for search engine ranking? Page loading is an official search engine ranking factor, and if your pages are not loading within 3 seconds, you need to work on it right away. You need to take care of loading time on the desktop as well as mobile. Along with taking care of basic requirements such as good hosting company, cache integration & few others, Content Delivery Network (CDN) plays a great role in speeding up your WordPress site.
In case you have missed it, Harsh has already written a great piece about what CDN is and why you should use it. If you are completely new to CDN, you should read that post first. Also, check out:
- Seven quick tips to speed up your Website load time
- Does Website load time matters for SEO? Learn how to improve
- 2 Awesome free site to check your blog loading time
Got back? Great. Now that you know why you should use a CDN service let’s see which CDN service providers are the best options for WordPress. In this post, I will introduce you to the 6 best CDN services for WordPress.
Best WordPress CDN Services To Make WordPress Site Faster
Let’s see what’s in the list, shall we?
1. MaxCDN
MaxCDN is one of the most popular CDN services for WordPress. Used by many popular WordPress sites including few in the ShoutDreams network. MaxCDN provides a number of plans for the users to choose from.
If you are using WP Fastest Cache plugin, then you are in luck because the plugin comes with an easy MaxCDN integration feature. You just need to enable CDN and provide the necessary information. However, if you are still confused, this step-by-step tutorial will make things clear for you.
MaxCDN has servers located in different cities of the USA and EU along with other locations like Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Israel, Sao Paulo, etc. Its powerful control panel lets you control different cache options for your website.
While MaxCDN’s plans start from $9 per month for a 100GB plan, you can test the service by creating a free test account.
The free account comes with unlimited bandwidth, instant support, and all the premium features. If you have been planning to integrate a CDN service with your WordPress site, MaxCDN is the idlest choice. One important thing for those who care about SEO, MaxCDN offers the canonical feature which ensures your SEO remains top-notch.
2. KeyCDN:
KeyCDN is another popular CDN solution which is popular for their cutting edge technology & for more optimization they offer along with CDN. This service supports all popular platform including Drupal, vBulleting, Xenforo to name a few.
When it comes to integrating with WordPress, it offers various options like using WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache plugin, Zencache to name a few. If security is one of your concern, you will be happy to know that; KeyCDN offers free SSL certificate using LetsEncrypt.
Key highlights of KeyCDN:
- 30 days free trial without credit card
- Free credits worth 25GB of traffic
- Pay as you go
- 5 zones are free & additional zone would cost $1
- Instant account activation
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3. CloudFlare
CloudFlare is a widely used CDN service for WordPress. The intelligent CDN service makes your website super fast by optimizing the page delivery system. As CloudFlare blocks suspicious threats and limits access for potential abusers, it will also make your website more secure.
The proprietary ‘Rocket Loader’ feature of CloudFlare will make sure that the network connections and third-party resource usage are optimized properly. Here’s a 5-second video showing the advantage of using Rocket Loader.
You can enjoy the basic CloudFlare features for free. Yes, you only have to pay for getting additional features like mobile optimization, instant support, web application firewall, multi-user access, etc.
Unlike most other CDN services, CloudFlare does not charge for the bandwidth usage. The free service also includes SSL support. And if you want to disable CloudFlare for any reason, you can do that with a single click.
4. Rackspace
With a reliable system for delivering your media files and other contents, Rackspace is another excellent CDN service provider. When using Rackspace, you are free to upload larger files like HD movies, videos or site backups in multiple segments and download them as a single file.
As Rackspace guarantees an impressive uptime of 99.9 percent, you can remain assured knowing that your files are always available for the users. Rackspace also claims to write each file in three different storages and provide their servers with dual power supply systems.
Rackspace has data centers in all the major cities including Chicago, Dallas, Northern Virginia, London, Hong Kong and Sydney. Therefore, your visitors can always receive the website data from the closest location. Starting from $0.10/GB per month, the service also has several pricing plans for different types of users.
5. Incapsula
Incapsula is a common name in the world of CDN services. With its superior capacity data centers located around the world, Incapsula is capable of providing a superfast service for different needs like online stores, SaaS business or on-demand video streaming.
The CDN service of Incapsula is especially popular for its enterprise-level security measures. Besides the PCI certified firewall, the security system includes smart DDoS protection and load balancing features. The CDN service could be turned on or off by making a simple DNS change.
Incapsula provides a very powerful dashboard for its users. The dashboard allows you to view the traffic, performance and security aspects of your website anytime you want. You will also have access to a detailed activity log.
It is possible to use the basic CDN service for free in personal blogs or simple websites. However, if you want to enhance security features, you have to go for the premium packages.
6. CDN77
Despite being a new entry, CDN77 has quickly become a popular name in the world of CDN services. With a customer-centric approach and a fair, transparent policy, CDN77 provides a huge boost in the page loading speed and overall performance of your website.
CDN77 offers a very simple integration for the users. You can get started with the service by following some simple, easy steps. Once everything is set up, you can manage the control panel from anywhere you want.
And if you are using the W3 Total Cache plugin, you can follow this detailed tutorial to setup CDN77 on your website.
With its 27 data centers located in 23 different countries, CDN77 makes sure that your website is loading in the quickest possible time. If you want to give it a try, you can get started with the 14-day free trial and upgrade to premium plans later.
Which WordPress CDN are you using?
While websites used to rely on a single server for delivering all the content, CDN services have changed the scenario forever. By using a reliable CDN service, you can make sure that the visitors are enjoying a faster page loading speed and a better-performing website.
So, which CDN service are you going to use on your WordPress site?
And if you are already using a CDN service, please share your experience with the fellow Shouters by leaving a comment below.
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I’ve had a great experience with BelugaCDN, also its so much cheaper then all the names mentioned in this post. Instant setup with no contracts and very easy to setup for someone with limited skills.
Earlier I have used Free Cloudflare CDN service with siteground but now I changed to AWS cloudfront CDN. I am quite happy but as I am reading your article I am thinking to test drive KeyCDN now. I now don’t want to spend $10 per month with StackPath which was earlier MaxCDN.
Thanks for sharing the list of best content delivery network service providers to speed-up wordpress blog. I am Also using CloudFlare free CDN service to speed up my wordpress blog. Its working great to reduce page load time.
From my experience MAXcdn performs extremely well. I’ve tried a few of the others and the only one that compares in terms of performance is Cloudfare.
I am using Cloudflare with siteground. However, I am not happy with Cloudflare service. I frequently get 520 /521 error. I am also not happy with their support. Will try MaxCDN or Amazon CloudFront