Plugin / Shift8 CDN

Description

This is a plugin that integrates a 100% free CDN service operated by Shift8, for your WordPress site. What this means is that you can simply install this plugin, activate and register with our CDN service and all of your static assets on your website will be served through our global content delivery network.

Tell us where you want to see the next endpoint!

Fill out the survey here : Shift8 CDN Survey and tell us which country you want to see better coverage and we will expand the network!

Instructions for setup

1. Install and activate the plugin
2. Navigate to settings page (Shift8 -> CDN Settings)
3. Make sure the “Site URL” and “Your Email” fields are correct and populated.
4. Click the “Save Changes” button
5. Click the green “Register” button.
6. Once registered, the Api Key and CDN prefix fields will be populated and saved automatically
7. Refresh the settings page and a “Test URL” link will appear. It takes a few minutes for your site to be registered and populated on our systems. Once the Test URL works (it should load a test image), you can switch on the CDN by clicking the ON/OFF button for “Enable Shift8 CDN”.
8. All urls for media and static assets will be automatically rewritten to the CDN url. Any problems encountered can be resolved by turning off the CDN by switching off the “Enable Shift8 CDN” setting.

Newly added entpoints

New endpoints added :

• Frankfurt, Germany
• Ukraine

Free Content Delivery Network for your Static Content

Shift8 has rolled out a consistently-growing CDN with endpoints all over the world. This plugin will make your site load way faster by using latency-based and geographic-based DNS resolution for requests made to your site to be served by an endpoint closest to the user making the request. This means that a user making a request in Mumbai, India will hit the Mumbai server to download the static content from your website, improving performance remarkably.

Current endpoints in use (more added regularly) :

1. USA – Northern California
2. USA – Northern Virginia
3. USA – Dallas, TX
4. USA – Miami, FL
5. Canada – Toronto
6. Europe – London, England
7. Europe – Stockholm, Sweden
8. Europe – Warsaw, Poland
9. Europe – Frankfurt, Germany
10. Europe – Ukraine
11. Asia Pacific – Hong Kong, China
12. Asia Pacific – Tokyo, Japan
13. Asia Pacific – Sydney, Australia
14. Asia Pacific – Singapore
15. Asia Pacific – Mumbai, India
16. Latin America – Sao Paulo, Brazil

You can learn more about how the CDN was setup and how it works by reading our blog post.

Want to see the plugin in action?

You can view three example sites where this plugin is live :

• Example Site 1 : WordPress Hosting
• Example Site 2 : Web Design in Toronto

Features

• 100% Free CDN for static assets on your site (CSS, JS, Images, Font files and more)
• Geographic and latency based DNS routing of requests to the nearest endpoint server across the globe
• Super easy set up : just install plugin, activate and register to start using within minutes.