CDN for PrestaShop
Move PrestaShop media and theme traffic to the edge.
PrestaShop storefronts spend origin capacity on theme files and product images that barely change, especially during promotions.
Serve theme and media from Cloud CDN. Cache anonymous catalogue pages where it is safe. Keep cart, checkout and back office on PrestaShop.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for PrestaShop looks like on this network.
Cloud CDN caches and accelerates eligible content on 210+ points of presence, with Origin Shield when the origin must stay out of the way.
Theme assets off the shop servers
CSS, JS and fonts are cached on 210+ PoPs instead of PHP-FPM.
Product photos at the edge
Gallery images are cached and can be resized per listing layout.
Cart remains accurate
Shopper-specific cart and checkout HTML is not served from cache.
How to set it up
A cutover you can validate before DNS moves.
Create the Cloud CDN configuration, prove it on an Aptranet hostname, then point production DNS when the path looks correct.
- 1Configure the CDN base URL in PrestaShop
Point theme and media URLs at the Cloud CDN distribution after origin pull works.
- 2Bypass cart and back office
Exclude checkout, account and admin from cache.
- 3Purge on catalogue changes
Invalidate product and category URLs when prices or media change.
- 4Enable Origin Shield
Collapse duplicate image misses before they reach PrestaShop.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- Theme and media URLs are served globally
- Back office and checkout stay on PrestaShop
- Promotions hit cache first
- Image variants can be created at the edge
Keep reading
Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use the media and theme base URL settings to point at Cloud CDN. Validate a product page and a cart flow before cutover.
Yes when they are anonymous and prices can tolerate the chosen TTL, with purge on catalogue updates.
Give each public hostname its own distribution or hostname map so cache keys do not mix stores.
Yes. Cloud CDN supports HTTP/3, HTTP/2 and TLS 1.3 on the storefront hostname.