CDN for WordPress
Make WordPress feel local in every market.
WordPress origins spend a lot of time serving the same theme files, plugin scripts, uploads and anonymous HTML. When a post, campaign or image library is requested from another continent, every extra origin hop shows up as TTFB and stalled first paint.
Put Cloud CDN in front of the public WordPress hostname. Cache static assets and eligible page responses at 210+ points of presence, keep wp-admin and authenticated traffic on the origin, and use Origin Shield so PHP is not hit with duplicate misses.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for WordPress 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.
Faster public pages
Theme CSS, plugin JavaScript and cached HTML are served from a nearby edge with 30 ms average worldwide latency instead of a single WordPress host.
Media that matches the layout
Resize, crop and convert uploads to WebP or AVIF at delivery time so the media library does not need a separate image pipeline.
Less PHP during traffic spikes
An 85% average cache hit ratio, Origin Shield and serve-stale behaviour keep repeat views off wp-cron, object cache stampedes and the database.
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.
- 1Connect the WordPress origin
Create a Cloud CDN distribution that pulls from the existing WordPress host over HTTPS, including the uploads directory and public permalinks.
- 2Validate on an Aptranet hostname
Confirm theme assets, media and anonymous pages cache correctly before changing production DNS. Keep wp-admin, wp-login and checkout on the origin.
- 3Point the public hostname at the edge
Map the site domain to the distribution, enable managed certificates and purge after plugin or theme releases.
- 4Tune cache headers and purge
Cache static files aggressively, set shorter TTLs for HTML if needed, and purge by URL or directory when editorial content changes.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- Public WordPress traffic is answered from 210+ locations
- wp-admin and logged-in requests stay on the origin
- Uploads can be transformed without a second media stack
- Campaign spikes hit cache and Origin Shield first
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Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cache public assets and eligible anonymous HTML at the edge. Authenticated admin, login and checkout paths should bypass cache and reach WordPress directly.
Cloud CDN sits in front of the site hostname. Most caching, SEO and media plugins continue to run at origin. Purge the distribution when those plugins invalidate content.
Deploy as usual, then purge the changed URLs or directories. Prefetch critical assets if you want them at the edge before the next traffic wave.
Yes. Cache the storefront, product images and anonymous catalogue pages. Keep cart, checkout and account requests dynamic so shopper state stays on the origin.