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Slower websites are a big NO for search engine rankings, SEO, and overall user experience. As per Google, the ideal time for a site to load with all its content should be less than 1 second. Neither Google nor the users like sites that take more than 3 seconds to turn up. However, when a website has an abundance of graphics, high-quality images, videos, etc., it can increase its load. As a result, your visitors (specifically from other parts of the world) can experience a delay in accessing your website. This is where a WordPress CDN plays its role. But what is CDN, and how to set up CDN services into your WordPress website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article will tell you about the CDN services and their benefits. Along with that, we will also discuss the different methods to integrate CDN services into your WordPress website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is CDN, and how does it work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. As the name suggests, it is a cluster of geographically distributed servers and data centers that help provide internet content to users with minimum delay. The primary goal is to deliver high availability and performance by dispensing the services relative to the end-users. CDN is an umbrella term covering several content delivery services, such as video streaming, web, and mobile content acceleration, load balancing, transparent caching, cloud intelligence services, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How does a CDN work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The primary working principle behind a WordPress CDN is to minimize the physical distance between users and the web or application server. This helps bring the content closer to the users’ geographical locations to reduce the latency with the help of strategically located data centers known as POPs (Points of Presence).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s understand this process through an example. You might be aware of Amazon – the largest business and tech giant in the world. The company has a wide range of products and services and have delivery options worldwide. In normal circumstances, there are very few orders that do not deliver timely. But have you ever wondered how every time they provide order on or even before time, no matter where your location is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for this is that Amazon has many sellers and delivery agents located at different places. When you place an order, the system checks for your location and finds the nearest seller. After that, the logistics department takes charge of dispatching, packaging and shipping the order. Lastly, they pass your parcel to the nearest delivery agent to assure that you get the order on time. If the delivery agent is busy with previous orders, the system will assign another person to do the job. In the same way, CDN looks for the nearest data center (POP) to the user to deliver website content without any delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CDN also involves caching servers that maintain, store, and deliver the cached files to reduce bandwidth consumption and speed up the webpage loading time. However, it is practically impossible for a CDN to have a content caching server close to every user. Therefore, a CDN provider organizes the caches into POPs distributed throughout the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a user request turns up, a CDN redirects it to the user\u2019s closest POP. Most of the CDN services perform this task by leveraging a technology known as GeoIP. GeoIP is like a large lookup table that plots IP addresses to geographic locations (countries, cities, etc.). When a user request appears, a CDN checks the table and directs the traffic to the nearest available server. That\u2019s why it is beneficial for a business owner to learn how to use CDN for enhanced and on-time site content delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why should you use a CDN?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do you know, as per research conducted by Strangeloop<\/a>, a one-second delay in your website speed can lead to 11% fewer page views and 7% fewer conversions? Now you can imagine, being a product owner, it becomes crucial that your WordPress website content reaches the target audience on time. Furthermore, as already stated, a slow website can frustrate your customers, making them leave your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Content Delivery Networks help business owners deliver content straightaway to end-users. This speedy delivery of website content becomes possible by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n