Best Free CDN Services: Content Delivery Network

CDN or Content delivery network is the best way to boost up the speed of your website and in this article we’ll share the best free services for it. The basic work of CDN is to deliver the static files from the very close data center to the visitor’s computer. I think you might already have some ideas about what it is, and how it works. So, I guess, you don’t need an introduction to it.

Integrating a Content Delivery Network with WordPress

WordPress needs to know which content delivery network will be hosting your content. You can do this using a WordPress caching plugin such as W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache or WP Rocket. By using these plugins, you can define what you want WordPress to offload to your content delivery network. For example, you can choose to store images, CSS, Javascript and more. You can also state which folders you do (and don’t) want by your CDN. Content delivery networks will provide you with URLs and other important connection information that you need to enter in your WordPress CDN plugin.

Cloudflare Free CDN Services Plan

Firstly, Cloudflare is the biggest player in the industry since 2009. The features Cloudflare offers are just unbeatable, Cloudflare take cares about security and performance very well. In November 2014, Cloudflare reported a new record for the largest ever recorded DDoS attack with independent media sites being targeted at 500 Gbit/s.

If you’re using hosting companies like SiteGround, they provide Cloudfare CDN optimized server setup, thus providing you the best CDN experience at no extra cost. Cloudflare has a lifetime free plan that gives your website a protection and performance boost.

HubSpot Free CMS and Built-In CDN

HubSpot is known for its all-in-one CRM platform that provides a variety of tools through its Marketing Hub, Sales Hub, Service Hub, and more. With their free CMS platform, HubSpot rivals WordPress as a free web hosting service that allows companies to build custom websites to increase their online presence.

The CMS platform includes built-in security features and a content delivery network. With a built-in CDN, HubSpot can deliver your content, manage your site, and optimize your performance to ensure a positive user experience. Since the CMS is a part of HubSpot, you can also connect your site to any of your marketing, sales, and customer service tools too.

Uploadcare

Uploadcare features an entire file handling platform that also includes a very powerful CDN.
When it comes to WordPress CMS. Uploadcare breaks many WP Media library restrictions and helps improve website performance with some great features like adaptive delivery or media proxy.

Uploadcare CDN has over 235K data centers all around the globe and what’s more important. It’s safe and free to use up to 30 GB of traffic monthly. All files hosted on their CDN can utilize smart image compression and device-aware delivery functionalities – it adjusts maximum possible compression and format automatically to any device, preserving visual quality at its maximum. 

CoralCDN

Secondly, CoralCDN is a peer-to-peer (P2P) based content delivery network which is totally free. To use it you just have to append .nyud.net  to the hostname of any URL, and your request for that URL is handled by CoralCDN. You can even use their free plugin. Remember that plugin is not getting updated from a very, very long time, and should be used at risk.

jsDelivr Free CDN

jsDelivr is a free public CDN that hosts javascript libraries and jQuery plugins, including all of the files they need to work (CSS/png). It even hosts javascript files that use popular WordPress plugins, like WP SlimStat. Basically, if a lot of websites use it then we probably can host it.

Moreover, WordPress users always get advantages on everything related to websites, and jsDelivr is a great example here. Its plugin has many features that can be very beneficial for anyone who wants to use jsDelivr. You can download the plugin from here.

Incapsula

Incapsula is one of the most popular CDN providers, and from 2009 they are into this CDN game. The company got huge popularity when they protected a website from one of the Internet’s largest attacks in 2013. They offer premium as well as free plans for your websites. The only downside is that it doesn’t work with Cloudflare. So if you’re using Cloudflare then you can’t use Incapsula. You can only use one of them.

Photon (Jetpack) CDN Free Services

Finally, Photon by Jetpack is an image CDN that works for wordpress.com and self-hosted WordPress site only. Yeah, there is again an advantage for WordPress users. Photon actually only works for images, you just have to install and enable Jetpack plugin in your self-hosted WordPress site, and from its dashboard, you can easily turn on/off photon CDN.

If you have a WordPress site then you can use this plugin and can save your hosting bill as well. It will also speed up the loading time of your images. You have to download the Jetpack plugin and activate it.