A CDN caches your pages and images on servers near visitors — Mumbai users served from Mumbai, not Virginia — while absorbing attacks before they reach you. Free tiers cover most SME sites.
Key facts
- Cuts TTFB for distant visitors dramatically.
- Image optimisation and minification at edge.
- DDoS and bot shielding included.
- Dynamic checkouts bypass cache by rule — configured, not assumed.
Setup
CDN configuration ships in CBWS speed work — see speed fixes.
FAQs
Free CDN enough?
Cloudflare free covers most SME needs, configured right.
Does CDN fix slow origin?
It masks distance, not bloat — origin optimisation still required.
Ecommerce safe?
Yes with cart/checkout bypass rules.