We have read a lot about how to optimize WordPress blogs and websites. There are tons of articles on internet about the best practices related WordPress blog optimization. It is also said that it is best to hire a WordPress developer to get the best out of your website. But have we been missing something till now? 

The sad fact is that WordPress users confuse the importance of CDN with web hosting. However, this should not be confused with each other and their functions are completely different from each other. CDN is not a replacement option for web hosting services at all! There are some fringe benefits of using CDN which are of major use to your WordPress blog or WordPress website.

What is CDN by the way?

It stands for Content Delivery Network- a network of servers in a combined way delivering static content which is in cache from websites. This is basically done from a specific geographic location of the user.

Yes, we know it very well that the process is not easy to understand,specially for the beginners. We will be having a look at the benefits of deploying CDN in a WordPress website to take it to another level.

How does web hosting server works?

It is important to know about the working of web hosting servers before we come to know about the benefits of CDN. What happens is when a user visits your WordPress blog from any location, the user is redirected to the web hosting provider’s server. 

Your web hosting provider’s server is accessed every time any user visits and views your website. This happens every time when a new or old user visits the website. 

Do you know that a server crash problem can arise if you are lucky enough to get a high load of traffic? How can that be solved? By purchasing a server of high bandwidth. Right? If this is not done on time, it can lead to server crash issues which will eventually lead to your users being annoyed by your website and they will never visit it again!

There is another answer to this problem. It is CDN. Yes, this is the right time that you start taking CDN as a serious necessity when the traffic load on the bandwidth capacity of your web hosting server is overloaded due to high traffic on your website. This is where a CDN comes in handy because it is a network of servers, but most importantly these servers are spread throughout the world. 

Process involved when CDN is deployed:

●Static content of the WordPress blog or WordPress website is cached.
●It is then stored on all of the servers. 

What does static content consists of?

It comprises of images, css files or stylesheets, Flash, JavaScripts etc. 

When a user visits your website, the user is redirected to the nearest server in the nearby location so that the burden can be handled easily and the load can be distributed so as to avoid crashing of the servers. This also makes sure that the speed time of loading the website is decreased at a considerable rate.

We are going to mention here some very important advantages of CDN:

●Considerably High Speed of the Website: It is a proven fact that the website becomes considerably high in speed because the load on the servers is decreased and evenly distributed.

●User Experience of the Website is Highly Increased: More traffic is witnessed on the website and users of the website like the user experience of the website because of improved features. Websites become crash resistance.