Fastly vs Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv

Installation: You can either install from source (you\’re looking at it), or from the WordPress plugin directory. To proceed with configuration you will need to sign up for Fastly and create and activate a new service (unless you already have one). Details of how to create and activate a new service can be found here. You will also need to find your Service ID and make a note of the string. You will need to create an API token with the Global API access option selected. Click here for token management screen. Set up the Fastly plugin inside your WordPress admin panel In your WordPress blog admin panel, Under Fastly->General, enter & save your Fastly API token and Service ID Verify connection by pressing TEST CONNECTION button. In order to get the most value out of Fastly we recommend you upload VCL snippets from https://github.com/fastly/WordPress-Plugin/tree/master/vcl_snippets. These snippets will add code for following – Force certain paths to be passed (not cached) e.g. wp-admin, wp-login.php – Makes sure that logged in user sessions are never cached – Handling for serving stale on error You can upload them by hand or press Update VCL button in the UI. For more information, or if you have any problems, please email us. Note: you may have to disable other caching plugins like W3TotalCache or WP Rocket to avoid getting odd cache behaviour. Pulls in the Fastly API Integrates purging in post/page/taxonomies publishing Includes an admin panel in wp-admin Integrates some of the advanced purging options from Fastly API Allows to monitor purging using webhooks for slack Using this plugin means you won’t have to purge content in Fastly when you make changes to your WordPress content. Purges will automatically happen with no need for manual intervention. Customization Edge Modules Edge Modules are a framework that enables specific functions to be enabled on Fastly Edge without the need to write VCL. Current list of functions that can be included includes Enable Blackfire metrics and tracing Set CORS headers Enable support for bot detection partners such as Datadome/Netacea Redirect one domain to another e.g. domain.com => www.domain.com Rewrite URLs going to a backend e.g. /sitemap.xml => /media/sitemap.xml Domain masking an external backend/origin More details can be found at https://github.com/fastly/WordPress-Plugin/blob/master/EDGE-MODULES.md Image optimization Image Optimization is a separately contracted feature. Please contact [email protected] to request pricing and activation. Once activated on service level, you will be able to enable it in your blog under Fastly->Advanced. Breakdown of IO options: Enable Image Optimization in Fastly configuration – Activating this uploads VCL that steers image traffic to the image optimization service Enable Image Optimization in WordPress - Main switch to activate IO which is needed for all other options to work. Enable adaptive pixel ratios - Switch for adaptive pixel ratios implementation. This replaces adaptive pixels srcset to format which Fastly IO can parse and replace. Initially works only on inserted attachments like featured images, but can be applied on content images if enabled. Adaptive pixel ratio sizes - Select pixel ratios that will be generated when creating image srcset html. Enable image optimization for content images - Safe switch for Image optimization of content images (due to difference from featured images, those are processed differently). To fully utilize, insert full size images in content. WordPress Hooks Available wordpress hooks (add_action) on: Editing related (purging) keys for a given post purgely_related_keys Editing surrogate keys output purgely_pre_send_keys purgely_post_send_keys functions: add_keys Editing surrogate control headers output(max-age, stale-while-revalidate, stale-if-error) purgely_pre_send_surrogate_control purgely_post_send_surrogate_control functions: edit_headers, unset_headers Edit cache control headers output (max-age) purgely_pre_send_cache_control purgely_post_send_cache_control functions: edit_headers, unset_headers Example: add_action(\’purgely_pre_send_surrogate_control\’, \’custom_headers_edit\’); function custom_headers_edit($header_object) { $header_object->edit_headers(array(\’custom-header\’ => \’555\’, \’max-age\’ => \’99\’)); } add_filter(\’purgely_related_keys\’, \’custom_related_keys\’, 10, 2); function custom_related_keys($keys_array, $post_object) { $keys_array[] = \’custom-key\’; return $keys_array; } add_action(\’purgely_pre_send_keys\’, \’custom_surrogate_keys\’); function custom_surrogate_keys($keys_object) { $keys_object->add_key(\’custom-key\’); } Note: you may have to disable other caching plugins like W3TotalCache to avoid getting odd cache behaviour. About Fastly Fastly is the only real-time content delivery network designed to seamlessly integrate with your development stack. Fastly provides real-time updating of content and the ability to cache dynamic as well as static content. For any content that is truly uncacheable, we’ll accelerate it. In addition we allow you to update your configuration in seconds, provide real time log and stats streaming, powerful edge scripting capabilities, and TLS termination (amongst many other features). License Fastly.com WordPress Plugin Copyright (C) 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 Fastly.com This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.

Accelerate your website and improve SEO with Sirv – the most complete image CDN and media optimization plugin for WordPress & WooCommerce. Automatically resize, compress and serve videos & images in next-gen formats, from Sirv’s fast CDN in 25 major cities. Why is Sirv the best choice for WordPress image optimization? Automatic optimization Automatic scaled images Automatic next-gen formats (AVIF & WebP) Smaller files than any other WP optimization plugin Incredibly fast CDN Perfect on WooCommerce Lazy loading The best WordPress image optimizer – you don’t need to lift a finger. Just install the plugin and Sirv will automatically serve perfectly scaled and optimized images possible file-size. Every option is easily configured, if you wish to change the defaults. Optimize your WordPress Media Library Automatically optimize your existing WordPress media library images, without lifting a finger. Sirv can automatically copy your media library to Sirv, from where images will be served as highly optimized images across Sirv’s fast, global WordPress CDN (19 worldwide locations). All these images (and more) can be automatically optimized by Sirv: Media gallery images Featured images WooCommerce product & category images Images added via other plugins or scripts Images added via “Add Media” button CSS background images Simply enable the Sirv CDN and images will sync to your Sirv account automatically. See the complete list of features of Sirv’s fresh new take on media hosting and optimization. Take your WooCommerce sales to another level Optimization & CDN delivery of all your product images Ultra-deep image zoom, 3D GLB models and 360-spin for your media viewer Add image watermarks Add text captions Serves your files wherever you need them – websites, apps, feeds, social media, email campaigns Image zoom Sirv loves huge images – it can zoom deep inside them very fast. No matter how big, images load fast, just like zooming on a Google Map. The bigger your images, the more impressive this image zoom is – perfect if you have really high quality images. Video streaming Any video you upload to Sirv will be converted to different resolution video streams, for instant playback. Every user will receive the most optimal stream for their device, screen and network connection speed. 3D models (GLB and USDZ) Upload your 3D models to Sirv and embed them in your web pages and product galleries. It’s easy and automated with Sirv Media Viewer. No coding needed. It also provides Augmented Reality (AR) automatically. 360 spin Shoppers adore spinning products around to see them from all sides. If you’re selling something online, maybe with WooCommerce, Sirv provides a stunning 360-degree photography experience. Simply upload a set of photos and a 360 spin will be immediately ready to embed in your page. It feels incredible on desktop and mobile alike, especially the big full-screen 360 spin view. Try demos. Free and paid plans are available, depending on your needs. See “Price Plans” below. What our users say ★★★★★ “We’ve halved the load time on mobiles of a site that we had already done quite a bit of work on to get image sizes down.” @martingfisher ★★★★★ “So far the best CDN plugin for WordPress. Please, never disappear!” @mavenickster ★★★★★ “I was looking for a CDN fast and easy (no need to code)! Sirv is the best – Just upload your photos to your WordPress library and voilà “roulez jeunesse!!!” (French expression). Very good service!” @disconance ★★★★★ “Sirv is fantastic! I have a lot of images on my website, and most of them are large, which resulted in slow site speeds, even with a CDN. What I love about Sirv is that they offer a CDN service, but also dynamically resize images based on the user’s browser/device, and serve the right file type. It has meant HUGE speed improvements on my website.” @basellen Optimal format (every time) Google loves next-gen image formats for SEO, but it’s a pain to convert all your images and keep track of them. Sirv solves that. It automatically delivers images to each user in the most optimal format. Usually that’ll be AVIF or WebP and the filesize is dramatically smaller, so Google will reward you with better search ranking. Sirv’s intelligence always serves the smallest possible file format to each users’ browser. It is 100% automatic. Plus, images are automatically scaled down to the suitable width/height and they’re lazy loaded, so you’ll really have the best possible image solution for WordPress. Price plans Sirv is a professional image hosting and WordPress CDN service. Most websites require a paid plan. Sirv also provides a free plan for light usage (500 MB storage and 2 GB monthly transfer). Free 0.5 GB storage, $0/month Business 5 GB storage, $19/month Business 12 GB storage, $39/month Business 20 GB storage, $59/month Business 40 GB storage, $89/month Business 60 GB storage, $119/month Business 100 GB storage, $199/month Enterprise: tailored to your needs – Contact us. Create a Sirv account. We believe in fair and transparent pricing: Upgrade/downgrade any time. Start/stop any time. Complete and easy access to your images. No credit card required for the Free plan. Further reading Keep learning with these helpful resources: Sirv for WordPress documentation. Sirv for WooCommerce documentation. The official Sirv Help Center & Documentation. Serve images from your own domain name. Next steps… Create your Sirv account Login to your Sirv account