Title: Free CDN
Author: Phoenixheart
Published: September 13, 2009
Last modified: December 25, 2009
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# Free CDN
By [Phoenixheart](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phoenixheart/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/free-cdn.1.1.2.zip)
* [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/free-cdn/#description)
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* [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/free-cdn/#installation)
* [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/free-cdn/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/free-cdn/)
## Description
For busy websites, using a CDN (Content Delivery Network) to transfer static content
such as images, javascripts, stylesheets, Flash etc. is highly recommended (as listed
in Yahoo!’s [Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site](http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html))
as it reduces server load and bandwidth thus improves stability and availability.
There is a catch – Commerical CDN’s like Akamai and Limelight are not cheap at all.
Good news, we have an exception however – the free, P2P-based [CoralCDN](http://www.coralcdn.org/)
allows us to take full advantage of a powereful CDN without spending a dime. How
to use it? Well, basically, just append `.nyud.net` to the hostname of any URL,
and that URL will be handled by Coral – simple.
This plugin takes that simplicity one step further (or closer?) by rewriting your
static files’ URL’s (JavaScripts, CSS, images etc.) so that they are served from
Coral servers instead of your own. You don’t have to touch anything! Just enable
it, and boom! your static contents are handled with care by Coral’s powerful server
clusters.
If you are paying bandwidth fee, this plugin hopefully helps with your bills. Even
if you don’t, enabling it may save your site in peak times.
### Features
* Just enable the plugin and call it done – no extra steps required!
* You can exclusively select the content types to be served through CoralCDN –
currently supporting JS, CSS, images, inline background images, and