Title: Super Speed!
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Super Speed!

 *  Resolved [sdbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdbish/)
 * (@sdbish)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/)
 * I am wondering what the proper configuration would be to reach “super speed”!
   I have super-cache dialed in and working with php cache. I am using maxcdn and
   that is all set. Both these pieces are working well together and have been for
   a month. i am wondering how to add to that the cloudflare free cdn and not screw
   up what I have going.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/)

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095818)
 * It is generally considered a very bad idea to have 2 x CDNs or 2 x caching plugins
   active at any one time. You will run into problems.
 * For more performance, try getting super-cache running with mod_rewrite – **Use
   mod_rewrite to serve cache files**, and then optimise your site following the
   feedback you receive from:
 * [http://tools.pingdom.com/](http://tools.pingdom.com/)
    [http://webpagetest.org/](http://webpagetest.org/)
 *  [Scott Hartley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/destac/)
 * (@destac)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095893)
 * Actually CF and MaxCDN work well together if you are willing to learn how to 
   set them up. MaxCDN is able to cache each file and serve them from another server,
   and CF can cache the whole page..
 * However, its one of those things that if you don’t know how to setup you shouldn’t
   even attempt it.
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095894)
 * That’s interesting to know. I stand humbly corrected 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [sdbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdbish/)
 * (@sdbish)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095895)
 * I am willing to learn how to do it, who will teach?
 *  [bsmjlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsmjlm/)
 * (@bsmjlm)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095913)
 * Using Cloudflare with a CDN such as KeyCDN is actually a brilliant setup for 
   both security and speed.
 * For starters Cloudflare offers SSL for your domain for free, hence a good start
   for security of the site. Also the DNS they offer will greatly increase your 
   speed! No doubt in my mind. I operate over 10 websites and every single one has
   a quicker first byte response when Cloudflare is turned on.
 * Secondly, I’d suggest a better CDN than what Cloudflare can offer. I use [KeyCDN](https://www.keycdn.com)
   because they also offer free SSL (which I want to continue the security.) Using
   a Cache plugin such as Super Cache, or even W3 Total Cache, allows you to setup
   the cdn (keyCDN, and not CF. Make sure not to mix those up)
 * I use this setup on my websites and I can easily get them to load within 800ms
   almost every time (including JS, CSS, and Images)
 * Hope this helps you buddy!
 *  Thread Starter [sdbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdbish/)
 * (@sdbish)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095919)
 * Well Right now I have supercache and Maxcdn working. I would like to know the
   proper settings/setup configuration to add the cloudflare to gain teh extra security
   and hopefully speed. Can you give me a proper configuration step by step?
 *  [bsmjlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsmjlm/)
 * (@bsmjlm)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095921)
 * Sure, I’ll try my best 🙂
 * You need to go to
    [https://www.cloudflare.com/](https://www.cloudflare.com/)
 * Signup for an account and it will ask you to enter your domain name and it will
   take 60 or so seconds to scan who is the domain provider (Godaddy, Name-Silo,
   Google Domains just to name a few)
 * It will then ask you to double check the DNS records (normally you won’t have
   to change anything) just turn on the Orange Cloud on the right side for the root
   and www domains. Click next and it will ask if you want Flexible SSL, say Yes.
   Do you want a Free plan, say Yes. Do you want to use the IP6, say Yes.
 * Then it will give you nameservers. This is for the company you bought your domain
   with. Contact your domain company and ask to change your nameservers. They will
   give you the correct directions to do this. Every company may have different 
   ways of doing it, so just contact your domain provider.
 * After you have changed your nameservers to the Cloudflare ones, it will take 
   up to 24-48 hours for your domain to be flowing through Cloudflare. Once this
   kicks in, you’re online and using Cloudflare 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [sdbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdbish/)
 * (@sdbish)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095922)
 * There is no cloudflare plugin I need or anything, I just complete it as you describe
   above? OK now once that is complete, is there any settings with supercache that
   need to change? Is there something that I need to prevent being cached by maxcdn?
   are there particular settings I need to turn on or off with cloudflare or maxcdn
   or supercache so there is no conflict between the three?
 *  [bsmjlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsmjlm/)
 * (@bsmjlm)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095929)
 * Actually yes! You do have two plugins you must have in WordPress.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare-flexible-ssl/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare-flexible-ssl/)—
   This fixes the Flexiable SSL loopback error. Install this quickly if you haven’t
   already.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloudflare/)—
   Install this to restore the visitor’s Orginial IP. Useful for analytics.
 * As for conflict with the settings with those services, not that I know of. I 
   have only used Maxcdn once and moved to Keycdn. But I believe they work similarly.
   Make sure you have your maxcdn pull url in your CDN settings for supercache. 
   Here is their official guide if you need more details
    [https://www.maxcdn.com/one/tutorial/setup-wordpress-with-wp-super-cache/](https://www.maxcdn.com/one/tutorial/setup-wordpress-with-wp-super-cache/)
 *  Thread Starter [sdbish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sdbish/)
 * (@sdbish)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095932)
 * OK thank you. I did see on one other site something about not cacheing the same
   resources twice and making sure not to minify twice. I am guessing this is a 
   setting between maxcdn, supercache, and cloudflare where I do not want duplication?
 *  [bsmjlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsmjlm/)
 * (@bsmjlm)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095942)
 * It’s 100% fine for your maxcdn or other cdn company to pull resources through
   cloudflare. Let me give a clearer example.
 * Once you have your domain (example.com) flowing through Cloudflare, any requests
   to your site WILL go through the cloudflare servers before hitting your serve,
   including requests from your PULL zone for maxcdn or keycdn. Cloudflare will 
   just serve the file you request, and that’s what you want. So no worries if you
   use both cloudflare and your cdn together. You won’t run into issues.
 * Where you **could** get issues is if you turn on minify on your WordPress plugin,
   and also turn it on inside of the Cloudflare Settings. Doing this will result
   in a mix up. I also don’t suggest turning on “Rocket Loader” with Cloudflare 
   as it’s still in beta and could break JS and CSS.
 * So to summarize,
 * Turn off any minify options in Cloudflare
    If you want minify, turn it on ONLY
   in WordPress plugin You can pull from your https domain with Maxcdn through Cloudflare
   if your ssl is turned on with cloudflare. If not, set your pull zone to http 
   for your domain, otherwise it won’t accept the https requests.
 *  [damoncloudflare](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damoncloudflare/)
 * (@damoncloudflare)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6095980)
 * “Where you could get issues is if you turn on minify on your WordPress plugin,
   and also turn it on inside of the Cloudflare Settings. Doing this will result
   in a mix up. I also don’t suggest turning on “Rocket Loader” with Cloudflare 
   as it’s still in beta and could break JS and CSS. “
 * Correct. You don’t want to turn on two minify options. Just a quick note that
   Rocket Loader won’t impact CSS (could potentially impact JavaScript and jQuery
   functions).
 *  [End Time Media](https://wordpress.org/support/users/end-time-media/)
 * (@end-time-media)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/super-speed/#post-6096063)
 * bsmjlm,
 * Seems you have the answers to what I need to know. Can you please point me to
   clear and complete instructions on how to integrate my WP sites and S3 with KeyCDN
   and CloudFlare?
 * I’m new to CDN and haven’t even signed up for either service and I really don’t
   want to waste time setting them up the wrong way and need some instruction so
   I can get it right the first time.
 * Thanks for any help you can give me.

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