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For sites that are mostly read only from non-logged in users Cloudflare can be great. I've got a WordPress content site configured with Cloudflare's APO. Almost
by weird-eye-issue 5y ago
For sites that are mostly read only from non-logged in users Cloudflare can be great. I've got a WordPress content site configured with Cloudflare's APO. Almost 100% of actual human requests for HTML pages or static resources are cached. And there are also a few caching layers at the server level too (setup automatically by Cloudways). The site generates around $15k per month and growing fast on an overprovisioned $50/mo server. I don't think I'll need to spend much more on hosting at even 10x the current traffic due to the caching by Cloudflare. Maybe a bit more for disk space since we store large images but DigitalOcean's Block Storage also makes that incredibly cheap
- stavros 5y agoI switched my site to static and it's become hassle-free to deploy ever since. Just copy the files anywhere and you're done. I assume it can't be DDoSed either, though I don't think nobody has ever tried (or they did and I didn't notice).
- weird-eye-issue 5y agoBy using Cloudflare APO my site is essentially static. The origin can go down and 99% of pages and all the associated resources can still be served. For our business use case WordPress is a necessity and so switching to a true static solution simple isn't feasible (we acquire and merge other content sites. 99% of content sites being sold are built on WordPress so being in the ecosystem is critical for this reason and many others)