Question 1

CloudFlare Integration Setup (WL)

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We integrate with Cloudflare to provide automated cache purging and uninterrupted access, ensuring your website stays optimized and up to date without manual intervention.

| The API token is set up once at the account level. Once connected, all zones across your Cloudflare account will appear in the dropdown — you simply select the site you want to link each time, no additional token setup required. If you'd like to restrict the token to a specific domain only, you can do so during setup.

Step 1: Generate an API Token

Log in to Cloudflare
Click your profile icon in the top right and select My Profile
Navigate to the API Tokens tab
Click Create Token

Click Create Custom Token

Step 2: Configure the API Token

Configure the token permissions as shown below

Save your settings — it should look like this

| If you'd like to restrict this token to a specific domain rather than your entire account, specify the zone under the Zone Resources section before s

Question 2

Understanding the URL Structure (API URLs)

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Understanding the URL Structure (API URLs)

The initial part of the URL is your zone, it can either be yoursite123abc.zapwp.com or you can use a custom CNAME to make it something like cdn.yoursite.com

q: is quality, the value can be l for lossless, i for intelligent and u for ultra compression mode r: is for retina, 1 is ON and 0 is OFF | retina on will 2x the pixel density of the image wp: is for webp conversion, 1 is ON and 0 is OFF w: is for width, this is a value in pixels that the image is resized to u: is the original image url that you'd like to optimize and adapt

https://yoursite123abc.zapwp.com/q:i/r:1/wp:1/w:250/u:https://yoursite.com/logo.png https://cdn.yoursite.com/q:i/r:1/wp:1/w:250/u:https://yoursite.com.com/logo.png

|| In the above examples, it would optimize a logo from your site at an "intelligent" quality, with retina enabled, webp conversion active and an initial width of 250px (then doubled for retina)

| When using the plugin or universal version, these values are automatically adapted based on the incoming visitor to make sure they are getting the optimal image, but you may manipulate them as you wish to use the URL API version of the software with your zone.

As for CSS, JavaScript and other assets, you can use a similar structure for non-images, for

Question 3

Setting Up a Custom CDN Domain

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Using a Custom CDN Domain

In live optimization mode, your images and assets will load from *.zapwp.com - which is technically unbranded; however we strongly recommend using your own website's domain for serving images and scripts.

The most common domain we see is cdn.yoursite.com - and it can be set up simply within the plugin under CDN Delivery and scrolling to Custom CDN Domain

There you can use any domain you own to serve the optimized images and assets by simply creating a subdomain on the domain you wish to use in your DNS or hosting panel, then adding a new CNAME record pointing to the url specified in the plugin.

After the DNS has propogated (can take up to 48 hours globally) you may enter the full domain into the field and hit save - you may then turn on the feature as desired.

||| Be sure to test loading your site to confirm the domain has properly propogated and is linked.

Troubleshooting

If images are not properly loading, be sure to check if the DNS has fullly propogated ([we typi

Question 4

How are Credits Calculated?

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Key Features of Flexible Optimization:

Enjoy the freedom to mix and match traditional compression and real-time optimization to slash file sizes, accelerate images, scripts, fonts, and more! 🙌

Real-Time Optimization + CDN
Traditional Media Compression
Adaptive Images by Device
Next-Gen WebP Images
Accelerating Scripts and Fonts
Plus, So Much More…

No matter what you decide, you're in complete control of usage on a per-website basis and can allocate credits or set custom website quotas as desired! 🚀

| You can assign one-time credits for overflow usage that only gets used if you go over an allocated quota!

|| We'll give you notifications if you're running low and projections of how many credits are needed for a specific site in the management portal!

How Flexible Optimization is Calculated

Flexible Optimization gives you the freedom to use credits across various types of optimizations based on your unique needs. Here’s how it works:

Fully Flexible, Stackable, and Customizable:

-  Flexible Optimization credits can be allocated as you see fit, stacking them to optimize different elements like images, scripts, fonts, and more. This allows you to tailor your usage to specific needs on a per-website basis.

- Credits can be allocated across **real-time optimization + CDN** or **traditional compression**, allowing you to achieve exactly the kind of optimization your site requires.

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Question 5

Image Optimization in WordPress

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Image Optimization in WordPress using WP Compress

When you upload an image to WordPress, it is typically stored in its original, uncompressed format. However, this can result in large file sizes that slow down your website's performance, as it takes longer to load the page. This is where image optimization comes in.

WP Compress is a plugin that can be used to optimize images in WordPress. It works by compressing and resizing images to reduce their file size without sacrificing image quality. Here's how it typically works:

After you install and activate the WP Compress plugin, it can automatically optimize any images that you upload to your WordPress media library.
WP Compress uses a variety of compression techniques, such as lossless compression and intelligent resizing, to reduce the file size of your images.
WP Compress can also optimize images in batches, which means you can optimize all the images in your media library at once, or select specific images to optimize.
Once an image is optimized, it will be replaced with the optimized version, which has a smaller file size but looks just as good as the original.
Additionally, WP Compress allows you to set custom image sizes for your website, so you can optimize images to fit specific dimensions, such as for a featured image or a thumbnail.

Overall, WP Compress works by compressing and resizing images to reduce their file size, which can significantly improve your website's performance and speed. This

Question 6

Using WP Compress with Caching Plugins

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Using WP Compress with Caching Plugins

You should be fine to use both local and live mode for WP Compress with caching plugins! 🎉

We simply recommend not doubling up on settings (lazy loading, css / js minify etc.) but fortunately you can toggle on/off any settings in our portal as needed!

Make sure we're bypassing any firewalls or security plugins so that we can download the images, but other than that you should be all set right out of the box!

| WP Rocket, WPFC, SG Optimizer, w3tc, LiteSpeed and more!

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