A content delivery network (CDN) is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers. Its benefits include high availability, performance, and resilience against DDoS attacks. The network serves your website from the nearest and fastest servers to end users. You can find out more about it in the following video:
At Hostinger, if you have a Web Business or greater hosting plan, you can easily enable Hostinger CDN - it comes with a variety of tools that you can employ to optimize your website.
How to enable Hostinger CDN
Go to the Websites section on hPanel and click Dashboard next to the website in question.
Search for CDN on the sidebar.
Locate the domain and check the CDN status. If disabled, click on Enable:
NOTE: Domain needs to be pointing to Hostinger's nameservers and assigned IP address to be able to enable CDN
How to adjust the Hostinger CDN settings
Access the available options by clicking on the Manage button:
Now, explore the CDN features and make your website work smoothly!
It is recommended to have only one CDN enabled at a time - If you're currently using a different CDN, such as Cloudflare, make sure to disable it before activating Hostinger CDN 💡
WebP image compression
WebP is a modern image format that provides superior lossless and lossy compression for images on the web. On average, this image format achieves 30% more compression than JPEG and JPEG 2000 without losing image quality.
If you enable this feature, the images on your website are automatically optimized into an efficient WebP format to reduce file size and improve load times without any URL changes. It is enabled by default; you can disable it by toggling the button next to WebP image compression:
You can enable or disable this feature at any time.
Smart image optimization
This feature determines the maximum image width and image quality for both desktop and mobile devices. You may customize these settings manually anytime.
This feature is enabled for you by default, but you can easily disable it by toggling the button next to Smart image optimization:
You can learn more about optimization by checking this tutorial: Complete guide to image optimization 💡
How to disable Hostinger CDN
You can disable Hostinger CDN in two ways, depending on your goal:
Temporarily disable - For testing and reviewing website changes in real time, turn on Development mode.
To fully disable it, for example, to switch to a different CDN service or make changes to your domain's A or AAAA records, or the www CNAME record, click Disable. You can re-enable Hostinger CDN at any time.
NOTES
If you have a Web Single or Web Premium hosting plan and you are interested in this feature, you can consider an upgrade.
Hostinger CDN is not available on VPS. Alternatively, you can use a third-party CDN service, such as Cloudflare.