WEDOS Global (CDN Cache & Security)

Description

Our WordPress plugin has a full site caching feature, a CDN Cache feature, and optional settings for the sending of security reports. Furthermore, it serves as a tool for easy activation of the WEDOS Global Protection service.

WEDOS Global (CDN Cache & Security)

Local WordPress Cache

The WEDOS Local WordPress Cache stores your WordPress pages and content as static files which it later serves to your website visitors, thus saving the load on the web server, while also simultaneously reducing the website loading times. Utilise the local caching feature, which can be activated without any registration, and always stay close to your local WordPress website visitors.

Security Reports

Have security reports sent to you, and get information about cyberattacks and threats, as well as tips for improving your website. You can customise the reports according to your needs. You can also get useful news, tips, and recommendations for improving the overall health of your website.

Global WordPress Cache

The WEDOS Global CDN will ensure a significant increase of your WordPress loading speed, and better overall server response all around the world. This will result in improved user experience (UX), higher rankings in search results, more orders, or leads, and returning customers. Maximalising the performance of your website can help to improve its conversion rate even by up to a few percent!

How does the Global WordPress Cache speed up your website?

• Static web pages and their parts will be stored on our servers all over the world, always as close to your visitors as possible. Our global server infrastructure currently entails 120 data centres, covering all continents (except Antarctica).
• Thanks to the Anycast DNS technology, all DNS requests will be served from the nearest point to the request, which encompasses all types of requests, not only for the website, but also e.g. the mail server, FTP, etc.
• By filtering out harmful traffic, and blocking hazardous cyberattacks, our global network also provides website protection. Harmful traffic makes up up to 60% of a regular WordPress website, and bots searching for vulnerabilities are usually the reason of website slowdowns, or outages even.

The WEDOS Global (CDN Cache & Security) plugin connects your website with the WEDOS Global infrastructure, providing not only high-performance protection against a vast variety of cyberattacks, but also website speed optimisation. The infrastructure is built on thousands of physical servers, strategically placed in dozens of locations worldwide with the overall connectivity of 3,000 Gbps, ensuring not only enhanced security, and stability of your website, but also ultra-fast loading times.

Cloud WAF

By filtering traffic, and blocking harmful cyberattacks on the cloud servers, our cloud WAF (Web Application Firewall) provides protection for your WordPress websites without putting any extra load on your local resources. The protection is ensured by the use of advanced security technologies, continuous monitoring of all traffic, and data analysis of hundreds of thousands of websites.

The WEDOS Cloud WAF protects your website against attempts at cracking passwords or finding vulnerabilities because it can safely distinguish whether there is an attack attempt taking place, and in that case, put those requests through a test, which can be solved by the browser for the real users, meanwhile denying access to harmful bots.

Situated on our own servers, our WAF works outside your WordPress (hosting service), so it does not put any extra load on your web server. This means that all traffic coming to your website is scanned by our WAF, even before it reaches your website. This level of protection entails blocking harmful website visits (from harmful bots), and attacks, like e.g. attempts at system breakthroughs, or hazardous scripts, without affecting the real users, or search engine bots coming to your website.

What is in it for you?

Thousands of servers, global coverage, CDN Cache: Utilise our worldwide infrastructure which distributes the load on servers, and reduces website loading times, regardless of the current location of your website visitors. Our servers will serve as a global CDN Cache for your website.

Improving your website’s overall SEO score and user experience (UX): A fast, high-performance infrastructure positively impacts your website’s SEO score, its rankings in search results, and improves the overall user experience for your visitors. Thanks to direct connections with local internet exchange points (IXPs), your data is always as close to your visitors as possible. We have a direct connection set up with most of our most significant connectivity providers.

Anycast DNS: Your WordPress will promptly answer website requests, from the first request for the domain (DNS) to repeated answers, where we will serve static content directly from our servers at the location of your website visitors.

Instant access to recent technologies: Using our plugin, your website will automatically gain access to the most recent internet technologies, and security standards, like e.g. IPv6 and HTTP/3 support, even if your current hosting provider does not support those new technological advances.

Stability and support: Our cybersecurity specialists, and our technical and customer support are there for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to ensure incident-free operation, and non-stop protection for your website.

Privacy and data protection: Your data safety is a number one priority for us. Our plugin is designed to protect your data and privacy, in accordance with the most recent standards, and adheres to all EU requirements concerning GDPR. The WEDOS company is also a proud ISO certifications owner, and holds the ISO 9001 (Quality Management System), ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System), ISO 27017 (Code of practice for information security controls for cloud services), and ISO 27018 (Code of practice for protection of personally identifiable information in public clouds acting as PII processors) which ensure the quality of our services, and their reliability, guaranteed by an independent certification authority.

Become a part of a global network: By installing the WEDOS Global (CDN Cache & Security) plugin, you increase the performance, and security of your website, as well as connect with an innovative global network that continuously challenges the limits of utter possibilities of the digital world.

Links to Documentation and Other Sources

• WEDOS Global
• Knowledge Base
• Community Help

Screenshots

Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/wgpwpp directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Sign up for or sign in to your WEDOS customer account and let the plugin guide you through the service setup process

FAQ

What sort of company is WEDOS?

WEDOS was founded in 2009, and has since grown to become the largest web hosting provider in the Czech Republic. The company invests in technology, innovation, and research in order to offer quality services for affordable prices to the widest possible customer range. WEDOS operates two privately-owned data centres, and is about to build a third one.
The first data centre, WEDOS DC 1 “Bunker”, was founded in 2010, and modernized between 2018 and 2020. The second data centre, titled WEDOS DC 2 “Podskalí”, is a unique project designed to cool servers using oil and water.

How does the activation process of the service work?

The plugin on its own, without activating the WEDOS Global service, allows you only to set the Local WordPress Cache feature which stores frequently visited web pages on the web server, thus saving the overall load on the server, and speeding the website up. If you want to take full advantage of our WEDOS Global infrastructure, and activate the Global WordPress Cache feature, click on the Activate button on the introductory page of our plugin. This action takes you to the website login.wedos.com. Register, unless you have already done so, or log in. Verify your account using a verifiction code, confirm the DNS records change, and wait for the process to finish. The protection setup follows automatically. For a detailed guide on service activation, click here:

• Activation guide

How does the plugin work?

This plugin optimises the performance, and security of your website. Its main purpose is to allow the caching, and minimisation of files which significantly speeds up website loading times, and reduces the web server load. The plugin also provides protection against a variety of cyberattacks, including DDoS attacks, and unauthorised access. It also has a cloud firewall, bot detection feature, and other tools, which help you maintain a high level of protection of your website and its visitors. Apart from that, the plugin also offers the Security Reports feature which sends you regular security reports, informing you on detected attacks and hazards, and recommending actions for improving the overall health of your website.

What exactly am I paying for?

For a small fee, according to the price list on our website, you can use the features from the paid plans, so e.g. the Global WordPress Cache feature which significantly reduces the loading times of website content, and improves the overall response times of your WordPress website around the world, resulting in improved user experience (UX), better positions in search results, more orders, or leads, and returning customers. The Local WordPress Cache feature as well as the Security Reports feature are both completely free of charge.

Do I need to register?

With the exception of the Local WordPress Cache feature, a registration is necessary to be able to set the Global WordPress Cache feature, and the Security Reports feature in the WEDOS Global administration. After the registration, we will analyse your website to find out which security measures are needed for optimum protection. Based on this analysis, we deploy the most suitable security measures, such as our cloud firewall, the blocking of harmful bots, or access regulation rules. All your personal information will be protected in accordance with the GDPR regulation, that is, ensured confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of personal information, as well as the right to access this information, edit it, or delete it. The WEDOS company holds ISO certifications concerning information security and personally identifiable information protection in public cloud services.

Do you have an official website?

Yes, the company website is: https://www.wedos.com/cs/protection/plugin-pro-wordpress/

Can I try the service first?

Yes, you can try the WEDOS Global Protection service first, as well as the Global WordPress Cache feature, within a free trial of the Advanced plan to be able to get to know the service and decide whether it is the right solution for you. The trial period of the Advanced plan is 180 days. We also offer a free version of the Start plan for the users of our plugin. It is designed for individuals who want to protect their website projects, or websites without using any of the paid versions of our plans.The Local WordPress Cache feature as well as the Security Reports feature are both free of charge.

Do you collect personal information?

Yes, we collect personal information but it is important to note that any data collection, or processing takes place in accordance with the GDPR regulation (General Data Protection Regulation). Our company cares about the protection of our customers’ privacy, and we treat personal information with the highest level of responsibility. We ensure that all your information is processed transparently, safely, and in accordance with the legal code. We always try to keep the collection of personal data at the minimum level, and we use it only for the purposes necessary for providing our services, and their improvement.

What happens if I deactivate or uninstall the plugin?

After you deactivate or uninstall the plugin, your WEDOS Global account, and the service itself will stay active. This means that the plugin will no longer be visible in your WordPress administration but your domain will still be protected. The deactivation or uninstalling of the plugin has no effect on already protected domains. It is important to note that if you want to use the plugin again, you will have to install, and activate it again. For the complete cancellation of your service, and the deletion of your account, please proceed to the customer administration on the website client.wedos.global, and perform the necessary changes there.

Reviews

Quite impressive!

standasykora September 23, 2024

Wow! The activation was really two clicks for the free local cache. The performance has grown from 73 to 99-100 (according to PageSpeed Insights).

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

v1.2.2

• Buttons for deletion of file cache and CDN cache
• Dashboard improvements
• Service activation improvements

v1.2.1

• Updated FAQ
• Updated plugin description and assets

v1.2.0

• Dashboard page added
• UX optimization

v1.1.6

• UX optimization

v1.1.5

• Expansion of supported translations (SK, HU)

v1.1.4

• WP 6.5 compatibility
• Language texts corrections

v1.1.3

• Page caching improvements
• REST API improvements

v1.1.2

• Page caching improvements
• Security reports improvements

v1.1.1

• bugfix: missing icons

v1.1.0

• Security reports
• Page caching
• CDN Cache

v1.0.4

• WordPress Multisite support
• Verification process improvement
• Language texts correction
• Translations improvement

v1.0.3

• Bug fix on the summary page
• Compatibility with new WordPress version
• Update plugin metadata
• Logging improvements

v1.0.2

• Web server compatibility improvements
• Logging improvements
• Minor adjustments to the verification process

v1.0.1

• Update plugin metadata

v1.0.0

• Initial release