{"id":17602,"date":"2025-01-30T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T22:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/?p=17602"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:03:13","slug":"faster-speeds-and-better-security-rapyd-cdn-is-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/faster-speeds-and-better-security-rapyd-cdn-is-finally-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Faster Speeds &amp; Better Security: Rapyd CDN is Finally Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From day one, we promised a built-in content delivery network to speed up and protect your sites. Now, it&#8217;s here, bringing global caching, reduced server load, and an optional Web Application Firewall (WAF) for even stronger security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"whats-new\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s New?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Faster Load Times<\/strong>: The Rapyd CDN caches your site&#8217;s static assets and delivers them from servers closer to your visitors, reducing latency and improving performance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stronger Security<\/strong>: The optional Web Application Firewall (WAF) helps protect your site against malicious attacks, including DDoS, SQL injection, and cross-site scripting (XSS).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lower Server Load<\/strong>: Offloading static content to the CDN reduces bandwidth usage and keeps your origin server free to handle more complex operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"how-it-works\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How It Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rapyd CDN is available for managed primary domains and can be enabled directly from your dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to\u00a0<strong>Settings > Domains<\/strong>\u00a0in your Rapyd dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find your Primary Domain, click the three-dot menu, and select\u00a0<strong>Turn on Rapyd CDN<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Optional) Enable WAF protection for added security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Activate CDN<\/strong>\u00a0and wait for setup to complete.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"learn-more\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the Rapyd CDN and domain management with Rapyd, check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.rapyd.cloud\/\">Rapyd CDN Guide<\/a>&nbsp;and our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.rapyd.cloud\/\">Domains &amp; CDN help collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long time coming, and we appreciate your patience. Now, you can finally experience the performance and security boost of the Rapyd CDN!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From day one, we promised a built-in content delivery network to speed up and protect your sites. Now,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_eb_data_table":"","csco_post_fleet_bg_color":"","csco_post_fleet_image_id":0,"csco_post_fleet_text_color":"","full_width_enabled":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_header_bg_color":"","csco_appearance_masonry":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-17602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"csco-post-header-type-fleet","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17603,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17602\/revisions\/17603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rapyd.cloud\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}