Plugin with cloudflare

Hi @dav74,

Thank you for your message.

Cloudflare compatibility is detailed here. As for Cloudflare APO, there is no point in using it – there is no point in Cloudflare optimizing images optimized by our plugin.

Best,
Mateusz

Hi Mateusz. No I do not use Cloudflare to optimise the images. Your plugin does that. Cloudflare APO is used for serving all our assets via their global network. Yes I could use Cloudflare to optimise my images but it’s a paid service, and I have yours.

Ok let me check your help doc to see what I need to do! It seems to be working having done nothing, but then today I noticed a couple images missing from my home page.

OK I am confused now. Maybe you can help me. I do not want to let your plugin change our cloudflare settings, as I have spent time setting them up (based on instruction from another plugin developer).

Have you tested your plugin with Cloudflare and their WP APO plugin? Can you explain what happend if we do not change the settings in Cloudflare whilst using your plugin?

Thanks Mateuz

There is definitely a point in using Cloudflares APO, which your plugin cannot help with. It massively helps our sites with distributing our static content and html pages via their network. I do not really undertsand why you said there is no point in using it.

• This reply was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by dav74.

@dav74 If you use Cloudflare in the paid version, support for the WebP and AVIF formats will be added to the Cloudflare configuration. If you are using the free version of Cloudflare, entering the following will only allow the plugin to clear the cache in Cloudflare.

I said there’s no point in activating Cloudflare’s image optimization – that’s what I meant. If you are using Cloudflare free version, you cannot use Cloudflare for images and my plugin at the same time. This is described in this guide at the very beginning.

OK well I am not using their image optimisation service. Just their free service plus their APO plugin.

OK just so I understand, should I still be following your instructions here and adding the Cloudflare API token / Zone ID to your plugin settings? If I understood you, all this will do is enable your plugin to clear the image cache in Cloudflare? A yes no answer here will help ??

And secondly, do we even need to connect your plugin to our free cloudflare account? The reason I ask is because WP Rocket is linked with our Cloudflare account and when we clear cache via WP Rocket it also clears cache via Cloudflare.

If you suggest we still need to connect your plugin to our free cloudflare acocunt, is it also possible you just give me the settings we need to change in Cloudflare so we do it manually?

@dav74 You can manually clear the cache in Cloudflare using the “Purge All” button after each activation and deactivation of the plugin. If you provide data in the plugin settings, the plugin will do it for you.

Ahh OK. Well as we use WP Rocket to purge cache (and that is connected to Cloudflare) I think it can all be done just via WP Rocket. Thanks – think all understood now.

@dav74 If you encounter any other questions, please, feel free to reach out to me.