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What this tab controls

Rewriting your site's stylesheet and script URLs to point at a CDN hostname instead of your own server.

Settings

SettingDefaultWhat it does
Enable CDN URL RewritingOffTurns URL rewriting on or off.
CDN URLEmptyThe hostname to rewrite asset URLs to (e.g. https://cdn.yoursite.com). The plugin doesn't check that this URL is reachable or correctly configured — make sure your CDN is already set up and serving your site's files before enabling this.
Rewrite These Directorieswp-content, wp-includesOnly URLs containing one of these path segments are rewritten — leaves this as-is unless you have a specific reason to narrow or widen it.

What this does and doesn't cover

This setting rewrites the URLs WordPress generates for enqueued stylesheets and scripts — the same files covered by the CSS and JavaScript tabs. It does not rewrite:

  • Image URLs (<img> tags, background images set via CSS)
  • Media Library files linked or embedded in post content
  • Fonts referenced from inside a CSS file's own @font-face rules

If your goal is CDN delivery for your whole media library rather than just CSS/JS, you'll need a dedicated media-offload plugin, or your CDN provider's own integration, in addition to this setting.

Setting it up

  1. Confirm your CDN is already configured and correctly mirroring/proxying your site (this plugin doesn't set up the CDN itself — it only rewrites URLs to point at one that's already working).
  2. Enter your CDN's hostname in CDN URL, including the https:// prefix.
  3. Enable Enable CDN URL Rewriting and save.
  4. Clear your cache and check a page's source (or your browser's Network tab) to confirm stylesheet and script URLs now point at your CDN hostname and load correctly.

If assets fail to load after enabling this, double-check the CDN URL is exactly correct and that your CDN is actually serving the wp-content/wp-includes paths — a misconfigured CDN will show as broken styling or a console full of failed requests.