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commonWP

Offload open source static assets to the free, public CDN.

By Milan Dinić·CDN·Free
4.7(18 reviews)
·500 active installs·Updated 7 years ago
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As of April 2026, commonWP is a WordPress cdn plugin with 500 active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 18 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.7+ and PHP 5.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: W3 Total Cache.

4.7/518 reviews
500active installs
11K+total downloads
8 yearssince 2018

Overview

commonWP is a plugin that enables usage of free, public CDN (jsDelivr) for open source JavaScript and CSS files. Those files are:

  • All files from WordPress core, unless development version of WordPress is used.
  • All files from plugins hosted by WordPress.org Plugins Repository, unless author of specific plugin doesn’t use SVN tags for releasing.
  • All files from themes hosted by WordPress.org Themes Repository.
  • All files from plugins and themes hosted on GitHub that support GitHub Updater.
  • All files marked as available on npm in any type of theme, plugin, or MU plugin.

It aims to be both lightweight and very secure. The approach used in this plugin is safer then in any other plugin that enables usage of any CDN. First, commonWP will only rewrite file to point to one on jsDelivr if tha…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.718 reviews
5 ★
16
4 ★
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0
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress4.7+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22
PHP5.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.1.0

  • Released on 27th December 2018
  • Define scripts added in WordPress 5.0 that are available on npm.
  • Fix version of WordPress core on GitHub for major versions.
  • Disable Jetpack Site Accelerator for static files.
  • Minor inline documentation fixes.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Milan DinićMilan Dinić
Plugin Info
Version
1.1.0
Last Updated
Feb 24, 2019
WP Requires
4.7+
Tested Up To
5.1.22
PHP Requires
5.4+
Active Installs
500
Downloads
11K+
Added
Sep 14, 2018
Business
Free

Tags

cdnfree cdnjsdelivrpublic cdnperformance

Developer

M
Milan Dinić
21 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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