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✅ Main takeaway:
Your images are slowing down your site. Every visitor downloads them from your server, eating bandwidth and making pages load slowly for users far from your hosting location.
Bandwidth Saver fixes this by serving your images from Cloudflare’s global network of 300+ data centers. Your visitors get images from the server nearest to them — whether they’re in Tokyo, London, or New York.
Why Bandwidth Saver?
Zero Egress Fees: Built on Cloudflare R2, which doesn’t charge for data transfer. Most sites pay nothing for image delivery after the initial cache.
One-Click Setup: No Cloudflare account needed. No DNS changes. No configuration headaches. Just activate and go.
Works With Everything: Any theme, any page builder, any caching plugin. It doesn’t fight with your existing setup — it enhances it.
Bulletproof Fallback: If the CDN is ever unavailable, images automatically load from your server. Your site never breaks.
How It Works
- You activate the plugin
- Image URLs are automatically rewritten to point to Cloudflare
- First visitor triggers caching (images stored in Cloudflare R2)
- All future visitors get images from the nearest edge server
No changes to your workflow. Upload images to WordPress exactly as before — the plugin handles delivery.
Works With Everything
- Any theme — Classic, block, or hybrid themes
- Any page builder — Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, Bricks, etc.
- Any image plugin — ShortPixel, Imagify, Smush, EWWW, etc.
- Any caching plugin — WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed, WP Super Cache, etc.
- Any format — JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, AVIF, SVG
If your optimization plugin converts images to WebP, Bandwidth Saver delivers those WebP files. If you use lazy loading, it still works. The plugin handles the delivery layer — everything else stays the same.
Two Ways to Use
Managed (Recommended)
One button, done. We handle the infrastructure. $2.99/month for unlimited images and bandwidth. Perfect for most WordPress sites.
Self-Hosted (Free)
Deploy to your own Cloudflare account. Full control, typically $0/month on the free tier. Ideal for developers and agencies.
Open Source
The Cloudflare Worker that powers this plugin is fully open source. Inspect the code, fork it, or contribute improvements.
Privacy
Bandwidth Saver respects your privacy and your visitors’ privacy:
- Does not track visitors
- Does not use cookies
- Does not collect analytics
- Does not phone home
For Managed users: Images are cached on Cloudflare infrastructure managed by ImgPro. Only publicly accessible images are cached. Your site URL and admin email are stored for account management. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
For Self-Hosted users: Images are stored in your own Cloudflare account. You have complete control over your data.
External Services
This plugin connects to external services to deliver images:
Cloudflare R2 & Workers
ImgPro Cloud API (Managed mode only)
- Purpose: Subscription management and CDN configuration
- Provider: ImgPro
- Data sent: Site URL, admin email (for account recovery)
- Data stored: Subscription status only
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