Shift8 CDN

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Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 45% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

1. ★★★★★ John

   1.3y ago

   After checking with multiple sites where nothing worked and posting questions on support forum nobody answers, it looks like this plugin does absolutely nothing and this service has probably been discontinued. No reply when sending email to their published support address and their published discord forum doesn’t exist anymore. PS: got replies to my support tickets after 3 weeks but still wasn’t able to correctly set it up at 2 sites I tested. Impossible to make it work with a cache plugn, no instructions whatsoever. Gave up. PS2: this page here gives 2 examples (their authors own sites) where “we can see the plugin in action”. I checked both sites and none of them is loading images from the CDN…

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2. ★★★★★ nek12

   2.4y ago

   Working well

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3. ★★★★★ mfreeling

   2.8y ago

   This is a great service and plugin. I use the cdn together with Wp Super Cache and Ewww image optimizer for webp delivery. Everything is working flawlessly.

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4. ★★★★★ ekofan

   3.0y ago

   It works as it should.

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5. ★★★★★ rifatozkan

   3.6y ago

   Please open a server in Turkey soon.

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6. ★★★★★ Nafis Mahmud

   4.0y ago

   Loved it for its’ blazzling fast speed.

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7. ★★★★★ Rajat Singh

   4.6y ago

   I literally struggled a lot in ranking just because I run my website on my own with my savings and can’t afford to pay for CDN services because of limited funds until I found Shift8, I love you guys! Means a lot!

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8. ★★★★★ g28fhwolf

   4.9y ago

   Das Plugin ist schnell eingerichtet. Auch für Laien einfach und übersichtlich. Von Vorteil ist, sich vorher bei Shift8 CDN ein Konto zu erstellen, so hat man alle Daten bei der Einrichtung zur Hand.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-07-30 600+ → 500+ down after 55 days in tier
2. 2026-06-05 700+ → 600+ down after 46 days in tier
3. 2026-04-20 800+ → 700+ down after 34 days in tier
4. 2026-03-17 900+ → 800+ down after 63 days in tier
5. 2026-01-13 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2026-01-11 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
7. 2026-01-08 1K+ → 900+ down after 782 days in tier
8. 2023-11-18 2K+ → 1K+ down after 14 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Swift Performance Lite 6K+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B
• Fastly 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• GoCache 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B
• C commonWP 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags D
• Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B
• W3 Total Cache 900K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A

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Shift8 CDN: 500+ active installs, 4.4★ (40 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/shift8-cdn