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Suggested settings for Cloudflare

Daniel Lockyer

Jun 8, 2019

I always recommend to my clients that they use a CDN on their website. These are my recommendations for people using the Cloudflare Free plan, along with some warnings to watch out for.

DNS

Status: Orange Cloud - this will ensure the requests go through Cloudflare.

Crypto

SSL: Full (Strict) - if your web server has an SSL certificate, otherwise Flexible.
Always Use HTTPS: On
TLS 1.3: Enabled
Automatic HTTPS Rewrites: On

Speed

Auto Minify: Enable JavaScript, CSS & HTML - be warned this may break your site so test it out.
Brotli: On

Caching

Caching Level: Standard
Browser Cache Expiration: 1 day - Feel free to make this longer, but be aware that changes you make may take even longer to be seen by the user.

Need help setting this up? Email me at hi@daniellockyer.com!

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DNS