Title: Parallelize Downloads Author: Daryll Doyle Published: February 20, 2017 Last modified: February 20, 2017 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/parallelize-downloads.svg) # Parallelize Downloads By [Daryll Doyle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enshrined/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/parallelize-downloads.1.0.0.zip) * [Details](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/#description) * [Reviews](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/#reviews) * [Installation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/#installation) * [Development](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/) ## Description This plugin enables Parallelized Downloads / Domain Sharding for your WordPress images. This is a good alternative if you don’t want to pay for a CDN but have an image heavy site. Domain sharding is a technique used to increase the amount of simultaneously downloaded resources for a particular website by using multiple domains. This allows websites to be delivered faster to users as they do not have to wait for the previous set of resources to be downloaded before beginning the next set. This plugin is only useful if you have an image heavy site. For sites with very few images you may see an increase in load times with this plugin due to increased numbers of DNS lookups. See [here](https://www.keycdn.com/support/domain-sharding/) for more information on Domain Sharding ## Installation 1. Install “Domain Sharding” either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server inside the wp-content/plugins folder of your WordPress installation. 2. Activate “Domain Sharding” plugin via WordPress Settings. Visit `Settings > Parallelize Downloads` to add your domains ## FAQ My images have broken Please double check that your domains’ DNS A records are correctly pointed to your website How many domains should I use? We suggest anywhere between 2 and 4 ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/93efad8687763fb6b75eeefa07e707a503415a4c71fd3234753deb2260babd04? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[TOP plugin, but it’s necessary an upload](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-plugin-but-its-necessary-an-upload/)󠁿 [phineas137](https://profiles.wordpress.org/phineas137/) March 15, 2018 TOP plugin, but it’s necessary an upload ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/45761b47c9c71645210635286e305d21bb57ac082e944ab9e507d0d26b0ea141? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Buen plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/buen-plugin-63/)󠁿 [erwinux](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erwinux/) December 10, 2017 El plugin es bueno, ayuda bastante con la optimización del sitio, sin embargo, debes registrar los subdominios en tu certificado SSL para que te funcione bien con HTTPS. [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Parallelize Downloads” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Daryll Doyle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enshrined/) [Translate “Parallelize Downloads” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/parallelize-downloads) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/parallelize-downloads/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/parallelize-downloads/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/parallelize-downloads/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/parallelize-downloads/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.7.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/) * Tags * [domain sharding](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/domain-sharding/)[images](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/images/) [optimisation](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/optimisation/) * [Advanced View](https://co.wordpress.org/plugins/parallelize-downloads/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parallelize-downloads/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Daryll Doyle ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/enshrined/) ## Support Got something to say? 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