Title: Google   hosting
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Google hosting

 *  Resolved [Magellan456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magellan456/)
 * (@magellan456)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/)
 * Hi there,
 * Thank you for this worderful plugin of yours! I’m actually trying to host my 
   images on my google+ account for better delivery and would like to know if your
   plugin can work with this method. If so, will i have to upload two images of 
   each file ? One for low resolution monitor and another one for retina display?
 * Thank you
 * Sylvain
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-retina-2x/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-retina-2x/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535303)
 * Hey Sylvain,
 * What do you mean by using Google+? Are you going to upload your photos to Google
   + and link to them from your website? For many reasons maybe you shouldn’t do
   that. For sure it will not work with Retina (since WordPress will have no control
   at all over those files), the filenames on Google+ might change, maybe even removed…
   wow, I wouldn’t risk it.
 * If you want faster delivery, for free, try Cloudflare. It works perfectly with
   the Client-method. For other CDN’s, it works in theory but the plugins are usually
   lazy and they don’t send the retina files over, but the developers will do it
   eventually (a few WP Retina 2x users contacted CDN plugin developers in the past).
 * By the way, if you like the plugin please rate it 🙂 [http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/wp-retina-2x](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/wp-retina-2x)
   Thank you ^^
 *  Thread Starter [Magellan456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magellan456/)
 * (@magellan456)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535306)
 * Hi Jordy, thank you for your reply, i appreciate it.
 * Yes, that was my goal. Reading your comment makes me have a doubt about it though.
   I’ve tried Couldflare for free, but all my images didn’t show right. I’ve read
   that it was because of their compression that was too high, so i chose to look
   for something else.
 * I’ll try again to see if some options could be adjusted to make my images show
   correctly.
 * I’ll be happy to rate your plugin.
 * Regards
 * Sylvain
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535307)
 * Really? I don’t think Cloudflare compress the images at all. I used it for over
   one year and it works fine. I recently switched to Google PageSpeed Service which
   is quite similar (even faster) but the images quality went down (there are settings
   for this but I am trying to tame the beast step by step).
 * My recommendation right now would still be Cloudflare 🙂 Your images should be
   fine 🙂 Otherwise write to them, they always reply and try to help.
 * Thanks for rating the plugin, it makes my day every time somebody does it! ^^
 *  Thread Starter [Magellan456](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magellan456/)
 * (@magellan456)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535308)
 * My pleasure Jordy. I’ll have another look to Cloudflare and ask for support if
   needed. Thanks for your support.
 * Sylvain
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535395)
 * Hey Jordy, I’m giving Google Page Speed a try as well. How exactly do I get it
   to work properly with the @2x images. If I allow google to serve images they 
   rewrite the URL causing the @2x images not to load due to different URLs.
 * Also using their resizing setting doesn’t seem to work as my theme is pulling
   the cropped wordpress images and not using the original and resizing.
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535407)
 * Sylvain, jlomaha, good news!
 * There is a new release of the plugin today, and it now rewrites the HTML dynamically,
   replacing the images by the retina images if they are found. For now I disabled
   W3 Total Cache, but I tried all the settings with Google PageSpeed Service, and
   everything works! It’s blazing fast and works perfectly! I should really have
   added this method before, it’s by far the best, especially when using a service
   such as Cloudflare or PageSpeed Service.
 * For W3 Total Cache the idea is to set-up the different cache for different user-
   agents. Making a “Retina group” will do the trick, but not sure yet to set it
   up as I’ve never done it. Anyway, it’s not such an issue, PageSpeed Service is
   good enough and I don’t feel the need to use W3 Total Cache anymore.
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535408)
 * What exactly do you mean a retina group, do you happen to have an idea on the
   user agents that should be added by chance?
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535409)
 * Scratch my last reply, I dumped W3TC. It really isn’t needed when using Page 
   Speed Service. That being said I’m not seeing the @2x images loading.
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535413)
 * For W3TC, we would have to set a cookie or something (he has one already but 
   not sure I should override it), I am trying to get to the developer to find the
   best way.
 * For PageSpeed, in “Optimize Images”, don’t check the last option called “Resize
   on the server”. It resizes the images if they are too big, and they obviously
   are when they are Retina 😉 I checked everything else everywhere, and it is perfect.
   I love this new HTML Rewrite method with Google PageSpeed 🙂 I think I will make
   it default.
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535415)
 * AWESOME! I have W3TC off now, it really doesn’t matter anymore since Google is
   handling every function and then some. The only advantage would be to any traffic
   that might not get served by Google, which should be none. Also Database caching
   might help a tad but I doubt it would be noticeable.
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535416)
 * Yeah, it doesn’t matter whether we use it or not at this point. Wow, this made
   my day, this solution is really elegant.
 * I experimented a bit with PageSpeed options. I feel like there is a huge quality
   loss on normal screen when using “Convert JPEG to WebP” but interestingly not
   as much on Retina displays.
 * Please rate this plugin when you have time ^^ Thanks a lot!
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535422)
 * I spoke to soon, for some reason @2x images stop displaying once PSS completes
   caching. If I make a rewriter change it displays the @2xs for a few minutes then
   starts serving the PSS versions when I check back :-/
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535423)
 * This is weird! Did you check [http://www.totorotimes.com?](http://www.totorotimes.com?)
   I have PSS + WR2X (HTML Rewrite method) running for 2 days now, no issues.
 * I basically use the Recommended Settings for everything, except in “Optimize 
   Images”:
 * – Convert PNG & GIF to JPEG: unchecked
    – Resize on the server: unchecked
 * By the way, are you on a shared-network with non-retina devices accessing the
   websites? After all, maybe your website works fine, except on your device? Let
   me know what it is, maybe I can check 🙂
 *  [jlomaga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jlomaga/)
 * (@jlomaga)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535424)
 * Found it, it looks like Progressive JPG was the issue. I turned that off and 
   it looks to be working again.
 * I’m suing all Lossy Optimizations, Recompress PNG, Remove Meta and color profile.
 * Looks to be running fine with those. my url is [http://www.vgrevolution.com](http://www.vgrevolution.com)
 *  Plugin Author [Jordy Meow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tigroumeow/)
 * (@tigroumeow)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-hosting/#post-3535425)
 * Okay, good to know! Strange though, I have this one enabled 🙂 But I’m glad it
   works for you! I will check your website tonight on my MacBook Retina 🙂

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