{"id":12150,"date":"2019-12-18T06:26:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T12:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/?p=12150"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:41:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:41:36","slug":"nginx-direct-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/nginx-direct-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"We moved from Static Cache to NGINX Direct Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With the launch of our new <a href=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/new-client-area-and-site-tools\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11768\">Site Tools-based infrastructure<\/a> we have opened a wide range of opportunities to further improve the loading speed of the websites hosted on our servers. The first change we have already introduced to everyone using Site Tools is the replacement of the Static Cache with a new NGINX Direct Delivery. 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