The Curious Engineer

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The Kinsta blog is packed full of WordPress guides & tutorials with actionable tips and resources to help you improve your WordPress site.

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1,624 from 6 May 2014 to 29 Oct 2026
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October 2026

  1. Inside Kinsta’s emergency PHP2Shell patch rollout
  2. AI didn’t replace operations. It made good operations more valuable
  3. AI doesn’t remove complexity, it changes where complexity lives
  4. PHP2Shell: How Kinsta protected WordPress sites
  5. Monitor WordPress AI workloads with Kinsta APM and MyKinsta server logs
  6. Why WordPress expertise still matters in AI-assisted development
  7. Why faster content creation demands better governance
  8. Your website is now your brand and your product, 2026 survey shows
  9. Every website is becoming an API consumer
  10. What to do when bots hit your WordPress site: An action plan
  11. Why AI agents need guardrails instead of unlimited access
  12. Why WordPress needs APIs before it needs more AI

September 2026

  1. Automating WordPress operations with CLI agents on Kinsta
  2. Websites aren’t dead: Consumers still rely on them over AI, new Kinsta report finds
  3. Meet Kinsta in Singapore this October
  4. What happens when AI agents become your new website operators?
  5. The 7 biggest mistakes site owners make after discovering AI bot traffic
  6. Are websites dead? AI discovery, trust, and website quality
  7. Building WordPress for AI agents instead of just human visitors
  8. Can I still benefit from AI search without letting bots destroy my server?
  9. Why the best AI agent is the one that knows when to ask a human
  10. Your WordPress site now has a third type of visitor (and it completes purchases)
  11. Why expert hosting support still matters in the age of AI
  12. Where consumers go to trust a brand: how AI decides whether to cite you

August 2026

  1. Why your hosting is part of your website’s credibility test
  2. The more your WordPress site does with AI, the more your infrastructure has to handle
  3. Why agency growth breaks workflows long before it breaks infrastructure
  4. How to build a WordPress MCP integration for AI Agents on Kinsta-powered websites
  5. Why AI makes infrastructure decisions more important
  6. How to organize multiple WordPress sites in MyKinsta: from chaos to order
  7. What’s new in WordPress 7.1: Client-side media processing, design tools, Abilities API, and much more
  8. From one-off fixes to repeatable systems: why automation matures WordPress operations
  9. Why AI crawlers are breaking the rules of web-crawling
  10. The hidden cost of bot traffic on WordPress: what bandwidth reports don’t show

July 2026

  1. How better visibility reduces support tickets, blame, and downtime
  2. AI crawlers vs. bot protection vs. robots.txt vs. llms.txt: what actually controls AI access?
  3. Getting started with the WordPress Abilities API: A practical guide
  4. How Kinsta helps enterprise WordPress teams manage change without the risk
  5. How to access and edit your WordPress files in MyKinsta (no FTP client required)
  6. WordPress AI integration: A deep dive into architecture and a real-world use case
  7. Kinsta Bot Protection vs. Cloudflare: What’s the difference, and which should you use?
  8. Why client access management is the quiet scaling killer for agencies
  9. Why scaling agencies optimize for fewer incidents, not faster fixes
  10. Performance consistency: Why “fast on average” hosting fails real users
  11. Why vendor trust matters more than vendor size in enterprise hosting
  12. Vibe coding real WordPress workflows using the Kinsta API

June 2026

  1. Bots are surpassing human traffic on the web. What is really going on?
  2. WordPress performance during background activity (cron jobs, imports, backups)
  3. Why bot traffic is now an infrastructure problem (not just an SEO problem)
  4. Why scaling infrastructure doesn’t fix bot traffic problems
  5. How to reduce bandwidth waste without blocking legitimate users
  6. AEO for WordPress: Why infrastructure now matters as much as content
  7. Kinsta launches Bot Protection for WordPress sites, included free on all plans
  8. Why WooCommerce sites are especially vulnerable to bot traffic
  9. Why dynamic endpoints are the most expensive part of bot traffic
  10. The cloud became too complex. Sevalla is building the off-ramp for production teams
  11. Why bandwidth spikes during campaigns are often bot-driven

May 2026

  1. The 40Q agency on how Kinsta’s infrastructure backs modern WordPress development
  2. GEO vs AEO vs SEO: What’s the difference and how to optimize all three for WordPress
  3. Why Kinsta uses container-based hosting (and why it matters)
  4. How to automate WordPress go-live from Salesforce using the Kinsta API
  5. Meet Kinsta at WordCamp Europe 2026 in Kraków, Poland
  6. Build an automated backup workflow for WordPress using Zendesk and the Kinsta API
  7. Analytics as a scaling tool: knowing when to optimize, not just how
  8. How to automate sprint environment provisioning with Jira and the Kinsta API
  9. Automate client reporting with Kinsta API and Google AI
  10. Meet Kinsta in Melbourne and Sydney
  11. Why hosting-level visibility matters more than plugin-based analytics

April 2026

  1. What’s new in WordPress 7.0: AI integration, new blocks, and much more
  2. Automate your agency workflow with Kinsta API and Trello
  3. Reliability under human error: when editors, developers, or plugins break things
  4. How automation changes the economics of managing WordPress at scale
  5. Meet Kinsta at brightonSEO 2026
  6. Why most WordPress analytics tell you what happened, not why
  7. How to integrate HubSpot with Kinsta using the Kinsta API
  8. How WordPress hosting handles partial failures (APIs, CDNs, and third-party scripts)
  9. What “enterprise-ready” means for WordPress (and how some hosts misuse the term)
  10. What happens to WordPress performance during traffic decay (not spikes)
  11. Meet Kinsta at WordCamp Asia 2026

March 2026

  1. Kinsta logs record year as top choice for serious WordPress businesses, with 60% customer growth, new executive hires and a platform buildout
  2. SLAs and guarantees: What should your agency expect from your hosting partner?
  3. Automate your Kinsta workflows with Zapier and the Kinsta API
  4. Enterprise hosting risk isn’t downtime—it’s uncertainty
  5. How to build PHP-only Gutenberg blocks
  6. 4 agency founders share the decisions that shaped their businesses
  7. How to distinguish traffic from bots to identify real visits, helpful bots, and harmful attacks
  8. How modern block themes are changing WordPress hosting
  9. Manage hundreds of sites with Kinsta’s WP Admin auto-login
  10. How to set up custom MyKinsta notifications with the Kinsta API to catch issues before they impact users
  11. Meet Kinsta at Digital Summit Tampa
  12. How MX records work during Kinsta migrations
  13. Create your own MCP Server to control WordPress hosting with AI

February 2026

  1. Meet Kinsta at The MarTech Summit Asia 2026
  2. How DNS really works during a site migration (and how to avoid downtime)
  3. Blade templating in WordPress: modern template development with Radicle on Kinsta
  4. Customers say we’re a great web host. G2 says we’re #1
  5. Kinsta Awarded #1 Web Hosting Provider in G2’s 2026 Best Software Awards
  6. How to build custom WP-CLI commands and automate WordPress maintenance with Acorn
  7. Unlocking developer productivity: How Kinsta frees agencies from infrastructure headaches
  8. Building WordPress blocks with Telex
  9. Managing DNS centrally for multiple client sites with Cloudflare
  10. Automating performance checks for your WP Agency with PageSpeed Insights API
  11. The hidden costs of website downtime and what you can do about it
  12. Remote WordPress development on Kinsta with SSH
  13. Engineering reliability at scale: Why developer-led agencies trust Kinsta for mission-critical projects
  14. Kinsta year in review: the best of 2025

January 2026

  1. How agencies can deliver predictable results by eliminating hosting variables
  2. Running Laravel-style migrations in WordPress with Radicle and Kinsta
  3. What happens when one site gets hacked on shared hosting?
  4. Scaling smarter, not harder: balancing growth with operational excellence
  5. The WordPress database tables that matter most to maintenance agencies
  6. Kinsta partners with Fort Lewis College to bring enterprise-grade hosting to Art & Design students
  7. Strategies to position your agency as a premium service provider
  8. AI crawlers explained: How AI bots interact with your WordPress site
  9. Migrating to Kinsta: debunking the myths that hold agencies back
  10. The complete guide to managing a WordPress multisite network
  11. How Kinsta handles PHP threads, caching, and performance at scale

December 2025

  1. The WordPress Block Bindings API: What it is and how to use it to build dynamic websites
  2. How to create magic effects in WordPress with core blocks
  3. How managed hosting frees up time for agencies to focus on their core business
  4. How Kinsta helps developers run complex WordPress sites at scale
  5. The end of fragile growth: Building scalable, profitable WordPress agencies
  6. Using headless WordPress to build a website with Lovable
  7. Kinsta hosting for devs: infrastructure you don’t have to babysit
  8. Kinsta SAML SSO is here: Scale your agency faster and more securely
  9. PHP 8.5: Here’s what’s new in the latest release
  10. PHP 8.5 benchmarks: The state of PHP performance across major CMSs and frameworks
  11. Agile delivery for agencies with Kinsta’s multi-environment setup
  12. Meet Kinsta at Digital Summit Dallas

November 2025

  1. New features, new blocks, new APIs: here is what’s new in WordPress 6.9
  2. Scaling typeface gracefully with fluid typography
  3. What is white-label hosting? (And what Kinsta offers agencies and resellers)
  4. How to resell hosting with Kinsta and boost your agency’s revenue
  5. Meet Kinsta in Australia this September
  6. WordPress development with Radicle: deploying on Kinsta
  7. Kinsta’s Black Friday campaign is a win for affiliates
  8. How to protect your WordPress site from unwanted bot traffic with Cloudflare
  9. 3 ways to handle traffic surges without downgrading or upgrading plans
  10. Plan upgrades vs. add-on scaling: Making the right choice this holiday season
  11. Unlocking new possibilities with the WordPress Interactivity API
  12. Kinsta Launches Bandwidth-Based Pricing to Give Website Owners and Developers More Hosting Control

October 2025

  1. Meet Kinsta at Web Summit Lisbon 2025
  2. How to scale your site for Black Friday with Kinsta’s PHP performance add-on
  3. Maximize your return on Ad spend with faster hosting for WordPress
  4. How Kinsta can help your website maintenance agency grow
  5. From firefighting to future-proofing: How Kinsta reduces maintenance workload and client churn
  6. Performance benchmarking WordPress on Kinsta vs DIY hosting
  7. How much revenue could downtime cost you on Black Friday?
  8. How Kinsta’s hosting boosts Core Web Vitals score
  9. How to reduce bandwidth usage on your website with Kinsta’s tools

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