What Kinsta shipped in August 2026

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - New tier: Starter ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Pro ($70/mo ($58/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Busi

Why your hosting is part of your website’s credibility test

Kinsta argues that technical signals like speed, uptime, and security—measured via Core Web Vitals and other metrics—are foundational to a website’s credibility, often judged before content. The post …

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 10k: $10/mo → $35/mo (250% increase) - Single 10k: annual price $8/mo → $29/mo - Single 35k: $35/mo → $70/mo (100% increase) - Single 35k: annual price $28/mo → $5

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: $675/mo → Custom pricing - Enterprise 1: promotion ended (was: Save $340) - Enterprise 1: allowance changed from 20 sites to 150 sites - Enterprise 2: $1125

The more your WordPress site does with AI, the more your infrastructure has to handle

WordPress 7.0 introduced AI capabilities via a provider-agnostic AI Client and Abilities API, but AI features like chatbots, search, and personalization significantly increase server load by occupying…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Business 1: 1,100 → 115 - Business 1: promotion changed — Save $100 - Business 1: annual price $917/mo → $96/mo - Business 1: allowance changed from 1 site, up to 300,000

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Dedicated Server: new promotion — Starting at - New tier: Starter ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: Pay $0 today, $35 after the first month) - New tier: Pro ($7

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Extra Backups (Every hour): added annual billing at $83/mo (17% off) - New tier: Single 35k ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Single

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Business 1: promotion ended (was: 1st month free + Save $70) - Business 1: annual price $92/mo → $96/mo - Business 2: promot

Why agency growth breaks workflows long before it breaks infrastructure

Kinsta’s blog post argues that WordPress agency growth exposes workflow inefficiencies—like access management, staging chaos, update backlogs, and handoffs—before infrastructure issues arise. It frame…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - New tier: Starter ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: Pay $0 today, $35 after the first month) - New tier: Pro ($70/mo ($58/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: Pay $0

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 250k: promotion ended (was: Save $100) - Single 600k: promotion ended (was: Save $180) - Single 1M: promotion ended (was: Save $340) - WP 2: $70/mo → $59/mo (16% d

How to build a WordPress MCP integration for AI Agents on Kinsta-powered websites

Kinsta introduced a Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration for WordPress sites, allowing AI agents like Claude Desktop to interact with WordPress data and perform tasks via a standardized protocol. …

Go beyond backups with Kinsta disaster recovery

Kinsta introduced a disaster recovery add-on for dedicated server customers, featuring continuous asynchronous data replication between geographically separate data centers. This enables faster restor…

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Why AI makes infrastructure decisions more important

AI-driven bot traffic has surged 300% on Kinsta-hosted sites in a year, surpassing human traffic, with AI agents and search tools like Google AI Overviews continuously crawling sites. This shift deman…

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: added annual billing at $500/mo (17% off) - Enterprise 1: allowance changed from 1 site, custom visits/month to 20

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Access more visitor data with the Kinsta API

Kinsta introduced five new API endpoints providing deeper visitor analytics for WordPress environments, including user agents, browsers, referrers, hosts, and ASNs. These endpoints support time-based …

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise: allowance changed from 60 sites to Custom - New tier: Single 35k ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month

How to organize multiple WordPress sites in MyKinsta: from chaos to order

Kinsta details a structured approach to organizing large WordPress site portfolios in MyKinsta using naming conventions, site labels, user roles, bulk actions, and the Kinsta API. The post emphasizes …

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise: added annual billing at $500/mo (17% off) - Enterprise: now includes 60 sites - New tier: Business ($110/mo ($92/mo ann

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What’s new in WordPress 7.1: Client-side media processing, design tools, Abilities API, and much more

WordPress 7.1, releasing August 19, shifts image processing from server-side to client-side in the browser, reducing server load and improving performance. It also adds rich-text Notes, persistent adm…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Starter: promotion changed — Pay $0 today, $35 after the first month - Pro: promotion changed — Pay $0 today, $70 after the first month

From one-off fixes to repeatable systems: why automation matures WordPress operations

Kinsta introduced three new API endpoints in April 2026 to automate WordPress admin account management, enabling consistent onboarding workflows. The API now supports bulk operations for site provisio…

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: new promotion — 1st month free - Enterprise 1: added annual billing at $563/mo (17% off) - Enterprise 1: allowance

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: promotion ended (was: Save $340) - Enterprise 1: allowance changed from 60 sites to 1 site, custom visits/month - E

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Dedicated Server: promotion ended (was: Starting at) - New tier: Single 35k ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 20% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Single 100k ($70/mo ($

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: $675/mo → $600/mo (11% decrease) - Enterprise 1: promotion changed — Save $100 - Enterprise 1: annual price $563/mo → $500/mo - Enterprise 1: allowance chan

Why AI crawlers are breaking the rules of web-crawling

AI crawlers now account for 8.7% of HTML requests (including Googlebot’s dual-purpose crawling), up from 4.2% for non-Googlebot AI crawlers in 2025. These bots bypass traditional crawling conventions,…

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The hidden cost of bot traffic on WordPress: what bandwidth reports don’t show

Bot traffic surpassed human traffic in 2025, with AI-driven bots surging 300% in a year, now comprising 1 in 31 web visits. For WordPress sites, bots disproportionately target dynamic endpoints like c…

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 100k: $100/mo → $70/mo (30% decrease) - Single 100k: annual price $83/mo → $58/mo - Single 250k: $245/mo → $110/mo (55% decrease) - Single 250k: annual price $204/

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - New tier: Single 35k ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Single 100k ($100/mo ($83/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - Ne

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - New tier: Enterprise ($600/mo ($500/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: 1st month free) - New tier: Custom (Custom pricing) - New tier: WordPress Sites Add-on ($30/mo addition