What Kinsta shipped in September 2026

Automating WordPress operations with CLI agents on Kinsta

Kinsta published a guide on using CLI coding agents to automate WordPress operations via WP-CLI and SSH, highlighting the 'Agentic Loop' process. The post positions Kinsta as a platform enabling advan…

Websites aren’t dead: Consumers still rely on them over AI, new Kinsta report finds

A Kinsta-commissioned report found 53.8% of consumers skip websites during early research in favor of AI tools, yet 58% distrust AI-generated content and use brand websites to verify information. Cons…

Meet Kinsta in Singapore this October

Kinsta announced its presence at Hypergrowth Summit in Singapore from October 12–15, 2026, including a publisher dinner, a networking dinner with Chimera Collective, and booth engagement. The events t…

What happens when AI agents become your new website operators?

Kinsta describes how AI agents can now perform routine WordPress hosting tasks—such as staging setup, plugin updates, cache clearing, and rollbacks—using its API and existing tools like Automatic Upda…

The 7 biggest mistakes site owners make after discovering AI bot traffic

Kinsta introduced expanded Bot Protection features in MyKinsta to help customers analyze and manage AI bot traffic, including granular controls to block or allow specific AI crawlers like GPTBot or OA…

Are websites dead? AI discovery, trust, and website quality

Kinsta’s survey of 1,008 US consumers reveals that while AI tools are used for product discovery, consumers still distrust AI-generated content and return to company websites for verification. Website…

Building WordPress for AI agents instead of just human visitors

Kinsta introduced tools like the Abilities API and MCP Adapter to let WordPress sites expose functions directly to AI agents, not just human visitors. These changes add machine-facing capabilities for…

Can I still benefit from AI search without letting bots destroy my server?

Kinsta introduced granular controls in its Bot Protection to distinguish between AI crawlers for search, training, and unknown traffic, allowing selective access to dynamic URLs. The update includes f…

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Kinsta added 25 pricing tiers

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 20GB: promotion changed — 1st month free - Single 35k: promotion changed — 1st month free - Single 35k: allowance changed from 1 site, 35,000 visits/month, 5GB sto…

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Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Business 1: promotion changed — 1st month free + Save $138 - Business 1: allowance changed from 15 sites, 60GB storage to 3 sites, 100,000 visits/month, 20GB storage - Ag…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Launch: $70/mo → $30/mo (57% decrease) - Launch: annual price $58/mo → $25/mo - Launch: allowance changed from 2 sites, 40GB storage to 2 sites, 20GB storage - Business:

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Agency: $350/mo → $600/mo (71% increase) - Agency: promotion changed — Pay $0 today, $350 after the first month - Agency: annual price $292/mo → $500/mo - Agency: allowan

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 20GB: allowance changed from 1 site, 20GB storage, 20,000 visits/month to 1 site, 20GB storage - Business Launch: allowance changed from 1 site, 30GB storage, 30,0

Why the best AI agent is the one that knows when to ask a human

Kinsta highlights the need for AI agents in WordPress operations to escalate irreversible or high-risk tasks to human review, such as live database migrations, payment gateway updates, and YMYL conten…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Removed: Dedicated servers tier - Removed: PHP performance tier - Removed: External backups tier - Removed: Extra backups (Every 6 hours) tier - Removed: Extra backups (E

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise: Custom pricing → $5000/mo - Enterprise: new promotion — Pay today $5,000 - Enterprise: now includes Custom - New tier: Single 20GB ($35/mo ($29/mo annually, 1

Your WordPress site now has a third type of visitor (and it completes purchases)

AI agents now account for a significant share of WordPress site traffic, converting 42% better than human traffic and generating 37% more revenue per visit. Kinsta highlights the need for infrastructu…

It’s easier to get started with Kinsta Disaster Recovery

Kinsta made it easier to request, cancel, and manage Disaster Recovery protection for WordPress sites on dedicated servers. The feature, launched in August 2026, provides continuous data replication a…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Single 35k: allowance changed from Up to 35,000 visits/month to 1 site, up to 35,000 visits/month - Single 100k: allowance changed from Up to 100,000 visits/month to 1 si

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Extra Backups (Every hour): added annual billing at $83/mo (17% off) - Disk Space Add-on: new promotion — 20GB increment - Kinsta Automatic Updates: new promotion — envir

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Starter: promotion changed — 1st month free - Pro: promotion changed — 1st month free - Business 1: promotion ended (was: 1st month free + Save $70) - Business 2: promoti

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: $1500/mo → $675/mo (55% decrease) - Enterprise 1: promotion changed — 1st month free + Save $230 - Enterprise 1: annual price $1250/mo → $540/mo - Enterpris

Disaster Recovery Add-On

Kinsta introduced a Disaster Recovery Add-On exclusively for dedicated server customers, offering continuous replication to a standby server in a secondary data center for failover. The add-on costs $…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Enterprise 1: $950/mo → $1500/mo (58% increase) - Enterprise 1: new promotion — 1st month free - Enterprise 1: annual price $760/mo → $1250/mo - Enterprise 1: allowance c

Why expert hosting support still matters in the age of AI

The article argues that while AI support excels at handling routine hosting questions, expert human support is critical for diagnosing complex, intermittent issues in WordPress sites, such as 503 erro…

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Starter: $350/mo → $35/mo (90% decrease) - Starter: promotion changed — Pay $0 today, $35 after the first month - Starter: added annual billing at $30/mo (14% off) - Pro:

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Starter: $35/yr → $350/yr (900% increase) - Starter: promotion changed — 1st month free - Starter: allowance changed from 1 WordPress site to 1 site - Pro: $70/yr → $700/

Pricing updated for Kinsta: - Starter: promotion changed — Pay $0 today, $35 after the first month - Starter: annual price $29/mo → $30/mo - Starter: allowance changed from 1 site to 1 WordPress site