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Articles by Brian Jackson

Brian has a huge passion for WordPress, has been using it for over a decade, and even develops a couple of premium plugins. Brian enjoys blogging, movies, and hiking. Connect with Brian on Twitter.

Google PageSpeed Insights: The Truth About Scoring 100/100

Scoring 100/100 on Google PageSpeed insights seems like a dream? Here's how to use these insights to improve your site's performance.
Reading time
31 min read
Updated date
February 13, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Performance

Scaling Kinsta to a Global WordPress Hosting Platform in 2019

2019 has been an extremely exciting and busy year here at Kinsta. Check out our year in review post to see our progress and what's in store for 2020.
Reading time
27 min read
Updated date
December 11, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta News

Kinsta Gives Back to the Homeless for Thanksgiving

As our company culture, we try to give back to the community as much as we can. This year we donated to The Samaritan Inn to help the homeless.
Reading time
3 min read
Updated date
November 22, 2019
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta News

13 Solid Ecommerce Strategies to Skyrocket Sales During the Holiday Season

Prepare your online store for the Holiday season! Check out these unique ecommerce strategies to skyrocket your ecommerce sales (and beat your comp…
Reading time
44 min read
Updated date
March 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Ecommerce Tips
Topic
WordPress Ecommerce

WordPress Version Control (What It Is and Best Solutions)

Learn what WordPress version control is plus some of the solutions you can use to start tracking changes at your WordPress website.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
October 16, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

Doing the Unimaginable – Kinsta Is Boosting Performance for Everyone up to 200%

Moving to Google Cloud Platform's next-generation compute-optimized VMs (C2) has enabled us to achieve speeds unrivaled in the WordPress hosting in…
Reading time
16 min read
Updated date
February 20, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta News

How to Fix the ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT Error (Step by Step)

In this post, we take a deep dive into the “ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT” error and examine why you might see this and what you can do to fix it.
Reading time
19 min read
Updated date
March 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Chrome Errors
Topic
Firefox Errors
Topic
Website Errors

How to Defer Parsing of JavaScript in WordPress (4 Methods)

Learn how to defer parsing of JavaScript in WordPress with 4 easy-to-follow methods, plus what this warning actually means for your WordPress site.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
August 9, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
JavaScript Tutorials
Topic
WordPress Tips

JPG vs JPEG: Understanding the Most Common Image File Format

What is JPG in comparison to JPEG? When it comes to .jpeg vs .jpg, the truth is there are few differences between the two except the number of char…
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
December 11, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Image Optimization
Topic
Web Design
Topic
WordPress Website Design

Join Kinsta at WordCamp Montréal 2019 — We’re Presenting!

Mark your calendars for WordCamp Montréal on August 10-11, 2019. We've got free swag for you and we'll be presenting on the topic of WordPress perf…
Reading time
2 min read
Updated date
September 29, 2022
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Events
Topic
Kinsta News

WooCommerce Tutorial — How to Set It up on Your Website

Check out our comprehensive WooCommerce tutorial on how to get it setup on your website. We take an in-depth look at each feature and customization.
Reading time
28 min read
Updated date
January 24, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WooCommerce

8 Easy Ways to Check Disk Usage in WordPress (Find Large Files & Data)

Your website grows bigger every day. Here are 8 easy ways to check disk usage in WordPress. Find those large files and DB tables!
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
October 18, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development