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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.

How to Find and Add Stock Photos Without Leaving WordPress

Check out these two different solutions, both free and premium, to easily add beautiful WordPress stock photos without ever leaving your dashboard.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
December 13, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Web Design
Topic
WordPress Website Design

Important Changes – Disqus Ads Are No Longer Free to Disable

WordPress users now have to pay a monthly fee to remove Disqus ads from their comments. Click here to learn more about these changes and some alter…
Reading time
15 min read
Updated date
October 23, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

Kinsta Kingpin: Interview with Mario Peshev

Check out our interview with Mario Peshev, CEO at DevriX, a WordPress development and design agency partner who can help grow all aspects of your b…
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
July 15, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Kingpin

8 Lesser-Known (But Useful) WordPress Performance Plugins

Check out these 7 lesser-known WordPress performance plugins that can help you troubleshoot bad plugins or code and increase the speed of your site.
Reading time
16 min read
Updated date
October 23, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Performance
Topic
WordPress Plugins

How to Reduce TTFB to Improve Page Load Times

Check out some of these easy ways to reduce TTFB on your site. Fast hosting, utilizing a CDN, caching, and DNS all come into play.
Reading time
12 min read
Updated date
October 23, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
CDN
Topic
Website Speed
Topic
WordPress Performance

How to Restore MySQL Database Using phpMyAdmin

Perhaps you are migrating WordPress hosts or doing local development. Check out this quick tutorial on how to restore MySQL database using phpMyAdmin.
Reading time
2 min read
Updated date
September 16, 2022
Post type
Knowledge Base
Topic
Learn PHP
Topic
MySQL Database

Kinsta Kingpin: Interview with Maura Teal

Check out our interview with Maura Teal, web developer at FanSided, part of a WordPress Multisite network of 360+ sites serving over a million user…
Reading time
5 min read
Updated date
June 16, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Kingpin

How to Backup MySQL Database (2 Incredibly Easy Methods)

Perhaps you want a 2nd backup or need to migrate WordPress hosts. In this tutorial we share with you two incredibly easy ways to backup your MySQL…
Reading time
4 min read
Updated date
October 19, 2023
Post type
Knowledge Base
Topic
MySQL Database

Lowdown on Google Mobile Popup Penalty for Website Users

Make sure you get rid of those popups, welcome mats, and invasive interstitials, otherwise you could lose traffic to the Google mobile popup penalty.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
August 26, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
SEO Strategy
Topic
WordPress Development
Topic
WordPress SEO

4 Simple Ways to Set up Stripe for WordPress

Whether you have a basic site, form, WooCommerce, or EDD, you can start accepting credit cards. Check out these 4 simple ways to setup Stripe for W…
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
September 19, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Business Tools
Topic
WordPress Tips

Kinsta Kingpin: Interview with Puneet Sahalot

Check out our interview with Puneet Sahalot, Founder and Creative Head at IdeaBox, an exclusive WordPress design and development agency.
Reading time
5 min read
Updated date
June 15, 2023
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Kingpin

Ultimate Conversion Tracking Guide for WordPress

Check out our ultimate conversion tracking guide for WordPress. How to track Twitter ads, Facebook ads, and AdWords on a basic site, WooCommerce, a…
Reading time
32 min read
Updated date
July 12, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Conversion Rate Optimization
Topic
Paid Advertising