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Articles by Daniel Pataki

Hi, my name is Daniel, I'm the CTO here at Kinsta. You may know me from Smashing Magazine, WPMU Dev, Tuts+ and other WordPress/Development magazines. Aside from WordPress and PHP I spend most of my time around Node, React, GraphQL and other technologies in the Javascript space. When not working on making the best hosting solution in the Universe I collect board games, play table football in the office, travel or play guitar and sing in a pretty bad band.

Affiliate Systems Suck, So We Rolled Our Own

When it came time to launch our affiliate system we realized there was no third-party solution that would work. Check out how and why we rolled our…
Reading time
17 min read
Publish date
September 26, 2018
Post type
Blog
Topic
Kinsta Affiliate Program
Topic
Kinsta Services

Managing Multi-User Access in Your Hosting Account

Multi-user support allows you to work in a more secure environment. MyKinsta allows you to granularly control who has access to what in your hostin…
Reading time
7 min read
Publish date
September 20, 2018
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Hosting

WP-CLI v2 – Managing WordPress From the Terminal

WP-CLI v2 is a powerful command line tool for developers to manage WordPress installations. Check out how to install and use WP-CLI commands.
Reading time
14 min read
Publish date
July 29, 2018
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

How to Prevent Hotlinking in WordPress (7 Easy Methods)

In this tutorial, you'll learn what hotlinking is, why it is bad, and how to easily prevent hotlinking on your WordPress site to save money and ban…
Reading time
12 min read
Publish date
May 9, 2017
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Security

What’s New In WordPress 4.7

Lets take a look WordPress 4.7 "Vaughan," which was just released! It includes a new default theme, customization options and a host of developer f…
Reading time
4 min read
Publish date
December 13, 2016
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Updates

What’s New in PHP 7.1.0

After the major release of PHP 7, PHP 7.1.0 is now focusing on core language features that will help all of us write better code, such as nullable…
Reading time
5 min read
Publish date
November 24, 2016
Post type
Blog
Topic
PHP Updates

Is WordPress Code Really a Mess?

Some plugins and themes really do contain bad code and hinders, but is WordPress code a mess? Let's find out!
Reading time
5 min read
Publish date
January 25, 2016
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

10 Things Not to Do in PHP 7

With PHP 7 it's time to shed some of our bad habits. Let's take a look at some bad habits to get rid of as we switch to PHP 7.
Reading time
6 min read
Publish date
November 9, 2015
Post type
Blog
Topic
Learn PHP
Topic
PHP Updates

How To Use the WordPress Register Sidebar Function

In this article we'll look at some ways to use the default WordPress register sidebar function along with some advanced tips.
Reading time
4 min read
Publish date
October 26, 2015
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

A Guide To HTTP And The WordPress HTTP API – Part 2

The WordPress HTTP API allows us to connect to third party APIs like Twitter, Facebook, Mailchimp and more. Read on to learn how!
Reading time
7 min read
Publish date
September 29, 2015
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

A Guide To HTTP And The WordPress HTTP API – Part 1

HTTP is the protocol that powers the web. With the knowledge of how HTTP requests and responses work you can utilize great APIs easily!
Reading time
6 min read
Publish date
September 22, 2015
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

WordPress Database – How Sidebars Work

In this article we'll take a look at how WordPress widget areas, sidebars and widgets work on a database level.
Reading time
3 min read
Publish date
September 8, 2015
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development