Articles by Joel Olawanle
Joel is a Frontend developer working at Kinsta as a Technical Editor. He is a passionate teacher with love for open source and has written over 300 technical articles majorly around JavaScript and it's frameworks.
Why hosting-level visibility matters more than plugin-based analytics
Learn why getting a handle on hosting-level visibility tells you so much more about your site than a plugin.
How automation changes the economics of managing WordPress at scale
Manual WordPress management costs more than just hosting fees. This post shows how using Kinsta changes the economics.
Why most WordPress analytics tell you what happened, not why
Learn what WordPress analytics tools typically show and what you can do to get broader information about site performance.
How to integrate HubSpot with Kinsta using the Kinsta API
This post explains how to automate WordPress site creation using HubSpot and the Kinsta API using Node.js.
How WordPress hosting handles partial failures (APIs, CDNs, and third-party scripts)
Learn how third-party APIs cause WordPress slowdowns and how to detect, isolate, and mitigate failures with monitoring and fallback strategies
What happens to WordPress performance during traffic decay (not spikes)
Traffic drops shouldn't slow your WordPress site. Learn how shared hosting throttling hurts performance and how container hosting prevents it.
SLAs and guarantees: What should your agency expect from your hosting partner?
Working with hosting providers that offer SLAs and other guarantees helps agencies deliver. Learn how that works here.
Automate your Kinsta workflows with Zapier and the Kinsta API
Learn how to automate WordPress maintenance, deployments, and troubleshooting using Zapier and the Kinsta API.
How to distinguish traffic from bots to identify real visits, helpful bots, and harmful attacks
Knowing who's actually visiting your site matters. Learn how to distinguish traffic from bots to spot real visits, helpful bots, and attacks.
How MX records work during Kinsta migrations
Website migrations can cause email and DNS disruptions. This post explains how MX records operate during a hosting migration.
Create your own MCP Server to control WordPress hosting with AI
Create your own MCP server that connects AI tools to the Kinsta API for managing WordPress hosting tasks across multiple sites.
How DNS really works during a site migration (and how to avoid downtime)
Learn how DNS works during a site migration and how you can use that knowledge to prevent downtime, every time.