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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.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
May 5, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
Analytics

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.
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
April 21, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
Agency

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.
Reading time
11 min read
Updated date
April 20, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

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.
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
April 14, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
API

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
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
April 9, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Performance

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.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
April 2, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Performance

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.
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
March 31, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Hosting

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.
Reading time
7 min read
Updated date
March 26, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
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.
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
March 19, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development
Topic
WordPress Hosting
Topic
WordPress Issues

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.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
March 9, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Hosting

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.
Reading time
17 min read
Updated date
March 4, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
API

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.
Reading time
13 min read
Updated date
March 12, 2026
Post type
Blog
Topic
Domain Name System
Topic
WordPress Development