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.
How to reduce bandwidth waste without blocking legitimate users
Reduce bandwidth waste and server load by filtering bot traffic before it reaches WordPress. Learn how Kinsta Bot Protection works.
AEO for WordPress: Why infrastructure now matters as much as content
Learn how to optimize WordPress for AI search with better content, schema, crawlability, caching, and infrastructure performance.
Why WooCommerce sites are especially vulnerable to bot traffic
Learn why WooCommerce sites are especially vulnerable to bot traffic and how AI crawlers impact PHP threads, caching, and performance.
Why dynamic endpoints are the most expensive part of bot traffic
Learn why dynamic endpoints like cart, checkout, and search URLs are the most expensive part of bot traffic on WordPress sites.
Why bandwidth spikes during campaigns are often bot-driven
Campaign traffic spikes can include bot activity. Learn why visits rise but conversions lag and how to identify and manage non-human traffic.
GEO vs AEO vs SEO: What’s the difference and how to optimize all three for WordPress
Learn the differences between GEO, AEO and SEO and how to optimize your WordPress site for AI search, answer engines and Google rankings.
How to automate WordPress go-live from Salesforce using the Kinsta API
Automate WordPress go-live from Salesforce. Use the Kinsta API to back up staging, push to production, and remove manual deployment steps.
Build an automated backup workflow for WordPress using Zendesk and the Kinsta API
This post explains how to use Zendesk and the Kinsta API to automatically trigger a backup when new tickets are created.
Analytics as a scaling tool: knowing when to optimize, not just how
Learn how to use analytics to decide when to optimize your site and when to scale. Spot early signals and plan infrastructure.
How to automate sprint environment provisioning with Jira and the Kinsta API
Use the Kinsta API and Jira webhooks to automatically create staging environments at sprint start and keep WordPress workflows clean.
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.