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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.

Preparing for React 19: a guide for WordPress 6.6 users

Learn key updates, compatibility tips, and best practices to ensure a smooth transition and enhanced website performance.
Reading time
14 min read
Updated date
July 8, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
React

How AI and ChatGPT enhance WordPress functionality

Discover how AI and ChatGPT enhance WordPress functionality by automating content creation, improving translations and optimizing SEO.
Reading time
11 min read
Updated date
November 4, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

PHP workers vs PHP memory limit: understand the difference

Discover the key differences between PHP Workers and PHP Memory Limit and how they impact your website's performance.
Reading time
8 min read
Updated date
November 11, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Hosting

How to unpublish your WordPress site

Discover methods for taking your entire site offline, unpublishing specific pages or posts, and maintaining SEO value.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
November 5, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development

​​How to set up sales tax on your WooCommerce site

Learn how to use native WooCommerce features to manually add sales tax calculations to your online store in four steps.
Reading time
15 min read
Updated date
June 18, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WooCommerce
Topic
WordPress Ecommerce

How to prevent DDoS attacks: tips from security experts

Learn effective methods to prevent DDoS attacks and safeguard your website, mitigate threats, and maintain uninterrupted service.
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
June 6, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Cloudflare
Topic
WordPress Hosting
Topic
WordPress Security

How to build a WordPress site using Bricks Builder: the ultimate guide

This guide shows you how to build a WordPress site using Bricks Builder and how to customize it without writing a single line of code.
Reading time
15 min read
Updated date
August 6, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
WordPress Development
Topic
WordPress Themes
Topic
WordPress Website Design

How to build a Chrome extension to manage your site’s plugins with Kinsta API and React

Learn how to create a Chrome extension with React and the Kinsta API to manage plugins on WordPress sites hosted with Kinsta.
Reading time
16 min read
Updated date
August 6, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
API
Topic
Google Chrome
Topic
React

How Speculative Loading can boost your WordPress site’s page speed

Learn how to boost your WordPress site's page speed with the Speculative Rule API via the Speculative Loading plugin available in WordPress
Reading time
12 min read
Updated date
May 3, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Website Speed
Topic
WordPress Performance

Choosing the right hosting solution for your headless WordPress

Learn the critical aspects of selecting the ideal hosting platform for your headless WordPress journey. Performance, security and more.
Reading time
9 min read
Updated date
October 23, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Headless CMS
Topic
WordPress Hosting

How to use WordPress as a headless CMS for Next.js

Learn in this guide how to enhance your website's performance by integrating WordPress with Next.js, a top React framework.
Reading time
10 min read
Updated date
February 28, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
Headless CMS
Topic
JavaScript Frameworks
Topic
WordPress Development

Build a tool to bulk update WordPress plugins on multiple sites with Kinsta API

Streamline your WordPress management with our guide on building a tool to bulk update plugins across multiple sites using Kinsta's API
Reading time
22 min read
Updated date
February 13, 2024
Post type
Blog
Topic
API
Topic
Kinsta Services
Topic
React
Topic
WordPress Plugins