Mark Gavalda, Author at Kinsta Managed WordPress Hosting

Articles by Mark Gavalda

Mark has many years of experience leading teams in the fields of marketing, web design and development. As a dev guy he used his WP expertise to collect the know-hows of creating a reliable and customer friendly hosting company to satisfy the increasing demand of clients. He is an urban cyclist and autodidact who never stops learning new skills.

The Definitive PHP 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 & 7.3 Benchmarks (2019)

We tested the performance of 24 platforms/configurations (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!) on 5 versions of PHP (5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3) and PHP 7.3 do...

Meet the New Kinsta – Fresh Look, Entry-Tier Plans, and CDN

We're thrilled to announce the new Kinsta! We've got a fresh look, new entry-tier plans starting at $30/month, a free CDN integration, and India lo...

Kinsta Feeds 300 Homeless for Thanksgiving

Here at Kinsta we try to give back as much as we can. This year we decided to feed the homeless in Los Angeles, by donating food to Second Harvest.

WordPress Revolution with GraphQL

GraphQL represents the dawn of a new age in web & application development & it'll most likely put all WordPress REST APIs in the world out of work...

Independent Reviews of Kinsta

In the past weeks Kinsta was featured in a couple of unique reviews that we think are as unbiased as possible: "Kinsta’s performance was top tier"

Should Startups Avoid Stripe? How We Got Our Account Back

Stripe emailed us that we're kicked out of the service, effective immediately. In the middle of the night. With no fair notice. What can YOU learn...

WordPress Infographic – The World Of WordPress 2019

WordPress now powers over 32% of all websites on the internet. Check out this WordPress infographic for more data and interesting facts.

WordPress Version Control With VersionPress

VersionPress extends WordPress version control for your files and database. Combine it with an easy to use testing and staging area and you have a...

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