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How to Use a Free SMTP Server for WordPress Emails (Including Gmail SMTP Server)

Looking for a free SMTP server to send emails from your WordPress site? Check out this in-depth guide showing how to do it with different services

A Complete Guide on xmlrpc.php in WordPress (What It Is, Security Risks, How to Disable It)

Why does WordPress still have the xmlrpc.php file? Should you disable it for security reasons? Learn more about what xmlrpc.php is in this in-depth...

Microsoft Teams vs Slack: Which Collaboration App Is Better?

Remote working relies heavily on chats and asynchronous commuication tools. Check out this in-depth comparison between Microsoft Teams vs Slack.

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How to Speed up Your WordPress Site (Ultimate 2019 Guide)

Hand-picked list of the best WordPress plugins

24 WordPress Membership Plugins to Capture Recurring Revenue

Building a membership site can be a great way to generate recurring revenue. Check out these top WordPress membership plugins to get started!

20 Best Mailchimp Alternatives for 2020 (Free and Paid Options)

Mailchimp is a well-known email marketing platform, but it's not for every business. Check out all the best Mailchimp alternatives with free and pa...

What Is a Firewall? A Starting Guide to Different Types of Firewalls and Whether You Need One

What is a firewall? There are several types of firewalls and they all work as a barrier between you and any device trying to connect to your comput...

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External Backups, Site Tagging, ionCube Loader, and More

Maintaining an organized work environment is extremely important for productivity. Here at Kinsta, we are constantly improving the MyKinsta dashboard with tools to make your site …
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Jun

Jakarta Data Center Is Now Available

Kinsta is powered by Google Cloud Platform’s extensive network of high-performance data centers around the world. Building on its presence in the Asia-Pacific region with data …
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Apr

Las Vegas Data Center is Now Available

Kinsta is powered by Google Cloud Platform’s multi-regional deployment mode that allows you to place your websites in the closest geographical location to your visitors based …
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Mar

Caching Toggle, IP Autofill in Kinsta DNS, New User Settings Page, and More

Here at Kinsta, we are always pushing out continuous improvements to our world-class WordPress hosting platform. In this feature update, we’ll cover a variety of recent …
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Mar

Salt Lake City Data Center Is Now Available

Kinsta is powered by Google Cloud Platform’s multi-regional deployment mode that allows you to place your websites in the closest geographical location to your visitors based …
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Feb

Notification Center and Automatic Invoice Emails

One of the key principles we stand by here at Kinsta is empowering our users. This comes with different shapes and formats, starting with proactive and …
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Feb

Introducing the New MyKinsta Demo

One of the most powerful features all Kinsta users can take advantage of is our MyKinsta user panel, our custom interface for site management that’s been …
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Feb

Seoul Data Center Is Now Available

Kinsta is powered by Google Cloud Platform’s multi-regional deployment mode that allows you to place your websites in the closest geographical location to your visitors based …
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Feb

New Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and MyKinsta Improvements

As we roll into February, we have a few new features and updates to share. We are excited to announce that Authenticator-based 2FA is now available …
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Dec

PHP 7.4 (Official Release) Is Now Available in MyKinsta

We are constantly dedicated to bringing you the latest stable versions of PHP as soon as we have thoroughly tested it throughout our environment. PHP 7.4.0 was released …
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Nov

PHP 7.4-RC4 is Now Available for Testing

The final version of PHP 7.4 is closely approaching, and nothing excites us more than new software! Why? Because with almost every new release of PHP …
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Nov

New WP_DEBUG Tool, Search and Replace 2.0, and MyKinsta Improvements

The holidays are quickly approaching, but our teams are still busy at work. We have a lot of new features and updates coming out before the …
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Oct

Rolling out Google Cloud’s Compute-Optimized (C2) VMs to Everyone

Kinsta is always trying to push the boundaries when it comes to performance, and today we’re taking it to a whole other level. We are excited …
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Oct

Disk Space Add-on Is Now Available in MyKinsta

We are excited to announce that one of our most highly requested features over the past year is now available; a disk space add-on. Some of …
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Oct

Automatic MySQL Database Optimizations, Self-Healing PHP, GCP Firewall

If you’re already a Kinsta client, you’ve probably become accustomed to our monthly (sometimes weekly) feature updates. It’s very important for us to share what we’re …

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