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 buy Kinsta hosting for your small business: A step-by-step guide
Learn how to buy Kinsta hosting for your small business. Compare plans, sign up, and create or migrate your WordPress website step by step.
Can AI modernize legacy WordPress sites without breaking them?
We used Claude Code to modernize an older WordPress site. See how AI helped audit plugins, fix compatibility issues, and refresh the design.
Inside Kinsta’s emergency PHP2Shell patch rollout
More than 550,000 PHP2Shell requests blocked and hundreds of thousands of containers updated. Here's how Kinsta handled the patch rollout.
PHP2Shell: How Kinsta protected WordPress sites
How Kinsta responded to the critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities, the protections we put in place, and what customers need to know.
The 7 biggest mistakes site owners make after discovering AI bot traffic
Managing AI bot traffic starts with knowing what the bots are doing. Learn seven mistakes site owners make and how to respond.
Why the best AI agent is the one that knows when to ask a human
AI agents can now run entire WordPress workflows unattended, but they don't make every decision. This post maps out where human judgment still matt…
Your WordPress site now has a third type of visitor (and it completes purchases)
Bots now outnumber humans online and a growing share are AI agents completing purchases. This post shows how to get your site ready for them.
Where consumers go to trust a brand: how AI decides whether to cite you
Consumers now form brand opinions through AI answers and Reddit before visiting your site. Here's what determines whether AI cites you.
Why your hosting is part of your website’s credibility test
E-E-A-T Trustworthiness isn't just about content. Uptime, page speed, and security are credibility signals too. Here's how to check them in MyKinsta.
Why agency growth breaks workflows long before it breaks infrastructure
Agency growth breaks workflows long before it breaks the underlying infrastructure. Learn why it happens and how to prevent it here.
How to organize multiple WordPress sites in MyKinsta: from chaos to order
Learn how to organize multiple WordPress sites in MyKinsta with naming conventions, labels, user roles, bulk actions, and the Kinsta API.
From one-off fixes to repeatable systems: why automation matures WordPress operations
Learn how WordPress teams use automation and the Kinsta API to replace one-off fixes with repeatable workflows that reduce risk.