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How SSL Works and Why It’s Important
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol used to encrypt and authenticate the data sent between an application (like your browser) and a web…
How to Protect Images On Your Site (+ What To Do After Theft)
Image theft and copying have become a huge problem on the web. Check out how to protect images on your site, find copied images, and what to do abo…
How to Stop a DDoS Attack in Its Tracks (Case Study)
Check out these tips on how to stop a DDoS attack on your site. We took a site which was hit with 5,110,00 requests in 7 days and brought it back t…
How to Prevent Hotlinking in WordPress (7 Easy Methods)
In this tutorial, you'll learn what hotlinking is, why it is bad, and how to easily prevent hotlinking on your WordPress site to save money and ban…
Free SSL Certificates and Hosting From Kinsta
Kinsta offers automatic wildcard SSLs powered by our Cloudflare integration. This means free SSL hosting and certificates for all of your WordPress…
SSL Check – How to Verify Your SSL Certificate
After you install an SSL certificate on your web server, you should always run an SSL check to verify that everything is setup correctly.
HSTS – How to Use HTTP Strict Transport Security
Implementing the HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) header on your web server can help prevent man-in-the-middle attacks and cookie hijacking.
Why Premium DNS is No Longer Optional
Due to the uprise of DDoS attacks companies should be rethinking their DNS. This includes using a premium DNS provider and implementing a failover…
An Overview of TLS 1.3 – Faster and More Secure
TLS 1.3 is a new encryption protocol update that is both faster (reducing HTTPS overhead) and more secure than TLS 1.2. Click here to learn more.
How to Share Logins and Users Between Multiple WordPress Sites
Check out this in-depth post on how to share logins and users between Multiple WordPress sites with the same role and capabilities.
The Importance of WordPress Two-Factor Authentication
Check out how you can better secure your websites using WordPress two-factor authentication; on both your MyKinsta dashboard and WordPress install.
How to Redirect HTTP to HTTPS in WordPress
More and more people are migrating to HTTPS due to better security, SEO, and performance. Follow our tutorial on how to redirect HTTP to HTTPS in W…