Moreover, they have recently redesigned their dashboard and let me tell you that they are the best so far. They have built a focused onboarding process that makes it mind-bogglingly easy to launch a new WordPress site.<\/p>\n
So, this is what today’s piece is all about. I am very excited to share how Kinsta is literally making WordPress site management a breeze<\/em>. Let’s jump right in, shall we?<\/p>\n To read a more in-depth analysis <\/em>of Kinsta’s service and working, you can read our extensive review here \u2192.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Mark Gavalda<\/a><\/strong> started Kinsta back in 2013. Managed WordPress hosting companies were still in their early stages at that point. They have come a long way since then, and they have also developed a name for their brand along the way in the WordPress community.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 Today, Kinsta<\/a> has a headquarters in Los Angeles, California, and offices in London and Budapest with almost over 80 employees working around the clock to provide their customers with a service of their lifetime.<\/p>\n Kinsta is powered<\/strong> by Google Cloud Platform<\/strong> to give a secure, fast, and cutting-edge service to their customers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n One of the advantages of using a cloud hosting company as a web host for your WordPress site is that they have data centers all over the globe. These data centers help decrease the page load time for the visitors to your website.<\/p>\n Since Google Cloud Platform powers Kinsta, all of their data centers \u2014 currently 17 locations and expanding \u2014 are available for hosting your website. Presently available locations are:<\/p>\n Hosting plans at Kinsta<\/a> starts from $30 per month<\/strong> \u2014 starter package \u2014 and go as high as $900 per month<\/strong> for enterprise clients. The good folks at Kinsta have carefully created these packages to suit the needs of their customers.<\/p>\n On purchasing a yearly package, you also get two months worth of that package free of cost. Moreover, they also offer 30 days money back guarantee<\/strong> if you’re not satisfied with their service \u2014 which rarely happens. \ud83d\udc4a<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf1f You can view the individual details of their packages on the Plans and Pricing page<\/a> of their website.<\/em><\/p>\n Once you buy a plan from Kinsta<\/a>, you get access to its website management dashboard. This dashboard is specifically designed to manage all of your sites from one place. Let’s find out what Kinsta offers for site management.<\/p>\n After logging into Kinsta, you are redirected to its dashboard. This dashboard contains some quick information about,<\/p>\n There is also a link called Analytics<\/strong> in the dashboard menu. This link will take you to a page full of analytic graphs and tables related to your websites. You can use all of this data to make useful decisions related to your sites.<\/p>\n You can filter the data using two separate filters \u2014 by sites<\/strong>, and by time<\/strong>. The data from the analytics page is further divided into six categories.<\/p>\n For more information, you can read this detailed knowledge base article<\/a> from Kinsta.<\/em><\/p>\n Kinsta<\/a> has made website management a lot easier than what it used to be in the pre-Kinsta world. You can quickly add<\/strong>, remove<\/strong> and manage<\/strong> your WordPress sites using Kinsta’s dashboard.<\/p>\n To view your sites, click on the Sites<\/strong> link in the dashboard menu. A list of currently installed WordPress sites will appear on the right-hand side of the view. You can add another website using Add Site<\/em> or Add Another Site<\/em> button.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 You can read more about adding a WordPress site to Kinsta in our previous Kinsta review<\/a>. We wrote this review in our #WPHostingWeek18 at WPCouple<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n To manage a website, click on the Manage<\/em> button at the end of the site column. A new page will appear with a sub-menu and options related to WordPress site management. Let’s quickly go through these options.<\/p>\n This section displays the redirect rules that you have in place for your WordPress site. You have to be very careful while defining a redirect rule as they are interpreted as regular expressions. You can learn more about the redirect rules in this knowledgebase article<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are also two buttons present in this section.<\/p>\n This section shows a list of plugins installed on your WordPress site. The list also displays the status<\/em>, version<\/em>, and the update<\/em> status of the plugins. You can also quickly refresh the state using the refresh<\/em> button present in front of Site Plugins.<\/strong><\/p>\n In case of unauthorized access to your website, you can add the IP address to the list displayed in this section. It also shows a list of already blocked IP addresses to your WordPress site. You can use Add IP Addresses<\/em> to add one or more IPs to this list.<\/p>\n CDN or a Content Delivery Network helps decrease the page load time of your website for your visitors. It consists of a network of servers which contains the static copies of your site. The server refreshes these copies after a certain period.<\/p>\n Kinsta’s CDN<\/a> is spread across the globe to decrease the latency of your WordPress site. To deploy your website to the CDN, you need to add it to the Kinsta CDN zone using Add Zone<\/em><\/a> button in this section.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf1f Once the process is complete, three buttons will appear to disable, purge, and remove CDN integration of your website.<\/em><\/p>\n As the name suggests, you can view the log files of your WordPress site in this section. There are three log files available in this section.<\/p>\n Kinsta<\/a> also offers WordPress site migrations<\/a>. If you are new to the hosting platform, you can contact them on their contact form or request a website migration from the dashboard. Navigate to Migrations<\/em> page and click on Request Another Migration<\/em> button.<\/p>\n A new migration request form will appear. Enter the details into this form, then sit back and enjoy a cup of coffee \u2615\ufe0f while nice folks from Kinsta<\/a> perform the site migration for you. There is a limited number of migrations allowed in a package of Kinsta, but they also facilitate separate migration.<\/p>\n Kinsta<\/a> offers a premium DNS service with every hosting plan. They’ve partnered with Amazon Route 53<\/strong> to provide a fast DNS propagation service. Amazon Route 53 is a cloud DNS service which offers an entirely reliable and cost-effective solution for DNS propagation around the globe.<\/p>\n You can either point your domain to Kinsta with an A Record \u2014 using IP address \u2014 or with nameservers \u2014 utilizing the premium DNS service. Before utilizing this service, you need to add a domain to your website by navigating to the Domains<\/em> tab of the site management menu.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 You can learn more about how to utilize the premium DNS service from this knowledge base article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n I have mentioned this quite a few times that documentation and support are one of the most critical metrics for recognizing the quality of service any company provides. And I am happy to report that Kinsta<\/a> has got you covered on both fronts \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n The User Guide<\/strong><\/a> link in the dashboard menu leads you straight to the extensive knowledge base of Kinsta. Here you can find help on any topic that is bothering you while managing a WordPress site \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n You will also notice a link to the live chat \ud83d\udcac present on the bottom right corner of the dashboard screen. The live chat is available 24\/7 to answer any queries that you might have regarding your website.<\/p>\n Managed WordPress Hosting of Kinsta<\/a> is pretty straightforward to use. It makes the life of a website manager a lot easier with its quick one-click problem solutions. You can say goodbye to all of your website management problems by migrating your site to Kinsta.<\/p>\n What I really like about Kinsta<\/a> is the support provided by the actual WordPress community experts. They are also very quick to respond to the support tickets. I usually get a response to my queries within a matter of minutes.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc4a However, one thing which should be included are the keyboard shortcuts for accessing the Sites<\/em><\/strong> section. A user should be able to search for any of his sites which a single keyboard stroke instead of running a lengthy session. In my opinion, an ideal workflow should somewhat similar to the Spotlight<\/strong> feature in Mac OS offers. Talking about the WordPress community then you find a same experience with the Jarvis<\/a> plugin.<\/p>\n Are you using the managed WordPress hosting of Kinsta? Or are you thinking of migrating your WordPress site to Kinsta? I would love to hear from Y’all. Please leave your comments in the section below<\/em> \u2193<\/p>\n Peace \u270c\ufe0f<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being an end-user I’d like to view all the necessary site management options\/tools just in the right place from where they can be accessed easily. If you’re looking for such a company, then look no further. Kinsta \u2014 a managed WordPress hosting company \u2014 takes care of all the trivial hosting related tasks and much more for you with the click of a button.\ud83d\udca5 Kinsta \u2014 Managed WordPress Hosting<\/a><\/h2>\n
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\ud83d\udcb0 Plans and Pricing<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\ud83c\udfed WordPress Site Management at Kinsta<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\udcc8 In-Depth Actionable Analysis<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\ud83d\udd78 Easy Sites Management<\/h2>\n
\u2139\ufe0f Info<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83c\udff7 Domains<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83d\udcbe Backups<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83d\udee0 Tools<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83c\udfab Redirects<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83d\udd0c Plugins<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83d\udeab IP Deny<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83c\udf0e CDN<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83d\udccb Logs<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u2708\ufe0f Migrations<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83c\udf10 Kinsta DNS<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\ud83e\udd1d Documentation and Support<\/h2>\n
\ud83d\ude4c Final Words & Recommendations<\/h2>\n
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