Using Kinsta

Your Kinsta plan includes far more than hosting, and many of the most useful features are already switched on or take a single click. The pages in this section are organised by what you want to achieve, rather than where a setting lives in MyKinsta. Each one explains what a feature solves, when to use it, and where to find the full instructions.

How running a WordPress site works

Most sites go through the same stages: launch, a settling-in period, and then a long stretch of routine upkeep, with occasional bigger changes as the site grows. Kinsta has tools for each stage.

• Launch: Building or migrating your site and pointing your domain to it. Free migrations, a temporary URL, Site Preview, and free SSL help here. See the Go Live Checklist.
• Settle in: Tying up loose ends from launch and your old host, with monitoring notifications, PHP settings, and plugin management. See After Go-Live: First Steps.
• Tune: Making the site fast and secure with the CDN, edge caching, APM, bot protection, and vulnerability protection. See Speed Up Your Site and Protect Your Site.
• Day-to-day: Updates, backups, and regular checks, supported by Automatic Updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring, and vulnerability scans. See Your Maintenance Routine.
• Change: Redesigns, new plugins, and WordPress upgrades, made safely with staging, selective push, and manual backups. See Make Changes Safely.
• Grow: More traffic, more people, and more sites, with Analytics, add-ons, user roles, bulk actions, and developer tools. See Understand Your Traffic and Usage, Work as a Team, and Developer Workflows.

Start with your goal

• Finish setting up after your site goes live: After Go-Live: First Steps
• Make your site load faster for visitors: Speed Up Your Site
• Stop spam, attacks, or unwanted bots: Protect Your Site
• Update plugins, themes, or designs without risking your live site: Make Changes Safely
• Know what to check each week, month, and year: Your Maintenance Routine
• See where your traffic comes from and stay within your plan: Understand Your Traffic and Usage
• Give colleagues, clients, or contractors access: Work as a Team
• Use Git, the command line, or automation: Developer Workflows

Not sure where to begin?

If you’re new to Kinsta, After Go-Live: First Steps, Speed Up Your Site, Protect Your Site, and Make Changes Safely apply to every site, whatever its size. Your Maintenance Routine covers what to check from then on. The other pages become useful as your site, team, or workflow grows.

If your site isn’t live yet, see the Go Live Checklist. Our Support team is available 24/7 if you get stuck.