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How to Use Bit Integrations: A Complete Tutorial for WordPress Automation

Bit Integrations connects your WordPress forms, e-commerce stores, subscription businesses, and learning management systems with over 290 external platforms through automated workflows. This post will take a walk through much of its functionality and talk about where it slots into… Continue Reading →

Meet Kinsta in Australia for multiple events

We’re excited to share that Kinsta is heading to Australia this November! From November 25 to 28, our team will participate in four one-day events in Melbourne and Sydney, joining leading marketers, publishers, developers, and WordPress professionals from across the country. Kinsta will… Continue Reading →

Audience Growth That Lasts: A Deep Dive Into Building Trust, Loyalty, And Repeat Readers

Do you want to grow an audience filled with loyal, raving fans who can’t wait for the next post you publish? The most successful creators aren’t just chasing numbers and…

Social Media Funnels: How To Turn Followers Into Customers

Do you have a process for turning your social media followers into customers? Unless you sell on platforms like TikTok and Whatnot that have ecommerce features built seamlessly into content…

How To Repurpose Blog Posts Into Social Media Gold

Are you considering expanding your brand into social media to ensure you weather whatever storm Google brings to its search engine? It can be difficult for bloggers to transition from…

More-reliable email in WordPress 6.9

Emails sent from WordPress will be more reliable in WordPress 6.9 thanks to a few updates and bug-fixes to the wp_mail() function. The sender address is extensibly configured. The sender address, also known as the Envelope-From, the MAIL FROM, the… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Notes: Nov 13, 2025

On Thursday, November 13, 2025, 15:00 UTC, a team meeting started in #accessibility facilitated by Nasim Miah. You can read the full transcript or see the meeting agenda. Biweekly Team Meeting Time Update The bi-weekly chat meeting time has changed to alternate Thursdays at 15:00 UTC, and… Continue Reading →

WordPress 6.9 Release Candidate 2

The second Release Candidate (“RC2”) for WordPress 6.9 is ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead,… Continue Reading →

Modernizing UTF-8 support in WordPress 6.9

A number of changes in WordPress 6.9 are coming which modernize WordPress’ text encoding and UTF-8 handling. These improvements establish more reliable and consistent text processing across WordPress’ widely-supported environments, benefiting plugins and themes that handle international content, emoji, diacritics,… Continue Reading →

Bit Form Review: The Tiny WordPress Form Builder That Outperforms Bloated Competitors

Performance meets functionality in this Bit Form review! We explore how this lightweight WordPress form builder loads mere kilobytes while delivering functionality such as multi-step forms, payment processing, and conversational interfaces. The post “Bit Form Review: The Tiny WordPress Form… Continue Reading →

WordPress development with Radicle: deploying on Kinsta

Modern WordPress development has evolved beyond manual setups and inconsistent deployment workflows. Radicle combines Roots‘ and other WordPress dev tools, such as Bedrock, Sage, and Acorn, into a single starter stack. This integration means you can have Laravel’s development experience directly… Continue Reading →

WordPress 6.9 Frontend Performance Field Guide

This post is the latest in a series of updates focused on the performance improvements of major releases (see 6.8, 6.7, 6.6, 6.5, 6.4, 6.3, and 6.2). WordPress 6.9 is the second and final major release of 2025. It includes… Continue Reading →

Consistent Cache Keys for Query Groups in WordPress 6.9

Query caches have historically used the last changed timestamp as a salt. While this has proven effective for most sites, it leads to an excessive number of caches which can be problematic on high-traffic and heavily updated sites. WordPress 6.9… Continue Reading →

Miscellaneous Developer-focused Changes in 6.9

In WordPress 6.9, a handful of small, developer-focused changes were made that deserve to be called out. Let’s take a look! PHP 8.5 New Function Polyfills The upcoming 8.5 release of PHP includes 2 new functions that can be used… Continue Reading →

The Ultimate Savings Event for WordPress Professionals

It’s the time of year when we roll out delicious savings! We’re offering new customers big savings on the essential plugins trusted by top developers and agencies worldwide. Whether you’re trying to move a complex website, offload a massive media… Continue Reading →

10 Creative Testimonial Designs For Divi 5 (Free Download)

Divi 5 makes it simple to add social proof that actually looks good. In this free pack, you’ll get 10 Styled Testimonial Sections — each crafted for clean typography, balanced spacing, and strong contrast out of the box. Drop one… Continue Reading →

Leveraging Divi 5’s Flexbox & Loop Builder For Advanced Layouts

With the introduction of Divi 5‘s Flexbox Layout System and the Loop Builder, you can create modern, flexible designs with ease. Flexbox delivers intuitive, responsive layout control with effortless alignment and spacing. The Loop Builder integrates dynamic content from posts,… Continue Reading →

X-post: A Month in Core – October 2025

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Everything You Need To Know About Nested Modules In Divi 5

Nested Modules in Divi 5 allow every module to serve as a container, enabling you to place rows and other modules inside one another with infinite depth. You can place buttons inside a Blurb, a CTA inside a Blog module,… Continue Reading →

Notes feature in WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 introduces Notes, a new feature that allows you to leave contextual feedback at the block level. With notes your team can stay aligned, track changes, and turn feedback into action all in one place. Notes can be resolved,… Continue Reading →

4 Creative Carousel Transitions You Can Apply In Divi 5

Great carousels do more than slide left and right, they guide attention and create rhythm. With Divi 5’s new Group Carousel module, you can shape transitions visually inside the builder without writing a line of code. Subscribe To Our Youtube… Continue Reading →

Meet Kinsta at WordCamp Pisa 2025

Kinsta is thrilled to announce that we’re sponsoring WordCamp Pisa 2025, which will take place on November 21-22 at the University of Pisa. As strong supporters of the Italian WordPress community, we’re proud to head to Pisa to connect with… Continue Reading →

Meet Kinsta at WordCamp Netherlands 2025

It’s time for the biggest WordPress event in the Netherlands. We’re proud to announce that Kinsta is back and sponsoring WordCamp Netherlands 2025, taking place November 27-28 at Madurodam in The Hague. We’re looking forward to connecting with the Dutch WordPress community… Continue Reading →

Delicious Brain Bytes: WordPress 6.9 RC1, FAIR’s Security MVP, and Finding Hidden Gems

In this issue of Delicious Brain Bytes, we track the final progress of WordPress 6.9 RC1 and the new Abilities API, explore the security advancements of the FAIR/Patchstack collaboration, preview the future of ACF Blocks, and much more! WordPress 6.9… Continue Reading →

Kinsta’s Black Friday campaign is a win for affiliates

Black Friday is one of the biggest opportunities of the year for affiliates and users seeking better hosting services. While Kinsta does not offer exclusive discounts or coupon codes to its partners, during this Black Friday and Cyber Monday season,… Continue Reading →

Discovering Crocoblock: Professional WordPress Development Without the Code

There are plenty of times where you need custom code to design your site. It’s either that or use plugins that might not have the right functionality. This Crocoblock discovery is going to look at 21 interconnected plugins that let… Continue Reading →

Divi 5 Public Beta 2 Release Notes

The Divi 5 Public Beta is available today. If you prefer the experience to Divi 4, it’s ready for use. If you use Divi 5, you’ll notice an update notification for Public Beta 2. We release new Divi 5 versions… Continue Reading →

How to protect your WordPress site from unwanted bot traffic with Cloudflare

The web is busier than ever, with not just human visitors, but an increasing wave of automated bots, crawlers, and AI tools constantly scanning websites for content and data. While some bots are helpful, such as search engine crawlers that… Continue Reading →

Accessibility Team Meeting Agenda: Nov 13, 2025

This is the proposed agenda for the bi-weekly Accessibility Team meeting on Thursday, Nov 13, 2025, 15:00 UTC WordPress 6.9 RC1 is released. Template management is no longer part of 6.9 release cycle and has been punted to 7.0The release leads have also… Continue Reading →

Heading Block CSS Specificity Fix in WordPress 6.9

WordPress 6.9 fixes a specificity issue with the Heading block’s background padding. Previously, padding styles applied to headings with backgrounds were affecting other blocks that use heading elements, such as the Accordion Heading block. This fix ensures that background padding is… Continue Reading →

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