Kinsta FAQ

Kinsta is a premium managed WordPress hosting provider that runs exclusively on Google Cloud Platform. Founded in 2013, Kinsta serves over 230,000 customers worldwide with a focus on performance, security, and developer-friendly tools.

Kinsta uses Google Cloud's premium tier network with dedicated C2 and C3D machines (not shared resources). Each site runs in an isolated container, includes free Cloudflare CDN with 260+ edge locations, and offers unlimited free migrations by WordPress experts.

Yes, Kinsta is exclusively managed WordPress hosting. This specialization means every feature, optimization, and support interaction is focused on WordPress performance and best practices.

Kinsta plans are based on the number of WordPress sites and monthly visits you need. Prices start at $35/month for a single site with ~20,000 visits. All plans include free CDN, SSL, daily backups, and staging environments.

Kinsta offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied within the first 30 days, you'll receive a full refund - no questions asked.

A visit is a unique user loading pages on your site within a 1-hour period. Kinsta monitors your visit usage and notifies you at 80% and 100% of your limit so you can plan accordingly.

Unlike many hosts, Kinsta's renewal price stays the same. There's no dramatic price jump after your initial term. Annual billing also includes a discount (equivalent to 2 months free).

Yes! All plans include Kinsta CDN (powered by Cloudflare) with 260+ edge locations worldwide. The CDN provides 50% faster page loads compared to serving assets from your origin server alone.

Every Kinsta plan includes at least one staging environment. You can test changes safely, run plugin updates, and deploy to production with a single click when ready.

Absolutely! All plans include SSH access and WP-CLI. You also get access to Composer, Git, and can switch PHP versions from the MyKinsta dashboard.

Kinsta automatically updates WordPress core to the latest stable version by default. You can adjust this setting or disable auto-updates in MyKinsta. Plugin and theme updates are handled by you, but Kinsta offers staging to test these safely.

Yes! Kinsta offers unlimited free migrations by their expert Migration Team. They've migrated over 1 million WordPress sites. Simply submit a migration request in MyKinsta with your current host credentials.

Most migrations complete within 24-48 hours. Complex sites with many files, large databases, or special configurations may take longer. You'll receive updates throughout the process.

No! Your current site stays fully live until you review and approve the migrated site in staging. Then you deploy to production with zero downtime.

Kinsta can migrate from virtually any WordPress host including shared hosting, VPS, other managed WordPress hosts, and even local development environments.

Kinsta supports PHP 7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, and 8.3. You can switch between versions with a single click from the MyKinsta dashboard, with the ability to test compatibility first.

Kinsta has 37 data center locations across 6 continents: 8 in North America, 12 in Europe, 11 in Asia Pacific, 2 in South America, 1 in Africa (Johannesburg), and 3 in Australia.

All plans include Cloudflare Enterprise firewall with DDoS protection (up to 650 Gbps), hardware-level firewalls, proactive threat monitoring, free malware removal during migration and hosting, and Let's Encrypt SSL certificates.