What Is Web Hosting? And How Does It Work?
What is web hosting? It’s a service that lets you publish your website online. Learn about the best hosting services and providers here.
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- Updated date
- May 30, 2024
- Post type
- Blog
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
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PHP workers vs PHP memory limit: understand the difference
Discover the key differences between PHP Workers and PHP Memory Limit and how they impact your website's performance.
- Reading time
- 8 min read
- Updated date
- June 14, 2024
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
How to prevent DDoS attacks: tips from security experts
Learn effective methods to prevent DDoS attacks and safeguard your website, mitigate threats, and maintain uninterrupted service.
- Reading time
- 10 min read
- Updated date
- June 6, 2024
- Topic
- Cloudflare
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
- Topic
- WordPress Security
Choosing the right hosting solution for your headless WordPress
Learn the critical aspects of selecting the ideal hosting platform for your headless WordPress journey. Performance, security and more.
- Reading time
- 9 min read
- Updated date
- April 19, 2024
- Topic
- Headless CMS
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
What makes Kinsta’s Google Cloud C3D virtual machines so fast?
Learn how the new AMD Genoa CPU and Intel's IPU in Google Cloud's C3D VMs supercharge Kinsta's networking performance and data I/O.
- Reading time
- 7 min read
- Updated date
- March 13, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
- Topic
- Kinsta News
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
Cloud Computing Platforms
Isolated container technology: Everything you need to know
Explore isolated container technology for web hosting: Learn its benefits over shared hosting and grasp Kinsta's container infrastructure.
- Reading time
- 7 min read
- Updated date
- April 23, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Computing Platforms
- Topic
- Kinsta Services
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
The State of Cloud Computing in the APAC Region
Cloud technologies form the backbone of new industrial development. Learn how the cloud is supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution in APAC econ…
- Reading time
- 53 min read
- Updated date
- March 13, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Computing Platforms
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
Cloud Computing Trends (All You Need To Know)
The cloud has been hot for a while, but all signs indicate it's just getting hotter. You need to stay on top of these cloud computing trends.
- Reading time
- 7 min read
- Updated date
- October 2, 2023
- Topic
- Cloud Computing Platforms
Cloud Hosting
What makes Kinsta’s Google Cloud C3D virtual machines so fast?
Learn how the new AMD Genoa CPU and Intel's IPU in Google Cloud's C3D VMs supercharge Kinsta's networking performance and data I/O.
- Reading time
- 7 min read
- Updated date
- March 13, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
- Topic
- Kinsta News
- Topic
- WordPress Hosting
Google Cloud’s New C3D Machines Offer Speed Boost for Kinsta Customers
We put the Google Cloud Platform's new C3D machine type through its paces to see how it could speed up websites for Kinsta's customers.
- Reading time
- 4 min read
- Updated date
- June 12, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
- Topic
- Kinsta Services
Lessons Learned Along Kinsta’s Path to SOC 2 Compliance
Along the way to achieving SOC 2 compliance, Kinsta learned a lot about preparing for the framework's cybersecurity audit.
- Reading time
- 9 min read
- Updated date
- September 13, 2023
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
- Topic
- Security Tips
Persistent Storage: Long-Term Memory in the Era of Containers
Persistent storage used to be just disk drives and databases, but container-based development adds a new angle on non-volatile data.
- Reading time
- 10 min read
- Updated date
- March 13, 2024
- Topic
- Cloud Hosting
Domain Name System
How To Fix the ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED Error (6 Methods)
A few things can cause the Causes the ERR_CONTENT_DECODING_FAILED Error, including firewalls, DNS settings, and an incorrect DNS address. Here's ho…
- Reading time
- 10 min read
- Updated date
- July 27, 2023
- Topic
- Chrome Errors
- Topic
- Domain Name System
- Topic
- Website Errors
How To Sell a Domain Name: The Ultimate Step by Step Guide
Learn all about how you can sell your domain name with this ultimate guide that will take you through the process step by step.
- Reading time
- 15 min read
- Updated date
- April 29, 2024
- Topic
- Domain Name System
How To Fix the DNS_PROBE_STARTED Error (6 Methods)
The DNS_PROBE_STARTED error message usually indicates an issue with your DNS or network. Learn how to fix the issue using 6 methods.
- Reading time
- 8 min read
- Updated date
- October 27, 2023
- Topic
- Domain Name System
- Topic
- Website Errors