# Feature Requests **URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/feature-requests/6.md?page=3 [Latest](https://community.kinsta.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.kinsta.com/categories.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [ngRok For DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ngrok-for-devkinsta/816)
**Author:** [@thehungrybird](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thehungrybird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ngrok-for-devkinsta/816 "2021-07-01T16:57:28Z")
Please add ngRok or any other similar service so that we can show our clients the website in development. --- ## [Notify admins of upcoming maintenance](https://community.kinsta.com/t/notify-admins-of-upcoming-maintenance/812)
**Author:** [@Kory](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Kory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/notify-admins-of-upcoming-maintenance/812 "2021-06-30T23:52:01Z")
It would be nice to be notified of upcoming maintenance to servers and data centers that host our websites that way we can alert our staff and community. --- ## [Update local from changes to production on Kinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-local-from-changes-to-production-on-kinsta/794)
**Author:** [@danemorgan](https://community.kinsta.com/u/danemorgan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-local-from-changes-to-production-on-kinsta/794 "2021-06-28T16:05:52Z")
For sites I have imported from Kinsta I would like a button to grab changes from the production site. Particularly, I’m interested in changes made to the database and media files, but I’d be fine with complete sync as we… --- ## [Ability to rename "Site Host" and "Site Path" directory](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-rename-site-host-and-site-path-directory/123)
**Author:** [@ElliottMangham](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ElliottMangham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-rename-site-host-and-site-path-directory/123 "2021-06-27T21:02:50Z")
Hello, It would be helpful to have the ability to choose the site host (URL) during site creation, and the option to change it later. In addition, it automatically chooses a directory name based on your Site Name. Plea… --- ## [Open-sourcing and allowing community driven plugins](https://community.kinsta.com/t/open-sourcing-and-allowing-community-driven-plugins/724)
**Author:** [@nemanjac](https://community.kinsta.com/u/nemanjac)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/open-sourcing-and-allowing-community-driven-plugins/724 "2021-06-07T12:27:14Z")
Hey, amazing DevKinsta people. I was reading through the feature request, and it seems like an option to open source it and allow community-driven updates or, even better, extending it to support plugins, which communit… --- ## [Pushing to Kinsta in multi-dev environment?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/pushing-to-kinsta-in-multi-dev-environment/746)
**Author:** [@Web\_dev\_Andrew](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Web_dev_Andrew)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/pushing-to-kinsta-in-multi-dev-environment/746 "2021-06-05T00:03:36Z")
Currently writing with another dev with a repository checkout pointed at the location where the devKinsta instance is … if they push code, which doesn’t give any type of limit to DB or files, it pushes their entire site,… --- ## [Fewer Required Characters for WPAdmin Usernames](https://community.kinsta.com/t/fewer-required-characters-for-wpadmin-usernames/412)
**Author:** [@Zac\_Pollett](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Zac_Pollett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/fewer-required-characters-for-wpadmin-usernames/412 "2021-05-26T03:58:59Z")
Submitting on behalf of a user. WordPress admin usernames in DevKinsta are required to use at least 5 characters. However, validation for 4 characters exists: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/b59c0f307b131efe… --- ## [Linux (non-.deb) download availability](https://community.kinsta.com/t/linux-non-deb-download-availability/620)
**Author:** [@chadmccullough](https://community.kinsta.com/u/chadmccullough)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/linux-non-deb-download-availability/620 "2021-05-25T23:54:44Z")
Hello. The news that DevKinsta is finally available for Linux is great news! I’m an openSUSE user. Are there downloads available for non Debian based Linux distributions? I’ve searched the website but was unable to find … --- ## [Any plans to let us push to the live site?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/any-plans-to-let-us-push-to-the-live-site/685)
**Author:** [@madwizard78](https://community.kinsta.com/u/madwizard78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/any-plans-to-let-us-push-to-the-live-site/685 "2021-05-13T16:10:34Z")
In my case the live site receives user created content on a daily basis and so I can’t ever push the staging environment to live. So I can develop locally, test on staging, etc. but I have to push the files to live. So… --- ## [Version Control Support](https://community.kinsta.com/t/version-control-support/172)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Gongora](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Juan_Gongora)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/version-control-support/172 "2021-04-22T23:07:31Z")
Hi There, I was wondering if DevKinsta would have any particular issues with creating a git branch for version control locally? Would there be any custom directories/files that are added onto a WordPress environment thr… --- ## [Resuming large download when importing](https://community.kinsta.com/t/resuming-large-download-when-importing/631)
**Author:** [@Flimm](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Flimm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/resuming-large-download-when-importing/631 "2021-04-20T16:37:47Z")
I’m downloading and importing a website from Kinsta to my local machine using DevKinsta. It is a large website, multiple GBs big. If my download gets interrupted, then the downloads restarts from zero. It would be good … --- ## [\--allow-root always needed when using wp-cli](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-root-always-needed-when-using-wp-cli/618)
**Author:** [@nemanjac](https://community.kinsta.com/u/nemanjac)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-root-always-needed-when-using-wp-cli/618 "2021-04-19T13:46:16Z")
To make wp-cli more usable, if not changing default user to kinsta, it can be to add .bash\_aliases script to /root Since .bashrc already includes this file, it is just a one-liner to avoid using --allow-root every time … --- ## [Update Adminer to the latest version](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-adminer-to-the-latest-version/272)
**Author:** [@slaFFik](https://community.kinsta.com/u/slaFFik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/update-adminer-to-the-latest-version/272 "2021-04-15T16:44:13Z")
The one bundled with DK is 2 patch-versions behind (4.7.6 bundled vs 4.7.8 available). Not critical, but still would be great. --- ## [Display DevKinsta version in DK app](https://community.kinsta.com/t/display-devkinsta-version-in-dk-app/397)
**Author:** [@slaFFik](https://community.kinsta.com/u/slaFFik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/display-devkinsta-version-in-dk-app/397 "2021-04-15T16:12:08Z")
When creating a bug you request users to provide a DK version. But you do not display it anywhere in the app. Please display it somewhere, either here: or here --- ## [Support to Change WordPress Core Versions](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-to-change-wordpress-core-versions/222)
**Author:** [@Jesse\_Messervey](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jesse_Messervey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-to-change-wordpress-core-versions/222 "2021-04-15T16:09:31Z")
Is there any way to specify a specific version of WordPress Core, rather than using the latest (5.6)? Thanks! --- ## [Support Linux of DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-linux-of-devkinsta/66)
**Author:** [@austinginder](https://community.kinsta.com/u/austinginder)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/support-linux-of-devkinsta/66 "2021-04-15T16:02:55Z")
Would love to try out DevKinsta however I use Linux. Currently using a System76 Lemur Pro which runs PopOS. That’s System 76’ version of Ubuntu. Would be amazing to have a Debian/Ubuntu compatible release of DevKinsta. --- ## [Duplicate Project in devKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/duplicate-project-in-devkinsta/576)
**Author:** [@WoodyP](https://community.kinsta.com/u/WoodyP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/duplicate-project-in-devkinsta/576 "2021-04-09T08:45:34Z")
Hello, it would be very useful to be able to duplicate the installation of a site already present in devKinsta. Useful for at least two reasons: Duplicate the installation for testing and not compromise the main proj… --- ## [Set up Multisite Subdomains When Importing from Kinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/set-up-multisite-subdomains-when-importing-from-kinsta/525)
**Author:** [@ekline](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ekline)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/set-up-multisite-subdomains-when-importing-from-kinsta/525 "2021-03-22T20:43:51Z")
I’d like to have a way for DevKinsta to set up the hostsfile to include the subdomains when importing a multisite from Kinsta. As of now there does not seem to be a way to do that nor is there actual guidance on setting … --- ## [Add support to ignore node\_modules](https://community.kinsta.com/t/add-support-to-ignore-node-modules/511)
**Author:** [@mariusboe](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mariusboe)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/add-support-to-ignore-node-modules/511 "2021-03-19T15:41:52Z")
Our templates are using alot of gulp and other stuff to minimize SASS, it would be perfect to ignore the folder node\_modules, but keep files like package.json when uploading to staging --- ## [Nginx configuration options](https://community.kinsta.com/t/nginx-configuration-options/217)
**Author:** [@mtsnk](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mtsnk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/nginx-configuration-options/217 "2021-01-22T09:19:59Z")
Add the ability to easily configure some Nginx options, e.g. change the document root folder. I have requested this as Roots Bedrock requires some configuration. https://roots.io/docs/bedrock/master/server-configuratio… --- ## [Import WordPress Site from Local by Flywheel](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-wordpress-site-from-local-by-flywheel/385)
**Author:** [@andpixels](https://community.kinsta.com/u/andpixels)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/import-wordpress-site-from-local-by-flywheel/385 "2021-03-05T12:56:51Z")
What are the chances of importing a local WordPress site from Local by Flywheel? I have multiple sites locally on my computer that use Local by Flywheel. It would be awesome to import them to take over with DevKinsta. T… --- ## [Apache Support in DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/apache-support-in-devkinsta/121)
**Author:** [@ElliottMangham](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ElliottMangham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/apache-support-in-devkinsta/121 "2021-03-02T13:37:39Z")
Being able to run Apache would be helpful (I am aware that NGINX is the recommend set-up for WordPress). This will help mimic larger varieties of live server configurations due to the popularity of Apache. Thank you! --- ## [Export and Import into another DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/export-and-import-into-another-devkinsta/436)
**Author:** [@chzumbrunnen](https://community.kinsta.com/u/chzumbrunnen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/export-and-import-into-another-devkinsta/436 "2021-02-25T23:22:31Z")
I’d like to have a way to export a DevKinsta Site and import it directly to another DevKinsta installation. --- ## [Sharing DevKinsta Over Local Network](https://community.kinsta.com/t/sharing-devkinsta-over-local-network/428)
**Author:** [@WoodyP](https://community.kinsta.com/u/WoodyP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 9:51am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/sharing-devkinsta-over-local-network/428 "2021-02-24T09:51:11Z")
Hi how can i share the site on the local network? So you can test the site on multiple devices, or show it to a colleague. Thank you --- ## [Ability to edit the shortcut for the WP Admin button](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-edit-the-shortcut-for-the-wp-admin-button/421)
**Author:** [@r\_l](https://community.kinsta.com/u/r_l)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ability-to-edit-the-shortcut-for-the-wp-admin-button/421 "2021-02-23T12:12:28Z")
In case your site uses a folder other than /wp-admin to login (such as when using a plugin such as WPS Hide Login), it would be nice to be able to configure your actual wp admin login page in settings. --- ## [Cleanup SQL files after deploy](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cleanup-sql-files-after-deploy/414)
**Author:** [@greghunt](https://community.kinsta.com/u/greghunt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/cleanup-sql-files-after-deploy/414 "2021-02-22T16:07:48Z")
It seems that when using the “push to staging” feature, an SQL dump is made locally and on the remote. It would be nice if these files were cleaned up after they’ve been used. Fortunately, the sql on the remote isn’t web… --- ## [Allow the Use of Special Characters in a New WordPress Site title](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-the-use-of-special-characters-in-a-new-wordpress-site-title/396)
**Author:** [@slaFFik](https://community.kinsta.com/u/slaFFik)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-the-use-of-special-characters-in-a-new-wordpress-site-title/396 "2021-02-18T16:04:01Z")
Q: DevKinsta Version A: 1.0.1 Q: OS Version A: Windows 10 Pro 20H2 Q: Docker Desktop Version A: 3.1.0 Q: Detailed Description of the Problem A: I wanted to create a site with the site title being: Site v2.0 But D… --- ## [X to "Close" to Status Bar](https://community.kinsta.com/t/x-to-close-to-status-bar/364)
**Author:** [@thatmitchcanter](https://community.kinsta.com/u/thatmitchcanter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/x-to-close-to-status-bar/364 "2021-02-15T15:06:07Z")
Similar to how Spotify can function, I’d love for the ability to have a small icon in the mac (or Windows) task bar that shows that DevKinsta is running, but to be able to Minimise/“close” it out via the X button. It wou… --- ## [Adminer Import Size](https://community.kinsta.com/t/adminer-import-size/137)
**Author:** [@ZagnaH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ZagnaH)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/adminer-import-size/137 "2021-02-15T14:40:01Z")
It would help a lot if the Adminer import size would be increased from 2MB to something much bigger. 128MB would be nice. --- ## [APM on DevKinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/apm-on-devkinsta/319)
**Author:** [@theotherdimension](https://community.kinsta.com/u/theotherdimension)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/apm-on-devkinsta/319 "2021-02-04T16:34:19Z")
Hi, I know the APM is in a beta phase and not sure whether it would even work on DevKinsta being local, but if it could be utilized that would be great for narrowing down speed issues. Thanks [Previous page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/feature-requests/6.md?page=2) [Next page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/devkinsta/feature-requests/6.md?page=4)