# WordPress **URL:** https://community.kinsta.com/c/wordpress/29.md [Latest](https://community.kinsta.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.kinsta.com/categories.md) --- ## [About the WordPress category](https://community.kinsta.com/t/about-the-wordpress-category/2484)
**Author:** [@jeff](https://community.kinsta.com/u/jeff)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is dedicated to all things WordPress. Do you have any tips or tricks you’d like to share? Check out the community guides section. Have a question? Ask away! Real-time live chat support is available via MyKi… --- ## [Seeking advice on hosting or embedding game-related downloads on a WordPress site](https://community.kinsta.com/t/seeking-advice-on-hosting-or-embedding-game-related-downloads-on-a-wordpress-site/6070)
**Author:** [@maxhunter](https://community.kinsta.com/u/maxhunter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:11am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/seeking-advice-on-hosting-or-embedding-game-related-downloads-on-a-wordpress-site/6070 "2026-08-20T11:11:18Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running a small site that offers PS2 BIOS files and emulation guides for retro gamers: https://ps2biosonline.com/. I’m trying to figure out the best way to host downloadable files and make them load qui… --- ## [What are the WordPress best practices for developing a custom booking plugin?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-the-wordpress-best-practices-for-developing-a-custom-booking-plugin/6977)
**Author:** [@haflarental](https://community.kinsta.com/u/haflarental)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-the-wordpress-best-practices-for-developing-a-custom-booking-plugin/6977 "2026-07-15T14:03:17Z")
I’m in the early planning stage of developing a WordPress plugin for rental and service-based businesses " Hafla Rental". The idea is to let customers select multiple products and services, choose a preferred date, and … --- ## [Can I Use Kinsta to Host Download Files Along with My WordPress Website?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/can-i-use-kinsta-to-host-download-files-along-with-my-wordpress-website/6891)
**Author:** [@Tylor\_Locke](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Tylor_Locke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/can-i-use-kinsta-to-host-download-files-along-with-my-wordpress-website/6891 "2026-07-12T01:55:37Z")
Hi everyone, I am planning to move my website to Kinsta. My website is ps2 bios files. My question is about the download files. My website provides files for users to download, so can I store and serve these files dire… --- ## [Migration plugins redirecting to network root on Multisite subdomain install — subsite WP Admin sessions not staying on subsite](https://community.kinsta.com/t/migration-plugins-redirecting-to-network-root-on-multisite-subdomain-install-subsite-wp-admin-sessions-not-staying-on-subsite/6436)
**Author:** [@bbrown](https://community.kinsta.com/u/bbrown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/migration-plugins-redirecting-to-network-root-on-multisite-subdomain-install-subsite-wp-admin-sessions-not-staying-on-subsite/6436 "2026-06-09T06:36:23Z")
Hi everyone, I’m running a WordPress Multisite network on Kinsta using subdomains (e.g. cabenefits.noveng.kinsta.cloud) and I’m having a persistent issue when trying to migrate content into individual subsites. The Pro… --- ## [Kinsta error notification emails](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-error-notification-emails/6119)
**Author:** [@dsmithrzf](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dsmithrzf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-error-notification-emails/6119 "2026-04-11T12:26:49Z")
From time to time (about 2 or 3 times a week) we get emails from Kinsta stating “We detected an error on your site” with a link to the Live environment log. Unfortunately there are many routine errors in the logs that I … --- ## [Environment Variables for WordPress Hosting](https://community.kinsta.com/t/environment-variables-for-wordpress-hosting/6055)
**Author:** [@leo.idna](https://community.kinsta.com/u/leo.idna)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/environment-variables-for-wordpress-hosting/6055 "2026-03-23T23:56:05Z")
Hi Kinsta Community, I’m trying to figure out the best way to manage environment variables across different environments for WordPress sites hosted on Kinsta. Specifically: • I need to map different variables for stagi… --- ## [PHP Memory Limit](https://community.kinsta.com/t/php-memory-limit/6042)
**Author:** [@Keith\_Henry](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Keith_Henry)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/php-memory-limit/6042 "2026-03-11T00:58:47Z")
"My Elementor editor is crashing with a PHP fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted on admin-ajax.php. My wp-config.php sets WP\_MEMORY\_LIMIT to 1024M but PHP-FPM is capping it at 256MB. I need the P… --- ## [Domain change (DNS)](https://community.kinsta.com/t/domain-change-dns/5986)
**Author:** [@Jason](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jason)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/domain-change-dns/5986 "2026-02-16T21:56:30Z")
Planned domain migration to Kinsta + Cloudflare — sanity check We’re preparing to move from a legacy platform to a new WooCommerce build hosted on Kinsta. The site is currently running on titanrings.co.uk (staging/test… --- ## [What are the benefits of using Kinsta DNS management vs CloudFlare free?](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-kinsta-dns-management-vs-cloudflare-free/5960)
**Author:** [@Nomads](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Nomads)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-kinsta-dns-management-vs-cloudflare-free/5960 "2026-02-14T18:49:30Z")
Hi, I have just returned to Kinsta after being away from WP ecosystem for about 10 years. I not a tech person in terms of trade, but I have been managing my own websites for many years now. So, I may need a little bit of… --- ## [Redirect for all countries but one](https://community.kinsta.com/t/redirect-for-all-countries-but-one/3255)
**Author:** [@yoni](https://community.kinsta.com/u/yoni)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 7:43am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/redirect-for-all-countries-but-one/3255 "2026-02-11T07:43:25Z")
We’re hosting a wordpress site and have geolocation enabled. I would like to set up a redirect rule for ALL countries except one. Is there a way to define that? Otherwise, is there a list of all countries so I can crea… --- ## [WordPress Security on Kinsta (Coming from Laravel Background)](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-security-on-kinsta-coming-from-laravel-background/5225)
**Author:** [@GrumpyJames](https://community.kinsta.com/u/GrumpyJames)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-security-on-kinsta-coming-from-laravel-background/5225 "2026-01-30T22:01:05Z")
Hi, I’m new to hosting WordPress on Kinsta and come from a Laravel development background. With Laravel, the security model is straightforward - only a few files like index.php and .htaccess are in the public directory,… --- ## [Kinsta & Cursor AI](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Campbell](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Jim_Campbell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 2:56am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kinsta-cursor-ai/5891 "2026-01-16T02:56:56Z")
Is there a way to connect Cursor AI directly to Kinsta via STFP? I have been doing a workaround by downloading my theme locally. But a direct connection via STFP would be incredible. I have not seen any great solution… --- ## [Wordpress Backend doesn't show plugin updates anymore](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-backend-doesnt-show-plugin-updates-anymore/5573)
**Author:** [@LordSimal](https://community.kinsta.com/u/LordSimal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordpress-backend-doesnt-show-plugin-updates-anymore/5573 "2025-10-13T12:52:57Z")
Dear Kinsta Community, we recently noticed, that the Wordpress Backend of our Kinsta Hosted Website does not show any available plugins updates anymore. Only the Kinsta Hosting Panel shows available updates. As far… --- ## [502 Bad Gateway when accessing /wp-login](https://community.kinsta.com/t/502-bad-gateway-when-accessing-wp-login/5568)
**Author:** [@fsaaro](https://community.kinsta.com/u/fsaaro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/502-bad-gateway-when-accessing-wp-login/5568 "2025-10-13T01:18:35Z")
Hi guys can you help me? I’m having 502 Bad Gateway in accessing our domain when login. I’ve already update the codes as suggested from chatgpt but still not working thru ftp. https://ourdomain/wp-admin/ → 502 Bad G… --- ## [Zone.identifier duplicate for every theme file](https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420)
**Author:** [@mesha](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mesha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/zone-identifier-duplicate-for-every-theme-file/5420 "2025-08-22T13:44:49Z")
Hi there Dev Kinsta, After moving site from live to local environment I got these identifier file duplicates for each of my theme file, how can I disable this? --- ## [Ajay Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss) - Guidance on Migrating a WordPress Site Away from Kinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ajay-hinduja-geneva-switzerland-swiss-guidance-on-migrating-a-wordpress-site-away-from-kinsta/5254)
**Author:** [@ajayhinduja25](https://community.kinsta.com/u/ajayhinduja25)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ajay-hinduja-geneva-switzerland-swiss-guidance-on-migrating-a-wordpress-site-away-from-kinsta/5254 "2025-07-10T09:53:09Z")
Hi Everyone, We’re helping a client transition their WordPress site from Kinsta to a standard LAMP stack. While there’s plenty of documentation on how to use Kinsta, we’re finding very little on how to properly migrate … --- ## [Images keep dropping out of image library](https://community.kinsta.com/t/images-keep-dropping-out-of-image-library/5142)
**Author:** [@Marc](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Marc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/images-keep-dropping-out-of-image-library/5142 "2025-06-03T12:12:18Z")
Images keep dropping out of our image library (see grey boxes on image below) and are broken on the pages on our site. Revisiting on the library sometimes you can see the image behind the preview but is not linked to whe… --- ## [Kamal Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland - How to Create a Plugin in WordPress? ](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kamal-hinduja-geneva-switzerland-how-to-create-a-plugin-in-wordpress/5139)
**Author:** [@kamalhinduja](https://community.kinsta.com/u/kamalhinduja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 10:40am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/kamal-hinduja-geneva-switzerland-how-to-create-a-plugin-in-wordpress/5139 "2025-06-03T10:40:01Z")
Hi Everyone, I’m Kamal Hinduja from Geneva, Switzerland . I’m new to this community and excited to contribute positively to the discussions while learning from everyone’s insights. Can anyone share the steps How to cre… --- ## [Compatibility with SearchAtlas - OTTO with Kinsta environment](https://community.kinsta.com/t/compatibility-with-searchatlas-otto-with-kinsta-environment/5073)
**Author:** [@dbd](https://community.kinsta.com/u/dbd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/compatibility-with-searchatlas-otto-with-kinsta-environment/5073 "2025-05-18T07:34:10Z")
Since installing and tweaking SearchAtlas OTTO on website, caching has been erratic. I didn’t see this on the “do not use” list. This is a fairly popular service and I need to know how to handle the issues, or if Kinsta … --- ## [Wordress debug logs storing and listing](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordress-debug-logs-storing-and-listing/5040)
**Author:** [@Ganesh\_Sharma](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Ganesh_Sharma)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/wordress-debug-logs-storing-and-listing/5040 "2025-05-02T12:18:43Z")
Hello I am working on website that hosted on the Kinsta account and all work fine till last 2 week regarding the debug log storing. I have on debug logging into wordpress. Works fine and store the log into files cal… --- ## [Migrating to new hosting](https://community.kinsta.com/t/migrating-to-new-hosting/4983)
**Author:** [@zubair\_ahmed](https://community.kinsta.com/u/zubair_ahmed)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 1:08am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/migrating-to-new-hosting/4983 "2025-04-10T01:08:38Z")
Hello, contacting you on behalf of my Company Pixitech, we are operating the website from our old server, and would like to give a try for some more speedy solutions, that’s why i am reaching out few services to discuss … --- ## [Using an external DNS manager](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-an-external-dns-manager/4981)
**Author:** [@Silverwolf](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Silverwolf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/using-an-external-dns-manager/4981 "2025-04-09T20:00:54Z")
I’m currently evaluating Kinsta and have migrated a small WordPress site to Kinsta hosting. I use DigiCert to manage all my DNS records. Where do I set this in Kinsta? I’ve tried adding the site IP address into the Di… --- ## [Protecting PDFs with a redirect to a .php file](https://community.kinsta.com/t/protecting-pdfs-with-a-redirect-to-a-php-file/4934)
**Author:** [@llago](https://community.kinsta.com/u/llago)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/protecting-pdfs-with-a-redirect-to-a-php-file/4934 "2025-03-19T15:47:33Z")
Hello, most of the content of my site is protected by a sort of paywall. In the same way I want to protect all PDFs uploaded in the uploads folders of wordpress. I want to do so creating a redirect from all PDFs in sai… --- ## [SSH support for Ghostty](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ssh-support-for-ghostty/4649)
**Author:** [@austinginder](https://community.kinsta.com/u/austinginder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/ssh-support-for-ghostty/4649 "2025-03-07T15:51:17Z")
There’s a popular new terminal application called Ghostty. When SSHing into any Kinsta site with Ghostty certain keys, like delete, don’t reflect visually. This is apparently a known issue with a fix explained here: http… --- ## [Couldn't Find 4 Months of Free Managed WordPress Hosting](https://community.kinsta.com/t/couldnt-find-4-months-of-free-managed-wordpress-hosting/2732)
**Author:** [@Sohail\_Ahmed](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Sohail_Ahmed)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/couldnt-find-4-months-of-free-managed-wordpress-hosting/2732 "2025-03-06T22:00:49Z")
I’ve got an email from Kinsta about 4 months of Free Managed WordPress Hosting Offer. But, I couldn’t find the deal on my dashboard. Can you please add it to my upgrade option? --- ## [403 Forbidden Error When I try to Open the Staging Site to Edit It. Maybe My IP's blocked because I am from Pakistan and my client's based in Vancouver](https://community.kinsta.com/t/403-forbidden-error-when-i-try-to-open-the-staging-site-to-edit-it-maybe-my-ips-blocked-because-i-am-from-pakistan-and-my-clients-based-in-vancouver/4817)
**Author:** [@Zahra\_Shah](https://community.kinsta.com/u/Zahra_Shah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/403-forbidden-error-when-i-try-to-open-the-staging-site-to-edit-it-maybe-my-ips-blocked-because-i-am-from-pakistan-and-my-clients-based-in-vancouver/4817 "2025-02-14T22:37:08Z")
--- ## [Transfer site away from Kinsta](https://community.kinsta.com/t/transfer-site-away-from-kinsta/4797)
**Author:** [@pixeldom](https://community.kinsta.com/u/pixeldom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/transfer-site-away-from-kinsta/4797 "2025-02-08T17:40:06Z")
We need to help a client move from Kinsta to a standard LAMP stack. There’s plenty of documentation on using Kinsta, but nothing about switching away. We have to deliver a WordPress site with no mention of Kinsta or plug… --- ## [Plugin update failed email but plugin is correctly updated](https://community.kinsta.com/t/plugin-update-failed-email-but-plugin-is-correctly-updated/4645)
**Author:** [@AlejandroBOFH](https://community.kinsta.com/u/AlejandroBOFH)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/plugin-update-failed-email-but-plugin-is-correctly-updated/4645 "2025-01-04T02:09:59Z")
Hi I’ve migrated 4 wordpress sites to kinsta with automatic updates activated and I keep getting wordpress emails about plugin update failures, but then I enter the wordpress admin section and the plugins are correctly … --- ## [💅 Make the Kinsta Cache WP Plugin icon white](https://community.kinsta.com/t/make-the-kinsta-cache-wp-plugin-icon-white/3939)
**Author:** [@mountainash](https://community.kinsta.com/u/mountainash)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/make-the-kinsta-cache-wp-plugin-icon-white/3939 "2024-09-16T21:51:27Z")
This looks :poop: - could you please change this to a plain “boring” but usable white icon? [Next page](https://community.kinsta.com/c/wordpress/29.md?page=1)