Redis, the in-memory NoSQL database, provides robust storage for the WordPress native object cache, helping to reduce the need for repetitive and resource-intensive database queries. It’s popular with operators of websites like online stores and membership destinations where page caching of personalized content is an obstacle.

Kinsta has long offered Redis among our add-on solutions for WordPress hosting. However, until now, customers were asked to contact our Support team to have Redis installed and configured in their environments.

Customers can now install, configure, and remove Redis in their accounts with a few clicks in the MyKinsta dashboard.

Adding Redis to a WordPress site

Installing Redis for your WordPress site is simple:

• Navigate to WordPress sites > sitename > Add-ons in MyKinsta.
• Scroll to the Redis caching card.
• Click the Enable button:

• You’ll be asked to confirm your choice to install Redis:

Plugin support for Redis in WordPress

When you add Redis to a site in MyKinsta, we automatically install and configure the Redis Object Cache plugin, connecting your WordPress site to the cache:

If you click on the Settings link for Redis Object Cache, you will see that the plugin is already configured and connected to your instance of Redis:

There are numerous plugins available to connect WordPress sites and Redis. If you prefer to use a plugin other than Redis Object Cache, you can do that by disabling or deleting the Kinsta-installed plugin and adding one you choose.

Removing Redis from a WordPress site

Removing Redis from your account is just as easy as installing it:

• Navigate to WordPress sites > sitename > Add-ons in MyKinsta.
• Scroll to the Redis caching card.
• Click the Disable button.
• You’ll be asked to confirm your request:

You’re in control of caching at Kinsta

In addition to Redis caching on the backend of WordPress websites, Kinsta also provides powerful on-server page caching and Cloudflare-powered Edge Caching and CDN. And all those tools can be managed on the Caching page in MyKinsta. (And, yes, you can also begin the install or uninstall of Redis from that area of the dashboard.)

What’s more, the Kinsta MU (Must Use) plugin offers cache management within the WordPress admin dashboard. Members of a publishing team who might not have access to MyKinsta can clear server-side caches, CDN, and edge caches within WordPress.

If you’re not already a Kinsta customer and want to take advantage of these powerful tools for your WordPress site, find a hosting plan that’s right for you.

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Kinsta has achieved ISO 27001, 27017, and 27018 certifications — designations that reflect adherence to best practices in information security, with additional emphasis on controls safeguarding data in cloud computing environments.

Erik Van Dijk, Kinsta’s Head of IT, said the certifications recognize the company’s ability to meet “the gold standard” for security compliance set by the International Standards Organization (ISO).

Organizations that meet ISO standards are committed to preserving the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information through recognized risk management processes. This fosters the confidence that Kinsta aims to share with its customers.

Van Dijk pointed out that the certifications came one year after an extensive audit determined that Kinsta met the Security criterion of the System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) compliance framework developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

While working toward the ISO certifications, he said, Kinsta also logged another year of monitoring under SOC 2 and expanded the trust services with which it is compliant — adding Availability and Confidentiality to the original Security criterion.

Van Dijk pointed out that the initial SOC 2 designation was determined during a three-month audit window in 2023. Compliance is now monitored continuously throughout the year.

Meanwhile, Kinsta made its first appearance in the Cloud Security Alliance’s Security, Trust, Assurance, and Risk (STAR) Registry, achieving the CSA STAR Level 1.

A closer look at the new ISO 27001 certifications

Officially known as ISO/IEC standards (because the International Electrotechnical Commission is a joint publisher of the framework), those achieved so far by Kinsta are:

• ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — The overarching standard for information security management systems. Organizations that meet the ISO 27001 standards have robust methodologies for business, people, and IT processes, along with an established framework to identify, manage, and reduce risks surrounding information security.
• ISO/IEC 27017:2015 — This standard extends ISO 27001 by prescribing security controls and implementation guidance for cloud computing environments.
• ISO/IEC 27018:2019 — Another extension to ISO 27001 that focuses specifically on protecting personally identifiable information in cloud environments.

Kinsta’s Van Dijk said the process of working toward ISO 27001 certification harnessed staff resources across the company and included external partners.

Shortly after achieving SOC 2 compliance, Kinsta started the ISO certification project and turned to cloud security company Rhymetec for an internal audit that helped define the work ahead. Vanta, a company that assisted with SOC 2 compliance, was called on to help create policies and collect evidence. Finally, BARR Advisory conducted an independent audit verifying Kinsta’s certification eligibility.

“There were a ton of moving parts along the way,” said Van Dijk, “(but) we consistently received praise from our auditors on how organized and prepared we were.”

Visit Kinsta’s Trust Center for information on the company’s ongoing compliance efforts.

Secure from the ground up

At Kinsta, we’re dedicated to protecting customer websites and their data. Our ISO-certified information security procedures reflect our investment in earning customer trust. It’s also evident in our free tools to safeguard websites with firewalling, DDoS protection, and wildcard SSL.

Not already a customer? Get started with our secure environment by finding the best web hosting plan for your business.

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Also known as europe-west3 and australia-southeast1, the two data centers are joining the following six locations already dedicated to Google’s C3D VMs:

• Jurong West, Singapore (asia-southeast1)
• St. Ghislain, Belgium (europe-west1)
• Eemshaven, Netherlands (europe-west4)
• Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA (us-central1)
• Moncks Corner, South Carolina, USA (us-east1)
• Ashburn, Virginia, USA (us-east4)

Just as we did during the launch of C3D VMs in those data centers, Kinsta is migrating customer websites already in Frankfurt and Sydney to the new technology. Meanwhile, customers creating new websites can spot the C3D-powered locations in MyKinsta by looking for the Boosted indicator when selecting a data center for a site:

Kinsta is dedicated to providing customers with the fastest and most reliable hosting anywhere. That’s why we’ve built our service on the most advanced virtual machines Google Cloud has available in each data center. Across most of Google’s platform, that means compute-optimized C2 VMs for now. However, our testing of C3D-based VMs found response time improvements of 20% to 50% over the already-fast C2 technology.

What makes the C3D VMs so fast is technology that includes AMD’s EPYC processor and an infrastructure processing unit (or IPU) that Google developed with Intel to offload network and storage I/O from the CPU.

The C2 VMs support a maximum of 60 virtual CPUs and 240 gigabytes of RAM. C3Ds deliver six times those resources — up to 360 virtual CPUs and 2.88 terabytes of DDR5 memory.

Kinsta will take advantage of C3D VMs in other regions as Google makes them widely available in more of the 37 data centers used by our customers.

What’s behind the fastest WordPress sites?

In addition to Google Cloud’s fastest VMs, Kinsta also takes advantage of Google’s low-latency Premium Tier network.

And then there’s a blazingly fast CDN with 260+ PoPs, HTTP/3 support, edge caching, early hints, and built-in image optimization.

If you haven’t already, find a Managed WordPress Hosting package here at Kinsta that’s right for you.

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