How Kinsta uses the Google Cloud Platform

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In line with our vision of providing the fastest WordPress hosting experience , Google's C2 virtual machines play a key role, but it's not the only important aspect here (more on that below).

Compared to the general purpose N1 VMs, we benchmarked the C2 VM configuration and found it to be 200% faster for WordPress .

Let us give you a quick example of how compute-optimized virtual machines directly impact the speed of a WordPress site.

The WordPress core, plugins , and themes are all written in a programming language called PHP . The code is executed by PHP threads , which are background processes that perform a variety of tasks, from making database calls to generate your site’s pages to sending order confirmations for a WooCommerce store.

To put it simply, PHP threads are the engines of WordPress websites, helping to process requests without caching . Since CPU performance directly impacts how quickly PHP threads can process code, the cyprus phone number data super-fast CPUs of Google’s C2 virtual machines have a direct impact on the speed of your WordPress site .

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What Makes Kinsta Fast?
At the core of Kinsta hosting is a containerized hosting stack powered by custom implementations of LXD , Nginx , MariaDB , and the latest versions of PHP (8.4). Our software stack is specifically tuned for high-performance WordPress hosting on Google’s Cloud Platform, and we’re constantly tweaking and optimizing as new, faster solutions become available.

In terms of infrastructure, we use Google's C2 and C3D VMS and Premium Tier network , which offers low latency and 30-50% faster traffic routing , avoiding public Internet conduits as much as possible.

By comparison, most other WordPress hosts in the space use cheaper , less secure fiber at the expense of network speed.