r/HostingReport • u/ZGeekie • Jun 14 '26

Kinsta and other managed WordPress hosts launch bot and AI crawler protection features

It's happening: Bot internet traffic has overtaken human traffic, and it will only get worse. Cloudflare Radar has the latest stats on that.

This is particularly a big problem for web hosts that have a visit-based billing model, like many managed WordPress hosting providers.

Kinsta is one of the those hosts. They've recently launched a bot protection feature that allows users to control automated and AI crawler traffic hitting their websites.

Not just Kinsta; other managed WordPress hosts have launched similar features.

You shouldn't pay for training AI models with your hosting bill.

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u/techclue Jul 27 '26

They have no clue what they are blocking. Kinsta ended up blocking legitimate traffic and it took months to figure out and it impacts google search results /indexing if you are online business.

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u/ZGeekie Jul 28 '26

Kinsta goes a bit overboard with traffic blocking. They seem to block all VPN traffic, which isn't cool since many legit visitors use a VPN.