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Kinsta vs WordPress.com: which is more reliable? (2026)
WordPress.com is more reliable than Kinsta, scoring 100.0 vs 48.0 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Kinsta reported 13 incidents and WordPress.com reported 0, with effective uptime of 98.63% and 100% respectively.
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Kinsta | WordPress.com |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 48.0 | 100.0 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #7 | — |
| Uptime (90 days) | 98.63% | 100% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 13 | 0 |
| Partial / major outages | 6 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 12h 37m | — |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Kinsta and WordPress.com differ
- WordPress.com reported no incidents in the last 90 days, while Kinsta reported 13.
- Kinsta had 6 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for WordPress.com.
90-day uptime
Kinsta
WordPress.com
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Kinsta incidents
- Degraded performanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Downloadable Backup actions are stuck in processing status in the MyKinsta Dashboard.
Affected: MyKinsta
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 1h 43m
MFA emails not being sent for MyKinsta
Affected: MyKinsta
- InformationalOct 23, 2026 · resolved in 4d
Information in regards to newly discovered PHP vulnerability CVE-2026-115560 (Oct 23, 2026)
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 13h 22m
PHP Security Vulnerability Update
Affected: MyKinsta
- Degraded performanceOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 15h 28m
Partial outage in London datacenter
Affected: London, United Kingdom data centers
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 7h 21m
Service disruption at the Northern Virginia (US East 4) data centerofficial update ↗
Affected: Ashburn, Virginia, US data centers
Recent WordPress.com incidents
No incidents reported by WordPress.com in the last 90 days.
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