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API documentation — Kinsta
Checked for Kinsta on 1 Nov 2026
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- https://kinsta.com/docs/kinsta-api/
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- 1 Nov 2026, 10:12 UTC
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API type Report an error
“Kinsta’s REST API (Application Programming Interface) is a powerful tool designed to allow developers to easily access and interact with your Kinsta account and projects.”
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API beta Report an error
“Kinsta’s API is a new feature currently in public beta. This means the API is available to all Kinsta customers but is still in beta testing as we continue to develop it and release more endpoints.”
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Openapi spec Report an error
“For full details on available API endpoints, to download our OpenAPI specification, and to try out endpoints, see our API reference.”
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API key generation Report an error
“In MyKinsta, go to your username > Company settings > API Keys and click Create API Key.”
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API key roles Report an error
“Company owners, company administrators, and company developers can create API keys. The level of access to the API will depend on the user’s access.”
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API key expiry Report an error
“Choose an expiration or set a custom start date and number of hours for the key to expire.”
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API key revocation Report an error
“If you need to revoke access to an API key, click Revoke.”
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API wordpress site actions Report an error
“Create a new WordPress site, clone an existing site, create an empty site without WordPress, and delete a site.”
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API staging actions Report an error
“Create a new staging site, push a staging environment to live, and delete a staging environment.”
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API php actions Report an error
“Clear a site’s cache, restart and update the PHP engine, and retrieve and update the list of denied IP addresses.”
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API php config Report an error
“Change the PHP memory limit and number of PHP threads per environment.”
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API sftp ssh control Report an error
“Get your site’s SFTP/SSH status and enable or disable it.”
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API plugins themes Report an error
“Get a list of your site’s plugins and themes and update them.”
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API domain actions Report an error
“Add or remove a domain.”
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API additional sftp accounts Report an error
“Get a list of additional SFTP accounts, enable, disable, add, and remove them.”
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API backups Report an error
“Get a list of your site’s backups and downloadable backups, restore a backup to your site, and delete a backup.”
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API analytics logs Report an error
“Get the site’s analytics data.”
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API log files Report an error
“Get the site’s log files.”
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API company actions Report an error
“Get a list of your company’s users, including their email address, full name, and a link to their profile picture.”
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API company data Report an error
“Get the data from the company’s Activity Log.”
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API dns management Report an error
“Create, update, and delete DNS records.”
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API multisite creation Report an error
“You also have the option to create a WordPress Multisite installation (is_multisite TRUE) and configure a subdomain (is_subdomain_multisite TRUE) or subdirectory (is_subdomain_multisite FALSE) installation.”
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Operations endpoint Report an error
“To check the status of an operation, use the /operations endpoint. When you start an operation, the immediate response from the API will include an operation_id to use with the /operations endpoint.”
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Rate limits Report an error
“120 requests per minute per company ID identified from the API key. 1000 requests per minute per IP address. This would come into force if you have access to multiple companies. 5 requests per minute for resource creation, for example, creating a WordPress site.”
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Rate limit increase Report an error
“It is not currently possible to increase the rate limit.”
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Rate limit headers Report an error
“To see your current rate limit status, check the RateLimit headers in the most recent API response.”
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