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- Kinsta Bot Protection Blocking Google Merchant Center Feed and the Solution
by /u/69drizzle on August 9, 2026 at 5:25 pmHey everyone, I couldn’t find anything on Google with the solution so really just wanted to post this here in case it helps people in the future. Kinsta recently implemented Bot Protection with various levels. They apparently automatically whitelist genuine bots (like Google). Not the case for google-xrawler (the bot the manages Google Merchant Center feeds). If you select Challenge Bots on the Bot Protection page, then google-xrawler is blocked. For some reason it’s NOT part of the automatic whitelist. You have to add it to your own whitelist, and it’s not at all obvious as it is not a well known bot. Anyhow, after a lot of back and forth with support this was the solution. I hope this helps someone in the future. submitted by /u/69drizzle [link] [comments]
- Do you recommend hostingerby /u/manos5246 on August 9, 2026 at 10:08 am
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- UltaHost Outageby /u/redwbl on August 8, 2026 at 10:56 pm
Is anyone aware of what’s happening with UltaHost? It’s day 2 of an outage and no new updates. I just use it for email for a couple domains, I don’t even have websites for them so I’m on a Shared Server. submitted by /u/redwbl [link] [comments]
- maybe some other hosters will find our findings useful.. happy weekend! H
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- Should I move my small WordPress site to a static setup to avoid expensive hosting?by /u/Hot_Lead_8100 on August 8, 2026 at 4:14 am
just now realised, I kinda messed up with hosting lol I paid around ₹1500 (Indian rupee) [$15] thinking I was renewing my domain + hosting, but apparently that was just for the domain. now it’s asking another ₹3k + tax for hosting. I already have the domain, but I really dont wanna spend ₹3k+ every year when my site is still tiny. rn it’s just a homepage + a few blog posts. I’m planning to add more posts, html/js calculators and some simple tools tho. it’s on wordpress rn, but since I’m just starting, I’m open to switching CMS or even something like Astro. I’ve seen people mention Astro + Cloudflare Pages. would that make sense for this kinda site, or are there better options? I dont mind learning a bit and setting things up myself tho. aka what would you guys do if you were me? 😭 tldr: Tiny WordPress blog + HTML/JS tools, domain already paid for, but hosting renewal is ₹3k+. Should I stick with WordPress or switch to Astro/another CMS + a cheaper setup? submitted by /u/Hot_Lead_8100 [link] [comments]