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POST
/
sites
Create a site
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.kinsta.com/v2/sites \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "company": "54fb80af-576c-4fdc-ba4f-b596c83f15a1",
  "display_name": "First site",
  "region": "us-central1",
  "install_mode": "new",
  "admin_email": "[email protected]",
  "admin_password": "vJnFnN-~v)PxF[6k",
  "admin_user": "admin",
  "site_title": "My First Site",
  "wp_language": "en_US",
  "is_subdomain_multisite": false,
  "is_multisite": false,
  "woocommerce": false,
  "wordpressseo": false
}
'
{
  "message": "Adding site in progress",
  "status": 202,
  "operation_id": "sites:add-54fb80af-576c-4fdc-ba4f-b596c83f15a1"
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://api-docs.kinsta.com/llms.txt

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Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
company
string
required
Example:

"54fb80af-576c-4fdc-ba4f-b596c83f15a1"

​
display_name
string
required
Example:

"First site"

​
region
string
required
Example:

"us-central1"

​
install_mode
enum<string>
default:plain
required
deprecated
Available options:
new,
plain,
clone
Example:

"new"

​
admin_email
string
required
​
admin_password
string
required
Example:

"vJnFnN-~v)PxF[6k"

​
admin_user
string
required
Example:

"admin"

​
site_title
string
required
Example:

"My First Site"

​
wp_language
string
required
Example:

"en_US"

​
is_subdomain_multisite
boolean
Example:

false

​
is_multisite
boolean
Example:

false

​
woocommerce
boolean
Example:

false

​
wordpressseo
boolean
Example:

false

Response

Site creation action started. Check MyKinsta for status

​
message
string
required
Example:

"Adding site in progress"

​
status
number
required
Example:

202

​
operation_id
string
Example:

"sites:add-54fb80af-576c-4fdc-ba4f-b596c83f15a1"