{"id":10467,"date":"2026-10-05T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/?p=10467"},"modified":"2026-10-05T10:07:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:07:12","slug":"product-updates-week-40-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/product-updates-week-40-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Hostinger weekly product updates: Week 40, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s what shipped the week of September 28 to October 2, 2026, across Hostinger Reach, Hostinger Email, Hostinger MCP, Hostinger Dashboard, and Hostinger AI Builder:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hostinger Reach can now send marketing campaigns on WhatsApp, alongside email.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hostinger Email can import emails from .eml files, or a .zip of them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hostinger MCP moved to a leaner three-tool structure for AI agents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new Google Ads integration connects your account from Hostinger Dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hostinger AI Builder sites can be previewed on a phone via QR code once they&rsquo;re live.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&rsquo;s a closer look at each.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-send-whatsapp-marketing-campaigns-with-hostinger-reach\">Send WhatsApp marketing campaigns with Hostinger Reach<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hostinger Reach now supports WhatsApp as a marketing channel, alongside email.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You start from a dedicated WhatsApp landing page and connect a WhatsApp Business Account directly in Reach. A new message editor lets you build templates, and a template list keeps your reusable ones organized.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context='{\"imageId\":\"6ac4089f94794\"}' data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ac4089f94794\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1681\" height=\"1110\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/public\" alt=\"Reach WhatsApp setup screen listing what you need to connect a marketing number: a spare number, Meta business admin access, and your business details\" class=\"wp-image-10474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/w=1681,fit=scale-down 1681w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/reach-whatsapp-connect.png\/w=1536,fit=scale-down 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1681px) 100vw, 1681px\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sending a campaign is simple: pick a template and recipients, review, and send. From there, a campaign list and details track what&rsquo;s sent and ongoing, while account settings manage the WhatsApp Business Account connection.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With this, the whole marketing flow lives in one place, giving you another way to reach customers with timely promotions, announcements, and updates without leaving Reach. To get started, you&rsquo;ll first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/hostinger-reach-connect-whatsapp-and-complete-meta-setup\/\">connect WhatsApp and complete the Meta setup<\/a>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-connect-google-ads-from-hostinger-dashboard\">Connect Google Ads from Hostinger Dashboard<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hostinger&rsquo;s new Google Ads integration lets you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/how-to-connect-your-google-ads-account-in-the-hostinger-dashboard\/\">connect a Google Ads account<\/a> directly from Hostinger Dashboard using Google&rsquo;s OAuth sign-in.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can link an existing account or create a new one in a few steps. From there, launch a Google Ads campaign for any website built with Hostinger, with headlines and images generated automatically with AI. Then track ad performance, traffic, and spend right in hPanel.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New accounts also get a bonus: spend $500 on ads in your first 60 days, and Google adds $500 in ad credit to your account balance.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context='{\"imageId\":\"6ac4089f959ad\"}' data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ac4089f959ad\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1256\" height=\"760\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/google_ads.png\/public\" alt='Hostinger Google Ads page with a \"spend 0, get 0 in credit\" offer and a three-step how-it-works: connect an account, describe your business, launch and track' class=\"wp-image-10472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/google_ads.png\/w=1256,fit=scale-down 1256w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/google_ads.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/google_ads.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/google_ads.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1256px) 100vw, 1256px\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-a-leaner-three-tool-structure-for-hostinger-mcp\">A leaner three-tool structure for Hostinger MCP<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hostinger MCP now exposes three tools instead of one entry per API operation: search finds the Hostinger operations relevant to a task, execute runs a single operation, and multi-execute runs several operations in one request.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The full set of Hostinger operations is still reachable through these three tools, so nothing is removed. Tool names are generated automatically, following the same naming convention as the Hostinger CLI.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bundled skills ship with the MCP server to guide the AI assistant on which operation to choose once search returns results. The point is to keep the number of tools an agent sees small and stable, since a long list of individual operations eats up context and raises the chance the agent picks the wrong one.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/11079316-hostinger-api-mcp-server\/\">Hostinger API MCP server guide<\/a> has the full details.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-import-emails-from-a-file-in-hostinger-email\">Import emails from a file in Hostinger Email<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can now import emails into Hostinger Email from a file. If you have a backup of your emails as .eml files, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5778099-how-to-import-emails-to-hostinger-email-via-webmail\/\">import them via webmail<\/a> directly: log in to Hostinger Email, go to Settings, then Email Import, and click Import emails.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also pack multiple .eml files into a single .zip archive to import them together.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-preview-hostinger-ai-builder-sites-on-your-phone-with-a-qr-code\">Preview Hostinger AI Builder sites on your phone with a QR code<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a website goes live for the first time in Hostinger AI Builder, the success screen now includes a Quick look on your phone option. Select it to show a QR code you can scan with a phone or tablet to open the published site right away, with no need to type the address. Read more here about how it works in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10506149-hostinger-ai-builder-agentic-mode-how-to-publish-your-app\/\">publishing process<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context='{\"imageId\":\"6ac4089f96d87\"}' data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ac4089f96d87\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1126\" height=\"1038\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--pointerdown=\"actions.preloadImage\" data-wp-on--pointerenter=\"actions.preloadImageWithDelay\" data-wp-on--pointerleave=\"actions.cancelPreload\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/ai-builder-qr-code.png\/public\" alt=\"Hostinger AI Builder &quot;your site's now live&quot; screen showing a QR code to preview the published site on a phone, plus the temporary domain and a connect-custom-domain option\" class=\"wp-image-10473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/ai-builder-qr-code.png\/w=1126,fit=scale-down 1126w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/ai-builder-qr-code.png\/w=300,fit=scale-down 300w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/ai-builder-qr-code.png\/w=1024,fit=scale-down 1024w, https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/LqiWLm-3MGbYHtFuUbcBtA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/ai-builder-qr-code.png\/w=768,fit=scale-down 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1126px) 100vw, 1126px\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-trigger\" type=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.thisImage.triggerButtonAriaLabel\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-style--right=\"state.thisImage.buttonRight\" data-wp-style--top=\"state.thisImage.buttonTop\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h-t-title-2\" id=\"h-thats-all-for-this-week\">That&rsquo;s all for this week<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the running log of every release, check our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/changelog\">changelog<\/a>, and for the story behind each week&rsquo;s updates, browse our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/product-updates\/\">weekly product updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s what shipped the week of September 28 to October 2, 2026, across Hostinger Reach, Hostinger Email, Hostinger MCP, Hostinger Dashboard, and Hostinger AI Builder:<\/p>\n<p>Hosting\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":10471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-10467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-updates"],"hreflangs":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10475,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10467\/revisions\/10475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10467"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=10467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}