"An Excellent web host"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
One thing that really stands out with WP Engine's service is the hosting speed; and it's VERY fast. Our experience with WP on the reliability side has been nearly 100% up-time. When we migrated away from our old host, it was fairly seamless and they did a very good job of doing things FOR US. Excellent service. The service is always very affordable in contrast to other services out there that offer literally a quarter of the service level WP does. WP's customer service levels are also spectacular and I was very pleased with the clear level of knowledge and professionalism with their technical team.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
My only real gripe on WP is that they only offer WordPress based hosting but that's OK because their level of service is amazing, I just wished they offered more services! I'd love to see how they'd fare at hosting other mediums / services. It can also be expensive but again, you're paying for quality and a very high level of service.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Keep in mind that WP engine ONLY hosts WordPress so if you have a diverse environment, they might not be your sole sourced solution.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
WP offered a fairly large amount of site visits on their business tier plan (around 400K if memory serves me right). Also, we needed a larger number of sites and they offered 25 different sites in the business tier package and again, that was very helpful to us having a more complex web presence.
"After a long time out in the wilderness with other hosting companies we've finally found our home!"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Everything works. As it should. Every time. The support is excellent, fast, knowledgeable and professional. The site's uptime has increased hugely since moving to WP Engine and we (touch wood) seem to be avoiding being taken down by attacks; which used to be a regular occurrence.
I can't compare them to our last hosting company because the differences are far too great. Very glad I've got our site with WP Engine - my only regret is that I didn't move our site earlier!
For once the reality lives up to the expectations, which is unusual!
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
Literally nothing! WP Engine works and works well. It ticks all the boxes we asked for and more besides.
They're constantly innovating (and importantly sharing these updates with us). To say I'm impressed is an understatement. They came highly recommended to me by someone I've known for a long time and trust. I would also recommend this company in a heartbeat to anyone looking for excellent reliability, speed and protection.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Don't hesitate! Jump right in. Virtually ALL pre-sales talk a good talk and often the service doesn't (or can't) live up to what you were sold....In the case of WP Engine fact is fact (not fiction!)
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
Having continuous uptime is vital as we have a worldwide audience and rely on 24/7 availability so our videos can be viewed and purchased. Our video download numbers have increased effectively paying for WP Egnine's costs (and then some).
Our audience is located all across the world and WP Engine enable us to have fast response times to the site no matter where the users are located - something we couldn't achieve before and suffered lost sales and users as a result.
"High Performance, Excellent Service, Extremely Reliable, Good Value"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Their server performance is excellent. We almost never have any downtime. Their support for WordPress developers is outstanding, both in terms of built-in tools and services as well as their 24x7 support by knowledgeable and cheerfully-helpful support engineers.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
Nothing, really. There have been no significant problems for us in using WPEngine since we began using them in 2013.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
We need high-performance, high-reliability managed WordPress hosting for our clients, whose websites we manage. Occasionally we also need experienced WordPress-savvy support engineers to talk with regarding new challenges and requirements that result from client requests. WPEngine's infrastructure and support personnel have fulfilled those needs very, very well for us.
"Complete peace of mind WordPress hosting"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
The best feature about WPEngine is the built-in one-click staging environment for every site that is hosted on my server. It has saved hours of time and is a real game changer for our business.
We also love the support provided by the support team - it's brilliant and almost always able to fix the problem we are having.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
1) The lack of 24/7 live chat. Being based in the UK we don't have any access to live chat for most of our working day and calling a USA phone number is costly.
2) the inability to change site name/site url from the WPE dashboard. When we create a new install there should be a box to re-name the WP site and tagline rather than making it the default one everytime.
3) the long way of having to change password for each new install via the 'lost password' function rather than being able to set it in the new installation box.
4) not being able to create a staging area from the WPE dashboard, instead having to login to the site each time.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
We help businesses maintain their WordPress websites. We have realized many benefits of using WPEngine to host those websites including automatic WP core updates, backups, staging area for testing updates and of course the amazing support from your engineers to help fix problems on some of these websites.
"Get rid of your hosting headaches once and for all"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
While it's easy to get WordPress setup on almost any host/server, WP Engine is designed from the ground up to help WordPress developers. Even better, there support team is full of WordPress experts that are quick to help anytime an issue arrises.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
At first, the price of the service was somewhat "scary". It's much more expensive that a traditional "shared hosting" - however, after using WP Engine for a couple of weeks, you will quickly realize it is much more than just another web host - WP Engine is a hosting platform built for WordPress.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Take the free trial for a spin - you get 60 days to completely test the system, risk free.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
Have you ever had a client website go down over the weekend - or even worse, stay down for an entire weekend? It's not a fun issue to explain to a client and can literally take money out of your pocket. With WP Engine, we no longer worry about those types of issues.
"WP Engine has proven to be the perfect hosting service for an independent news website."
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Immediate technical support by phone in the event of a problem is a lifesaver. But the ease of launching a new WordPress site is a close second best. The automatic backups are also a big plus. WP Engine is really a complete hosting solution for an independent publisher.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
There's nothing to dislike. Even when an occasional technical hiccup like a DDS attack has caused a problem, WP Engine is quick to fix it and always apologetic.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
It's the easiest and most reliable hosting for publishers.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
For an independent publisher, the problem solved is finding inexpensive and reliable hosting. There's very little guesswork in using WP Engine for a WordPress site.
"Best WordPress Hosting Anywhere on the Web"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Hands down the best hosting solution for wordpress. WPengine has it all: ease of setup, transferability of a developed wordpress, easy development, and improved site speed (which is a huge hangup for most WP sites). The other solutions like Godaddy, Media Temple, Bluehost, and others do not come close with ease of use. Any of these other services require some knowledge of coding, servers, and databases. If you're not a web developer, it can be cumbersome. Other services will also leave you hanging on hold with tech support for hours. With WPEngine, your're live with a fresh install in seconds.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
I don't have many bad things to say about the service, although, $30 a month is pretty steep compared to other options for hosting. I think you get what you pay for and WPEngine's options combined with ease of use are worth the price.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
I development worpress for multiple clients throughout the year (5-10 sites annually). I do a lot of custom integration work in Wordpress trying to help businesses manage their digital footprint and help provide solutions that make their sites conduits for manual processes. A typical site set up includes API integrations to other cloud software, Payment Gateway Integrations (Stripe, Paypal), contact form integrations, cloud based contracts like Echosign, and email marketing integration to name a few.
The benefits of using WPEngine is that I hardly ever have to worry about Wordpress Secruity issues. Traditionally it is easy to hack wordpress and there are a lot of nasty Bots roaming the internet trying to destroy Wordpress sites with malware and other viruses. With WPEngine, I do not have to spend hours configuring and testing my security plugin and worry about if it will lock down my site or cause other errors down the road.
"Best WordPress Hosting "
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Very easy to use and manage sites, 24x7 Support and very helpful techies.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
Some limitations on shared platform but I guess that is to be expected.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Take a free trial - you won’t be disa
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
Hosting client sites with zero downtime to date.
"Highest quality products supported with top notch service!"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
They are continuously add improvements to all of our customers sites. They are responsive to both business and technical questions.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
I am completely satisfied with our relationship.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Evaluate the money and the time spent with management of the various hosting vendors. Choose one and recommend them to your clients.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are a company that develops software for the Wordpress technology stack. WPEngine allows us to outsources 100% of the DevOps responsibilities to them. They are proactive in the engineering of improving how all of our customers sites are performing. They are responsive to both business and technical questions.
"Very Helpful Support, Intuitive Interface, and Powerful Platform"
What do you like best about WP Engine?
Out of all of the features WP Engine offers, hands down my favorite is the git integration. Allowing things to be version controlled is of upmost importance. And then to one up that, version controlling multiple environments (staging/production) makes me day-to-day much more headache free.
What do you dislike about WP Engine?
Haven't really run into anything that I didn't like.
Recommendations to others considering WP Engine:
Take the effort to set up your git workflow. You won't regret it and you'll be able to build/deploy so much quicker.
What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?
Wordpress hosting for our website and all associated files.

