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WP Engine is a global web enablement company that provides premium products and solutions for websites built with WordPress. WP Engine's platform is engineered to deliver high performance, robust security, and specialized support across all types of WordPress installations. WP Engine manages complex technical aspects—from proprietary caching to automatic maintenance—allowing businesses, agencies, and developers to focus on content, innovation and business growth. The service is a highly scalable solution designed to power and protect critical web projects. The platform is trusted by over 1.5 million sites for fast, secure website hosting, with a focus on optimizing environments for various use cases, including e-commerce and modern headless architectures. Performance Optimization: Provides an environment specifically optimized for performance, featuring proprietary EverCache® technology and global infrastructure to ensure unmatched speed and reliability, particularly for high-traffic websites built with WordPress. Enterprise-Grade Security: Delivers best-in-class, certified security (SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001) with proactive threat detection and platform-level protection to maintain site integrity and customer trust. Developer Workflow: Offers developer-friendly tools like one-click staging, Git integration, SSH access, and the Local development environment, making it ideal for agencies and developers to streamline their building process. Modern Architecture Support: Fully supports headless and REST API workflows with specialized tooling, enabling the creation of fast, modern digital experiences separate from the traditional WordPress front end. Expert Support: Access to 24/7/365 award-winning technical specialists who provide rapid issue resolution and proactive advise and guidance, covering all aspects of the managed hosting platform.

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WP Engine Demo - WP Engine User Portal: Dashboard

The WP Engine User Portal.

WP Engine Demo - WP Engine User Portal: Performance

A comprehensive view of your sites and page performance.

WP Engine Demo - WP Engine User Portal: Sites

An overview of your websites, tools, and more.

In this session from our DE{CODE} 2025 event, we’ll unveil some of our biggest WP Engine product roadmap advancements in intelligent search, personalized recommendations, and performance optimization.

WP Engine Site Migration is a plugin for WordPress that simplifies the process of moving any WordPress-powered website to WP Engine.

The AI era is here, and it’s changing how we think about search marketing. Join WP Engine SVP & CMO Darcy Kurtz and Conductor CPO Wei Zheng in this webinar as they explore why traditional keyword-driven SEO is collapsing.

Whether you’re building headless sites or templating traditional themes, ACF gives you the flexibility to scale custom content your way.

If you build with WordPress, using Local can drastically speed up your workflow. In this video, we show you how to create a fully functioning WordPress site on your local machine in under 30 seconds using LocalWP.

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Verified User in Computer Software

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/8/2023

"A reliable and powerful hosting solution"

4.5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

Easy to use, has plenty of features, and provides good customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

It's expensive compared to less established alternatives. It has certain tech limitations (e.g., for some plug-ins) which can hinder performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Arts and Crafts

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/31/2023

"The Pioneers of White Glove WordPress Hosting"

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

WP Engine is the company that we recommend and have used with success for over 10 years now. WP Engine prides itself on being one of the fastest hosting companies. Some of the other advantages WP Engine offers is daily time machine like backups for easy rollback or restores. They also handle all security. If your site is ever hacked they will take full responsibility and restore it at no cost.

Another great features is that they offer a clone button of your live site that is copies your site to one of two staging environments. This is great for development as it create a "sandbox" site for development and testing without affecting your current, live site.

Above all, their support is without parallel. They offer 24/7 chat and phone support with actual engineers who can help you with any issue you have with the site. On countless occasions they have been there to quickly help resolve any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

The cost can go up for higher traffic plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ty G.

Senior Manager - Product Design

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"WP Engine is the only go-forward option for WordPress hosting."

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

Their customer support is by far the most helpful support system I've ever used (not just hosting platforms too, any product or service.) In the decade or more that I've used WP Engine, there hasn't been a single instance where my issue didn't get resolved incredibly quickly after hopping on with their support live chat. In addition, their UI is extremely intuitive and fast, and allows me tons of freedom to set up my servers however I want. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

Honestly, nothing comes to mind. They're far and away the best option for WordPress hosting, and their pricing is incredibly reasonable. Especially at the enterprise level, they're actually cheaper than many other enterprise hosting options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Often, hosting can be a significant pain point in the website development space, requiring hours and hours of troubleshooting that wastes everyone's time and money. WP Engine has all but eliminated that problem for my business. Through their incredibly intuitive and powerful UI, I can simply and easily set up my servers however I want, create FTP accounts with robust permissions, and even set up free SSLs for my domains in minutes. And if I do happen to run into an issue, their industry-leading customer support continually blows me away with how quickly they take care of whatever hurdle is in front of me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"Top notch WordPress hosting service."

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

I have been using WPEngine for my WordPress hosting needs for the last six years and have been extremely satisfied with the service. The platform is user-friendly and easy to navigate, making it simple to manage client websites. The customer support team is also top-notch, always available to assist with any issues or concerns. The site speed and uptime have been excellent, giving me peace of mind that client websites are always running smoothly. Overall, I highly recommend WPEngine to anyone needing a reliable and efficient WordPress hosting solution." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

It's worth noting that some users may find the pricing higher than other hosting providers, especially for small or personal websites. Additionally, WPEngine only supports WordPress and doesn't offer other website-building options. This can be an issue for users who want to use a different platform or have multiple websites on various platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lee P.

DevOps Specialist

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"WP Engine is a no-brainer for anyone who wants reliable hosting for Wordpress sites."

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

The fact that WP Engine automates backups, migrations, and plugin updating allows people to focus on their business value and less on maintenance and reliability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

The only downside to WP Engine is that the pricing might be too steep for hobby level users who don't have the volume to justify all of the features that WP Engine has to offer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"Outstanding Tools & Customer Service"

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

Being able to manage several environments quickly and easily is an incredibly useful help for developers.

LargeFS (AWS S3 ready) infrastructure also a bonus and the Customer Service is truly outstanding.

Happy to have refer to WPE all my WP clients! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

Cache exclusion management could use a manual input, but Support is always happy to do it.

Maybe a search/replace system and an S3 GUI navigator and deleted media sync (in case of LargeFS) would be the ultimate tools that WPE is missing.

Error logs dont seem complete at times and audit routines do clutter custom error logs, but nothing problematic to be fair... it's really hard to come up with something I would definitely change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Johnathon K.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"I've used WPEngine for over half a decade, and they're well worth it."

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

I've used WPEngine for 5 years now, and they've been one of the best and most reliable hosting companies out there. Their support is always helpful, and I rarely need to contact them more than once for an issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

Honestly? There isn't a lot to dislike. The only thing would be they need a more in-depth usage dashboard, but they're making strides in that. I would also say having the ability to customize a new install stack would be amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kylie C.

Production & Digital Communications Administrator

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/26/2023

"WP Engine for the Win!"

4/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

WP Engine makes novice web builders like me feel confident about managing a company website. Super user-friendly and easy to navigate - no headaches included! Highly recommend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

The only downside we have found using WP Engine is the number of updates needed to keep our plug-ins and site running smoothly. They are easy to update but annoying to remember to check regularly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nile S.

Hubspot COS Developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/6/2023

"Fast, reliable, great staging features, excellent support"

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

The easy-to-use staging environment and very fast copy from live to stage and vice-versa, and the excellent customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

The price is a bit steep for me to use with my own websites, as I have many of them, and it would be too expensive to host them all with WP Engine. I wish it were cheaper – I would move all my sites over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

James B.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/2/2023

"WP Engine is a game changer"

5/5

What do you like best about WP Engine?

I love the reliability of customer service. A live tech support person is available whenever I need them and always willing to go the extra mile to resolve issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WP Engine?

There's nothing I dislike about WPEngine. The service is top notch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WP Engine solving and how is that benefiting you?

Clients previously wanted their sites built with discount hosting providers. That regularly became a headache. I made it a requirement to use my hosting or be on their own for post launch support. This eliminated a ton of headaches.

I also love the user interface, the automatic daily backups, and the ability to create staging sites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.