WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting company. Essential plans run on shared resources, while Core and Enterprise give sites isolated resources for higher traffic.
WP Engine gives developers one-click staging, Git-based deployments, SSH access and a Customer API. WP Engine says every environment is backed up daily, with the backups stored apart from the main server. Local, WP Engine’s local development environment, lets you build WordPress sites on your own computer. Extensions include Smart Plugin Manager, which keeps plugins and themes up to date, Site Monitoring with website status alerts, and Global Edge Security with DDoS protection and a managed WAF.
WP Engine says it has solutions tailored to small businesses, agencies, enterprises and eCommerce stores, plus a hosting page aimed at developers. Its eCommerce Solution is built to speed up checkout, and its Newsroom Platform aims to speed editorial time to market. The Headless Platform lets you build and manage sites in one platform, and Faust.js is its Next.js-based framework for headless WordPress frontends. GeoTarget shows different content to visitors based on their country or city.
WP Engine’s plugins include Advanced Custom Fields and WP Migrate, which moves databases, media, themes and plugins between sites. WP Offload SES lets Amazon SES take over site-generated email, and Application Performance gives code-level visibility powered by New Relic. Chat support covers billing questions, plan guidance and site migrations, and the Fast-track support tier adds phone support, faster responses and technical escalation. The Help Center has searchable support articles, and the Developer Docs cover building with WP Engine.
Plans scale by the number of sites, monthly visits and storage. Current prices are in the pricing box above.