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WP Engine

Long-established managed WordPress platform headquartered in Austin

Overview

WP Engine was founded in 2010 in Austin, Texas, by Jason Cohen and describes itself as having more than 1,000 staff and customers in over 150 countries; its about page cites more than 1.5 million users and customers, although its structured data gives different site counts.[2] The company acquired Flywheel in 2019 and lists Local, WP Migrate and Advanced Custom Fields among its products.[2] W3Techs credits WP Engine Group with 1.3% of all websites in November 2026, the largest share of any WordPress-specialist host.[1]

Its plans page in November 2026 presented two views. Capacity tiers priced in US dollars ran from US$35 per month for one site (25,000 visits, 10 GB storage, 75 GB bandwidth) to US$65 for three sites, US$130 for ten and US$330 for thirty, with annual prices of US$336, US$624, US$1,248 and US$3,168 described as including a promotional discount.[3] Solution tiers named Essential, Business and Enterprise were also shown; Essential runs in a shared environment and includes daily backups, managed WordPress, PHP and MySQL updates, free SSL and SSH and 24/7 chat, while Business adds isolated resources, phone support, managed migrations and a 99.99% uptime SLA, and Enterprise adds a managed WAF and DDoS protection and custom contracts.[3]

WP Engine’s breadth of developer tooling (Local for local development, Advanced Custom Fields, Git-based deployment on higher tiers) makes it a common choice for agencies and larger organisations. Its limitations are price, overage charges above plan visit limits, the absence of email hosting, and the reservation of the uptime SLA and isolated resources for the higher tiers. The plans page does not state a refund policy.

WP Engine features

  • Daily automated backups
  • Managed WordPress, PHP and MySQL
  • Free SSL and SSH
  • Isolated resources and 99.99% SLA on Business
  • Managed WAF and DDoS on Enterprise
  • Local, ACF and WP Migrate tools
  • Plans metered by sites, visits and storage
  • Up to 30 sites on standard plans

WP Engine pricing

USD capacity tiers: 1 site $35/mo ($336/yr), 3 sites $65/mo ($624/yr), 10 sites $130/mo ($1,248/yr), 30 sites $330/mo ($3,168/yr). Annual prices include a promotional discount. Enterprise: quote-based.

WP Engine strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Largest WordPress-specialist host by W3Techs share
  • Extensive developer tooling
  • Clear upgrade path to enterprise contracts
  • Daily backups on every tier
  • Clear plan metering by sites, visits and storage
  • Scales from one site to enterprise

Limitations

  • Uptime SLA and isolated resources only on Business and above
  • Overages for traffic above plan limits
  • No email hosting
  • No refund policy stated on plans page
  • Visit caps can force upgrades
  • Higher cost than shared hosting

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