Stop worrying and let us fine tune WordPress for you!

We Make WordPress Fast

WordPress can be slow with certain plugins or themes enabled, or with an insufficient host. In many cases you have to become a web server and WordPress expert to get page load times of less then a second.

With WPEngine your site is optimized for page load speed right out of the box. We make use of proxy servers, database and disk caching, file minification, image compression, and content delivery networks for your media. We’ll make sure you’re using plugins that don’t slow down your site. Let us do the heavy lifting so you don’t have to!

We Keep WordPress Secure

There has been a lot of fear, uncertainty and doubt spread around the Internet regarding WordPress security. The reality is that any application that isn’t protected is susceptible to security problems. We understand security and protect your installation with multiple levels of protections. On the outside, we provide hardware-based intrusion detection that protects your site from Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks and rogue scanning. On the internal level, we protect everyones site by limiting access to secure protocols and isolating each account from each other.

Other traditional shared hosting providers do not take the care and caution to ensure that file permissions are set properly. Their philosophy is, “Here’s some links to look at. We’re only responsible for the server.” We know WordPress and take care to assure that WordPress is protected as well. The buck stops with us and we take that responsibility very seriously.

We Allow WordPress to Scale

Like any web application, WordPress can be hard to scale. Get a load of traffic from a successful social media campaign and your server is almost guaranteed to go down, exactly the worst time to fail.

Just like with security we know how to scale web applications. One of the benefits of using WPEngine is that your site is treated like a web application rather then “just a blog”. You can get that TechCrunch coverage without fear of being taken down when you give us the reins.

We Curate Plugins & Themes

Confused by the thousands of plugins available? Not sure which theme is the best for you? We’ll suggest the best based on our own experiences. We love working with the WordPress community and third party plugin developers to make sure you don’t waste time trying to find that perfect plugin.

One-Click Staging

One of the most annoying attributes of web platforms is that any change you make is live and visible immediately. Screw up your CSS? Install an incompatible plugin that trashes your database? All live for your readers to see. Hope you had backup…

WPEngine has an exclusive feature called “staging.” Here’s how it works: Before you make a scary change to your blog, click the “snapshot” button. We make a complete copy of your blog and set it up in a separate, safe area. You can play with anything you want; nothing’s live. Only when you’re ready to make it live do you touch your main site.

SFTP Access

With direct SFTP access to your blog’s wp-content directory, you can use your favorite HTML, CSS, and PHP editor on your laptop to customize your blog. No more editing code in little web fields!

Power Users Rejoice

While developing a custom theme or plug-in, WPEngine gives you access to the PHP error logs and web server activity logs. You get a “quick peek” at recent log messages or you can download weeks worth of logs for data mining.

Easy to Try, Easy to Leave

We earn your business every month. To prove it, we make it very easy to leave. There’s no lock-in — you stay only if you’re enjoying yourself:

• Complete backups of your blog (both database and files) are available right from your admin screen, so you can walk away with everything, any time.
• Month-to-month contracts with no penalties for leaving.
• No sign-up fees.
• Move a copy of your blog to our service and try it before you switch.

All The Extras

• Security
• Backup
• WordPress Updates
• Plugin Updates

We’ve got you covered.

More?

More details can be found in our FAQ, or please drop us a line so we can chat.