WP Engine’s new Site Monitoring tool was launched last month as a way to help our customers gain critical visibility into outages, uptime, and average response times across their portfolio of websites. Like all of the tools and products we release, months of ideating, testing, and gathering user insight went into making Site Monitoring possible,…

WP Engine’s eCommerce hosting makes WooCommerce stores more performant, and our search functionality, Instant Store Search just got a major speed upgrade.  Turn on Instant Results to bypass default WordPress search and provide your shoppers with more accurate, relevant search results up to 10x faster. It’s available right now to any WP Engine customer on…

Whether you’re brand new to WordPress or you’ve been using it for years, following a few simple but important best practices will ensure that you get the most out of your website. From attracting more visitors through search engine optimization (SEO) to using analytics to track user activity once you’ve got them on your site…

OMAHA, Nebraska—May 5, 2021 — WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today unveiled its new Omaha office, located in the historic Ashton Building in the Millwork Commons community. Formerly known as Flywheel, the WP Engine Omaha office takes up the third and fourth floors of the Ashton Building, for a total of…

As part of our customer and technology spotlight series, this post by Innovaxis Marketing Founder and President Sean Parnell provides a look at the tools and services his teams use to help clients generate double-digit growth from their marketing efforts. Whether you’re using GoDaddy, Network Solutions, or your cousin’s IT company, there’s no lack of…

Fostering a great workplace at WP Engine starts with ensuring all of our employees across the globe are engaged and feel like valued members of the team.  As WP Engine has grown to include offices and teams around the world, one way we keep a finger on the pulse of our companywide culture is through…

WP Engine welcomed in-person and virtual attendees from the Austin chapter of Society of Women Engineers (SWE) on Wednesday night at our headquarters in downtown Austin, TX. Sponsored by Roar, a WP Engine employee resource group (ERG) focused on promotion, education, and advocacy for women, the event was an excellent opportunity for attendees to hear…

Winners were announced this week for the 26th annual Webby Awards, which included some of the most innovative digital projects built on WordPress over the past year. Since 1996, the Webbys have served as the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). Each…

Competition was fierce until the very end, but a winner has emerged in this year’s Plugin Madness tournament sponsored by Torque Magazine. The voters have spoken, and The Plus Addons for Elementor is the top WordPress plugin identified by Torque readers for 2022!  The Plus Addons for Elementor allows you to supercharge Elementor like never…

DE{CODE} 2022, WP Engine’s premier conference for WordPress developers, is now in the books, but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to catch up on all of this year’s great content! If you already registered for this year’s DE{CODE} you can log in here to view all of the sessions. Otherwise, click “Still haven’t registered?”…

DE{CODE} 2022, WP Engine’s premier conference for developers, kicks off this week featuring the leading perspectives on all the latest developments in WordPress.  Register for DE{CODE} 2022 today! This year’s DE{CODE} will be a worldwide event, featuring the same great content across three major regions at convenient times: Australia: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. AEST…

WP Engine is thrilled to announce that after outstanding performance optimizations to the YARPP—Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, it has officially been removed from our disallowed plugins list and is now available for use by all WP Engine customers. Plugins remain one of WordPress’ most widely-used features, and for good reason. With nearly 60,000 free…

If you’re a developer, an agency owner, or anyone else who’s responsible for building and maintaining websites, one of the worst calls you can get is from your boss or from a client, informing you that a site is down.  Be the first to find out about website errors with WP Engine’s new Site Monitoring…

AUSTIN—April 12, 2022 — WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced Atlas, its award-winning headless WordPress solution, is now available to businesses of all sizes with four new headless WordPress plans, ranging from $49 to $499, allowing developers to learn, build and grow their sites on Atlas. It also announced the…

In response to the elevated threat of cyber attacks, the White House has urged business owners to increase their cyber diligence and “lock their digital doors.” While the government has stepped up efforts to strengthen national cyber defenses, most of America’s critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, sparking calls for U.S.…

For the last two years, DE{CODE}—the premier conference for WordPress developers—has brought together thought-provoking sessions and expert insights, and this year’s event will be no exception. Whether you’re a seasoned WordPress wizard who’s interested in the latest headless innovations, a designer looking to dip your toes into the wide world of development, or an agency…

A little over five years ago, WP Engine opened the doors to our Limerick, Ireland office, taking advantage of the amazing talent the city has to offer. In our post celebrating the five-year anniversary of the office opening, we revealed that WP Enginee now has more than 120 employees in Ireland, expanding beyond Limerick to…

As the world watches in horror, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to leave heart-wrenching destruction in its wake. It is truly shocking that in 2022, a major world power would launch an unprovoked attack on a sovereign nation, causing the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since WWII. As they face unimaginable hardships, we stand firmly…

Although “digital transformation” is by now a well-worn phrase, it’s hard to find a more apt description for the widespread tech adoption and innovation that’s occurred over the last two years. Since 2020, businesses across every industry have adapted to changing customer behaviors and adopted new technologies to meet those changes at a rapid pace. …

March is Women’s History Month, and in many ways, women today are still marching in the footsteps of our foremothers toward a better, more equitable society. This year, the National Women’s History Alliance proposed “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope” as the designated theme to recognize the myriad ways in which women’s labor has provided hope…

Registration is officially open for DE{CODE} 2022, WP Engine’s premier conference for developers and the best place to get leading perspectives on all the latest developments in WordPress.  Register for DE{CODE} 2022 today, right here. The all-virtual event kicks off next month with two exciting new elements in store for attendees: Content Selected by You…

AUSTIN, Texas — Mar. 11, 2022 — WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company, today announced registration is open globally for its third annual, developer-focused event, DE{CODE} 2022.  Register for the event today, right here. The completely virtual event will take place April 20-21 and will be broadcast across three different time zones,…

With hundreds of submissions tallied and the final slate of plugins selected, voting has now begun for Torque’s Plugin Madness 2022, kicking off six weeks of head-to-head voting rounds that will ultimately determine this year’s winner! Entering its seventh year, Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition that highlights the massive catalog of plugins available on…

Over the last few years, WP Engine has seen massive growth on a global scale. We’ve expanded our list of customers, launched new products, and grown our employee count by nearly 50%. Fostering a great workplace for all of our employees at WP Engine is one of our key strategic pillars and one that remains…

In today’s digital-first world, it’s hard to imagine a time when newspapers were only consumed in physical, print form. Even though that was just over 30 years ago, newspapers and publishers at large have undergone a massive digital transformation in the time since—news is now primarily consumed online, and the vast majority of newspapers rely…

One of the guiding principles we follow at WP Engine is to be Customer Inspired in all we do.  Being Customer Inspired means thinking about how each and every decision we make, from the products we design to the service and support we provide, will impact our end-users. But staying connected to the needs of…

There are thousands (10,000-plus) of WordPress themes out there. So many that it would take days on end to search through them all. So how do you narrow it down to find the perfect one for your site? Choosing the right theme is obviously important—the right one should give your content pizzazz, keeping it responsive…

“Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” —Mae Jemison As part of WP Engine’s Rise Employee Resource Group (ERG) observance of Black History Month in the U.S., Rise member and Sr. Manager of Engineering, Jennifer Parker, provides her thoughts on Health and Wellness in Black…

Torque’s annual Plugin Madness competition is officially underway!  Now in its seventh year, Plugin Madness is a bracket-style competition that highlights the massive catalog of plugins available on WordPress.org and shows some love to the plugin developers whose efforts give WordPress the flexibility and extensibility it’s renowned for.  At nearly 60,000 (and counting), plugins listed…

At WP Engine, we’re committed to fostering a company culture that reflects our Core Values and is welcoming and inclusive for all.  Our Employee Resource Groups are an integral part of that effort. Not only do they provide community and representation to the many lived experiences of our employees, these groups work continuously to offer…