WP EngineはマネージドWordPressホスティングサービスを専門としています。マネージドWordPressホスティング業界のパイオニアとして、AMD、National Geographic、Dropbox、SoundCloud、HelloFresh、Texas A&Mなど、印象的な顧客リストを誇っています。WP Engineは、手間のかからないプレミアムWordPressホスティングサービスをお探しの方に最適です。当社の専門家によるWP Engineのレビューを読んで、あなたにぴったりの選択かどうかを確認してください。
続きを読む »今回は、WP Engineの詳細なレビューをお届けします。すべてを読みたくないという方のために、WP Engineのレビュースコアを簡単にまとめてみました。
| WP Engine Review Summary | |
|---|---|
| Performance grade | A+ |
| Average load time | 656 ms |
| Average response time | 123 ms |
| Free domain | No |
| Free SSL | Yes |
| 1-click WordPress | Yes |
| Support | Phone / Live Chat / Knowledge base |
| Start with WP Engine | |
結論WP Engineホスティングサービスのレビューでは、最高のマネージドWordPressホスティングプロバイダーの1つであることがわかりました。より高速なサーバー、セキュリティ、そしてユーザーがマネージド WordPress ホスティングに求める安心感など、最高のプラットフォームを提供しています。
とはいえ、なぜこの結論に至ったのか、詳しく見ていこう。
WPエンジンについて
2010年に設立されたWP Engineは、現在では市場をリードするマネージドWordPressホスティングサービス会社の1つです。連続起業家のジェイソン・コーエンは、WordPressの人気上昇に伴い、WordPressに特化したホスティングサービスの必要性を感じ、WP Engineを立ち上げました。
WP Engineはテキサス州オースティンに本社を置き、サンアントニオ（テキサス州）、ロンドン（イギリス）、リムリック（アイルランド）、ブリスベン（オーストラリア）、クラクフ（ポーランド）にオフィスを構えています。
同社は、オースティンで最も働きがいのある会社賞を複数回受賞しており、WordPressのコアとコミュニティに一貫して貢献しています。
WPエンジンのホスティングサービスプラン
WP EngineはマネージドWordPressホスティングサービスのみを提供しています。マネージドWordPressプランには以下のホスティングオプションがあります。
- マネージドWordPressホスティングサービス – 小規模ビジネスやブログに適したマネージドホスティング環境
- マネージドWooCommerceホスティング– 強力なストア検索、eコマーステンプレートなどを備えたWooCommerceホスティング
- セキュアなホスティングサービス – サイトのファイアウォールやDDoS対策など、セキュリティ層を強化します。
- カスタムソリューション（エンタープライズホスティング） – 専用のリソース、ホワイトグローブオンボーディング、高度なセキュリティなどを備えたエンタープライズ向けのプレミアムプランです。
ウェブサイトの数、帯域幅、ディスク容量、その他のリソースに基づいて、カスタマイザーは自分のプランのレベルを選択することができます。
WP Engineのプランは以下のように異なります：
- WordPressのインストール数
- トラフィック量（月間訪問者数または月間訪問回数）
- ディスク容量
- 必要帯域幅
各 WP Engine プランには、ホスティング サービス アカウントのアクセス数に上限が設定されています。アカウントがこれらの制限を超えた場合、追加の訪問に対して超過料金が請求されることがあります。
WP Engineには、ほとんどのホスティングサービスが提供していない、または追加料金がかかるWordPressユーザー向けのユニークな機能がいくつかあります。これらの特別な機能には以下が含まれます：
- Gitバージョンコントロール
- ステージング環境：テスト用のステージングサイトを即座に用意する。
- 無料から有料アカウントへのWordPressインストールを簡単に移行可能
- 無料のSSL証明書とSSHアクセス
- 最新のPHPバージョンを含む最先端テクノロジー
WP Engine のレビューによると、WP Engine は最も高度で包括的なマネージド WordPress ホスティングサービス機能を提供しています。
高度なセキュリティ機能
WP Engineはまた、いくつかのプレミアム・セキュリティ機能を提供しています。WordPressコアは自動的に最新バージョンに更新されます。
WP Engineは、カスタマイザーをアップグレードする前に、主要なコアの更新を徹底的にテストします。WP Engineは、DDoS攻撃、ブルートフォース攻撃、マルウェア、JavaScript/SQLインジェクション攻撃などをブロックする独自の侵入検知および防止システムを備えています。
また、サードパーティのセキュリティ会社と提携し、定期的なコードレビューとセキュリティ監査を実施している。
万が一ハッキングされても、WP Engineが無料で修復します。
カスタマーサポートとサービス
WP Engineには、WordPressのエキスパートによる専任のサポートチームがあります。同社は、1日あたり数千の顧客とのやり取りで97％以上の顧客満足度を誇っています。
サポートは、すべてのカスタマーを対象にライブチャットサポートで24時間365日ご利用いただけます。電話サポートは、スタートアッププランを除くすべてのプランで24時間365日ご利用いただけます。チャットや電話ですぐに問題を解決できない場合は、サポートスタッフが内部サポートチケットを作成します。
エンタープライズのカスタマイザーは、メールによる24時間365日のチケットサポートをご利用いただけます。プレミアムおよびエンタープライズのカスタマイザーは、1対1のコンサルティングを受けることができます。
WP Engineには、専門のカスタマーエクスペリエンスオペレーションチームもあります。彼らはWP Engineのカスタマーエクスペリエンスの継続的な改善に取り組んでいます。
それ以外にも、ナレッジベースの記事、ハウツーガイド、チュートリアルなどの豊富なライブラリーがあり、自分で直したいユーザーのために用意されている。
CDNでさらに高速な読み込みを実現
WP EngineはCloudflareのエッジネットワークを利用したCDN（コンテンツデリバリーネットワーク）を提供しています。この革新的なクラウドネットワークは、世界中にサーバーのグローバルネットワークを持っています。
低レイテンシー、超高速スピード、ビルトインセキュリティを備えたこのCDNネットワークは、お客様のサイトがどこからアクセスされているかにかかわらず、優れたパフォーマンスを保証します。
36+ プレミアムWordPressテーマ
WP Engineは、人気のプレミアムWordPressテーマ会社StudioPressを買収しました。
現在、すべてのプレミアムStudioPressテーマと有名なGenesisフレームワークが、WP Engineのすべてのお客様に無料でご利用いただけます。
StudioPressのすべてのテーマは、機能を損なうことなくページの読み込み時間を短縮するためにコードベースが最適化されています。
そう、これらの見栄えもよく、コードもしっかりしているテーマをすべて追加料金なしで手に入れることができるのだ！
返金保証
WP Engineは60日間の返金保証を提供しています。サービスにご満足いただけない場合は、最初の60日以内にアカウントをキャンセルし、全額を返金いたします。
保証は年間課金プランにのみ適用されます。
WPエンジンの長所と短所
WP Engineは人気のホスティングサービスですが、すべての人に適しているとは限りません。プランを選択する前に、これらの長所と短所を考慮してください。
WPエンジンを選ぶ利点
- セキュリティ– WP Engine は、他のホスティングサービスでは提供されていない多くの高度な機能でサイトを保護します。
- 高速読み込み– サーバーはWPEngine独自のEvercacheテクノロジーでWordPressに最適化されており、サイトの高速読み込みを保証します。さらに、CDNへのアクセスも可能なため、パフォーマンスがさらに向上します。
- 信頼性– WP Engine独自のフロントエンド レイヤー システムは、サイトの速度を落とすことなく、トラフィックの急増に簡単に対応できます。
- WordPress エキスパート サポート– WP Engine のサポート スタッフは全員、訓練を受けた WordPress エキスパートで構成されています。
- 絶賛のレビュー– WP Engineは、その信頼性と優れたカスタマーサービスで多くのお客様から高い評価を得ている、非常に人気のあるホスティングサービスです。
WPエンジンを選ぶことの短所
- 許可されないプラグイン– WP Engineでは、WP Engineの機能と競合または重複する、あるいはサーバー負荷が高くなるなどの理由から、特定のWordPressプラグインをサイトにインストールする権限がありません。これには、多くのキャッシュ、バックアップ、関連投稿プラグインなどが含まれます。許可されていないプラグインの全リストはこちらでご覧いただけます。
- ドメイン登録なし– WP Engineはホスティングサービスのみを提供し、ドメイン名の登録は行っていません。つまり、ドメインを別の会社に登録する必要があり、ユーザーによっては不便に感じるかもしれません。
- より高いコスト–共有ホスティングサービスと比較すると、WP Engine はより高価ですが、WP Engine が提供するサービスは投資に十分見合うものです。
WPエンジンのパフォーマンステスト
WPBeginnerのユーザーは、私たち自身が使用した製品やサービスのみを推奨しているため、私たちのレビューを信頼しています。私たちは、各トップWordPressホスティング会社と契約し、私たち独自の業界標準のテストでその主張を徹底的にテストします。
今回のレビューでは、WPEngineでWordPressサイトを作成した。初期設定のテーマを使い、メディアや画像を含むダミーデータをサイトに埋め込んだ。こうすることで、テストサイトは実際の平均的なWordPressサイトのように見え、動作した。
WPエンジンのスピードテスト結果
テストサイトをセットアップした後、まずスピードテストを行いました。Pingdomツールを使って、WP Engineサーバー上のサンプルサイトをテストしました。
以下がその結果である：
テストサイトの読み込みは1秒未満でした。パフォーマンスの最適化をインストーラする必要がなかったことを考えると、この結果はかなり良い。
WPエンジンのストレステスト
次に、WP Engineのサーバーがピーク時のトラフィックでどのように反応するかをチェックしたいと考えました。これを測定するために、Grafana LabsのK6というツールを使用しました。サーバーが一度に複数の接続からの増加したリクエストをどのように処理するかを確認するため、徐々に50のユニークビジターまでビルトインしました。
以下がその結果である：
薄緑色の線はレスポンスタイム、灰色の線はサイトのユーザー数を表しています。ご覧の通り、テストサイトはわずかなスパイクを除き、非常に優れたパフォーマンスを示しました。テスト期間中、驚異的なレスポンシブを維持しました。
稼働時間は安定しており、ストレステスト中にダウンタイムは記録されなかった。
WP Engineサーバーのレスポンシブタイム
次に、異なる地域からのサーバーのレスポンシブをテストした。このテストには、Bitcatchaというツールを使用した。
WP Engineのサーバーレスポンスタイムの結果です：
スクリーンショットでご覧いただけるように、WP Engineサーバーのレスポンシブタイムは、すべての地域で0.5秒未満を維持しました。米国では特に優れていました。
WPエンジンのパフォーマンステストまとめ
| Average response time | 58 ms |
| Average page load | 565 ms |
| Uptime | 100% |
| Overall Grade | A+ |
注： テストはWPBeginnerスタッフにより2024年3月1日に実施された。
WPエンジンはあなたに適していますか？
WP Engine のレビューをすべてお読みになり、パフォーマンス スコアを見て、WP Engine がお客様に適したホスティング サービスかどうか気になったことでしょう。
WP Engine のサービスを詳細に検討した結果、「ベスト マネージド WordPress ホスティング」の称号を授与します。
WP Engine は、WordPress サイト用のまったく手間のかからないウェブホスティングサービスをお探しなら、理想的な選択肢です。
初心者、ブロガー、そして技術的な詳細に時間を費やすのをやめ、ただ機能するWordPressホスティングサービスを見つけたい企業にとって、WP Engineは完璧です。
開発者やフリーランサーは、WP Engineの高度な機能により、クライアントのWordPress開発にかかる時間を節約できることに気づくでしょう。
また、成長中の企業は、トラフィックの増加に応じてホスティングサービスを拡張する余裕を十分に見つけることができます。
WP Engineを始める準備はできましたか？WP Engineのプランを選択するにはここをクリックしてください。
WPエンジンクーポン
WPBeginnerユーザーは、WP Engineのクーポンコードで最初の3ヶ月が20%割引になります：”wpbeginner20″。
さらに、2ヶ月間無料となり、実質的に年間プランの40％割引となる。
このリンクをクリックして購入するだけです。割引は自動的に適用されます。
WP Engineについてよくある質問
私たちは、WordPress ホスティング サービスに関する読者の質問に長年お答えしてきました。ここでは、ユーザーからよく寄せられる WP Engine に関する質問をご紹介します。
1.WP Engineは共有ホスティングサービスですか？
いいえ、WP Engine は共有ホスティングサービス会社ではなく、共有ホスティングプランと同様のサービスは提供していません。WP Engine は WordPress に特化したホスティングソリューションを提供するマネージド WordPress ホスティングサービス会社です。
2.マネージドWordPressホスティングとは何ですか？
マネージドWordPressホスティングサービスは、WordPressサイトのコンシェルジュサービスのようなものです。WordPressは強力なコンテンツ管理システムとサイトビルダーです。マネージドホスティングサービスは、更新、セキュリティ、バックアップ、キャッシングなどの最適化されたソリューションを提供します。これにより、あなたはビジネスの成長に時間を費やすことができます。
マネージドWordPressホスティングサービスは、共有ホスティングプランよりも若干高価です。
3.WP Engineはお金を払う価値がありますか？
はい、WP Engine はお金を払う価値があります。特に、お客様のビジネスが共有ホスティング サービスや共有 VPS プランの限界を超えた場合、WP Engine は最高のスケーラブルなアップグレード設定です。
更新やセキュリティを簡単に管理でき、ビジネスの成長に合わせてサイトを拡張することができます。
4.WP Engineはなぜ高いのですか？
WP Engineは、プレミアムパフォーマンス、高度なセキュリティ、および専門家のサポートを提供するため、共有ホスティングプランよりも高価です。これらすべてには費用がかかりますが、カスタマイザーに改善されたエクスペリエンスを提供します。
5.WP Engineのサーバーはどこにありますか？
WP EngineはGoogleクラウドサーバーとAmazonウェブサーバーをデータセンターとして使用しています。これにより、北米、ヨーロッパ、アジア/太平洋地域のデータセンターを選択することができます。
6.WP Engine は他のホスティングサービスと比べてどうですか?
WP Engine と他の最高の WordPress ホスティング サービス会社との比較についてよく質問されます。
マネージドWordPressホスティングに関しては、WP EngineはKinsta、Flywheel、その他のオプションのような競合他社よりも、主に優れたテクノロジー、ユーザーエクスペリエンス、およびカスタマーサポートにより、若干優位に立っています。
WP Engineの価格は、Bluehost、ホスティングサービス、HostGator、GoDaddy、InMotionホスティング、DreamHost、さらにはSiteGroundなどの共有ホスティングサービスよりも高価です。
詳細については、SiteGround対Bluehost対WP Engineの詳細な比較を参照してください。
6.WP EngineはWordPressのマルチサイトをサポートしていますか？
WP Engineは、GrowthおよびScaleプランの有料アドオンとしてWordPressマルチサイトをサポートしていますが、StartupプランではWordPressマルチサイトをサポートしていません。また、代理店や企業のお客様向けの「カスタマイザー」プランにも含まれています。
7.WP Engineホスティングサービスをキャンセルして返金を受けることはできますか？
WP Engineのホスティングサービスは、アカウントダッシュボード/ユーザーポータルからいつでもキャンセルできます。
年間料金を前払いしているユーザーには、ホスティングサービス開始後60日間の全額返金を提供している。
8.どのWP Engineホスティングサービスプランが私に適していますか？
もし個別サイトをホスティングサービスするのであれば、スタートアッププランに申し込むことができます。しかし、あなたがより忙しいサイトを持っているか、または複数のインストールを管理する必要がある場合は、成長またはスケールプランを選択することができます。
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THANKGOD JONATHAN says
Although WP Engine does not provide free domain it is one of the best wordpress hosting I have seen.
They have experience customer support and good performance as well.
Ralitza says
Incredibly kind and professional service by Matt Dewhurst from solutions team and Jennifer P from billing team. Both went above and beyond everything that I was expecting and helped me resolve urgently my problem even though it was not directly related to their work. I am so grateful!
Vincent Rio Serviad says
What you pay what you get. WP Engine works well for me. Plus StudioPress theme is awesome.
Niall Flynn says
WPE servers are great, support is a little off the mark. Longer wait times than I like for what you pay. Support is slow too, these guys are doing 3-4 tickets at once. No ticketing system really so issues need to be watched, you sit on chat till its solved. Not ideal imo. They try but seems like a lot of red tape etc. Simple things like SSL take a long time.
Shane Clark says
I live WPEngine for the “drama free” existence I get. Any other host I step away from a computer and a site, break they are waiting for me to get back to fix it. I have trained many project / office manager to full revert back a site. In most cases it’s “chat to WPE, I promise they will fix.
Alanna Risse says
As a developer and manager of my company’s custom wordpress site, I can’t say enough good things about WP Engine’s chat support. I’ve needed help with technical questions and troubleshooting several times since taking over the site and the chat tech support specialists are always excellent. I get really clear answers in a very timely manner and they often think of things I haven’t even thought of yet. All of my experiences at WP Engine have been great! I often recommend them to others as a fantastic service with superior customer support.
Cameron says
Easily the best host I’ve ever used!
Its worth it just for access to their support team. They’re all WP experts – and not just with regards to WP Engine. I’ve had support team members help me fix issues with my theme, plugins etc. They’ve probably saved me thousands in outsourced developers!
I can’t recommend them highly enough (and I’m not the kind of person who normally says this!)
Joan says
WP Engine is great. It’s one of the best Managed WordPress out there. It is pricey but you get what you pay for. They offer the best support, WP features like staging and caching, and easy backup/restore.
The only downside is that they don’t offer IonCube on their new PHP 7. This should be the basics and something they should have considered when they installed PHP 7 on their site.
Manoj M S says
I have been working for our client and for the last one and half years also being a part of WP engine. WP engine sounds really awesome for me. 24/7 support, Daily Backups, Best Restore points, Free SSL Certificate, Inbuilt Security Checkups and etc etc etc. In all the way, i will suggest WP Engine to anyone who prefer to host WP sites.
agaub says
I found WP Engine exceedingly expensive, its staff very unresponsive to resolving technical issues and , when you point this out to them, they force you to terminate hosting contract in 1 week, in total breach of their own T&Cs. WP Engine is highly unprofessional, techically unskilled and unlawfall, not to mention their ourageously high cost. Stay away
Rafael says
Interesting. I have never had an issues like that with them. Out of curiosity, which hosting would you recommend?
Sue Davis says
I have had used almost all the major hosting, hostgator, 1 and 1, green geeks, dream host ….many of the hosting sites are all one big conglomerate…
But I have found 1 that is smaller, US based, and their technical people are on top of everything, immediately….We use vps and most of our clients eventually transfer to them. MD Hosting…truly their support is in a class of their own. Privately owned and very competetive pricing. We have been on their hosting for over 2 years…its what hosting should be.
Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha says
I’ve had a wonderful relationship with them so far and find no reason to complain yet. I have actually recommended it to several people.
Rafael says
WP Engine is exceptional. We operate an online news website and we have been with many service providers on both VPS and Dedicated hosting environments. For a site that generates over 20k visitors per day, WP Engine has never failed us in any area. Exceptional staff treat you like you are family.
Mahbuber Rahman says
Not too easy to get approved affiliate account and may be better wp hosting. Pretty much fees for hosting.
Michael Cohen says
The team at WP Engine is exceptionally responsive. We switched from VPS.net because expert support, in WordPress, was and IS a top priority. Five stars, no doubt!
David Stroud says
I have to say that ‘DAMN’ your support and customer service is good! No, really! I don’t know if you guy’s are spoiling me or that every other hosting service that I have used in 15 years were BAD! The difference so far has been like chalk and cheese.
David Stroud says
I just stumbled across this review I gave for WPE back in 2012.
I can’t remember posting it here but have to say, 5 years on and still feel the same way about WPE – Great speed, service and support across all my sites.
Martin says
Any serious WordPress site needs four things: security, speed, scalability, and service. Usually you can find a company that gives you one or two of these. Occasionally three, almost never four. WP Engine excels at all four. They are not just a hosting company, they are your partners in success. I’m always raving about them and give them my absolute best recommendation. On a scale of one to ten, I give them an eleven!
David V says
My site was under attack from a Distributed Denial of Service attack on my old shared host. I was getting 1.5 million requests per hour that took my site down and 20 other sites who were also hosting on the same server. It took the old host three days to identify the problem, and even then offered no real solution. I switched to WP Engine and within hours the DDOS was dealt with *and* my website was loading about four times faster. I definitely recommend WP Engine!
Brad says
WP Engine knows how to optimize for WordPress and it shows everyday!
Joe King says
The WP Engine support has been excellent. I now see the difference between paying $5 or $10 per month for hosting vs a group that charges $29+ but specializes in WordPress and delivers fast, reliable support. Well worth my investment.
Ivan Blatter says
WP Engine is not only a good hosting provider but has also a great and fast support!
JB Sauer says
It’s nice to concern ourselves with the content and growth of our blog rather than trying to be our own IT department
Asher Parducci says
We had an expensive server that we had to maintain because we needed plugins and scalability. WP Engine let us leave that box, keep our plugins and still scale.
Rob Berns says
WP Engine support rocks. Ultimately, you get what you pay for. I know first hand their support rocks, they’ve have tolerated me all this time.
Asham says
I self-hosted WordPress for years until I started experiencing crashes every time a post made it to the first page of Hacker News. I switched to WP Engine right before speaking at a major event. Not only did my blog survive the traffic spike, but I’ve doubled the number of subscribers since then and haven’t experienced a single outage yet. It’s nice to pay someone to handle all the hosting BS that we’re no good at. They’re WordPress Pros.
Eric B says
WP Engine has amazing customer support, and if you contact these guys for anything. They will respond quickly and friendly. One of WP Engine’s philosophies is, “Kicking ass at your job is the only salesforce we need,” and I think WP Engine exemplifies that.” After all is said and done, WP Engine is a solid host, and now my host of choice for any new web development projects I have
L. MacPherson says
After using upwards of 7 different hosting companies plus experiencing many other hosting environments with our clients I can say that for hosting WordPress websites, WP Engine is second to none. All the team are extremely passionate and they are doing amazing things, I’m really keep to see where they are headed.
Brian says
Had a client with 100k+ monthly views migrate to @wpengine from shared hosting. Everything went great and they are happy
Mark Smatch says
I sure do love working with @wpengine for WordPress hosting. super responsive on customer support. great when you have no in-house staff!
Mason says
I knew from the start that the #1 single most important decision would be the hosting provider. There’s loads of options out there and my business partner and I tested several of the key players in the market. Ultimately we went with WP Engine…while not the cheapest option out there, they offer the most impressive list of features. Add to that the quick responses we get from WP Engine’s support team and you’ve got a solid win.
M. Johnson says
Today, I am running 100% of this site on WP Engine’s WordPress hosting…and I love it. I seriously can’t rave about these guys enough. If you are in the market for the absolute best WordPress hosting available, then you need to take a look at these guys. They simply offer the best WordPress hosting I know of.
Paul Tyson says
I’ve signed up and been blown away by the site speed. Been running WP site for over 3 years with well over 20 sites (although culling this soon) and I’ve never had a better host. The difference in speed alone makes switching to you worthwhile but I know you do a lot more.I first heard of WPE via Woo Themes after the nasty attack they had and they were singing your praises. Very impressed so far.
Nick N says
Traditional Hosts: Beware of this new breed of hosting. WP Engine removes the need for a caching plugin. They’re faster than 97% of all websites tested by Pingdom. WP Engine enables your site to be as fast without the optimization tricks. Their support has earned an A+ in my book. The WP Engine staging area is a favorite of my development team, no more developing on a live platform. That gives them a hat trick.
Aaron M says
After switching to WP Engine we saw site response times improve drastically from an average of 2100 milliseconds to 210 ms. Our previous host experienced regular outages, but since moving over to WP Engine we’ve seen reliability improve to 99.99% up-time. We would recommend them to any businesses or WordPress users looking for a scalable, responsive and secure hosting solution.
Felix B says
We moved to WPEngine because of downtime/sluggish performance that we experienced with the previous hosting provider. Not only do we now have top notch performance, but Google DOUBLED crawl rate, instantly!
Ryan says
In a world where milliseconds matter, WPEngine’s unmatched technology delivers WordPress sites at incredible speeds with incredible value. By bringing high technology to the masses, WPEngine is truly a pioneer in the WordPress industry
Mark D says
Nothing but positive things for WP Engine. Honestly, it is refreshing to see a service that does deliver on what it promises. There is a reason that we list this service atop our rankings right now! The experiences here have been nothing but positive and there is no beating the lightning speeds that you get here.
Jerry L says
I have no doubt that WP Engine is one of the best WordPress hosts in market. Personally I think the recent updates – of not charging on bot visits and increasing support team size, are very positive.
Nicole says
We have run many clients on WordPress Engine and have had mixed reviews with our last experience ranging in the “awful” category. DO NOT go to them if you run a high profile client. Use Linode or similar. They use Rackspace for their hosting (which sucks) so any large scale sites will need to go to a better host since they don’t actually manage their own servers. Here are some issues we’ve run into:
1) Can’t get a db over 700MB or posts records > 50k rows
2) Cron jobs – forget about it
3) Any server to server needed to use ssh2 instead of ssh or command line tools
Just know what you’re getting into.
Brendan Tully says
Big fan of WPEngine, we have 100s of client sites running on our WPE environment.
Pros – high uptime, high performance (sites can handle 100s of visitors at once without nose diving performance), patches are taken care of, CDN is awesome, snapshot and staging site saves our developers 100s of hours of time, site migration plugin makes moving sites easy, support is responsive and 24/7 (a few years ago it wasn’t some there are conflicting things around the web on this)
Cons – some quirks around SEO which are easily fixable, some plugins not allowed but that’s the price pay for security vs convenience, some quirks around caching if you’re using session cookies on the front end, eg if you’re using woocommerce
Dano Manion says
I’ve seen this comment about SEO in a few other places, but no direct example of what it is. What are the issues with SEO so that I can be better informed on how to fix them?
David Green says
“some plugins not allowed” That’s something that wouldn’t have occurred to me; do you know which plug-ins? is there a list somewhere to find out what they currently are?
Robby says
WP Engine is ok. They have different ways of doing things and are a bit limiting. e.g. will not allow certain plugins. The support is responsive and they will work to resolve your problems. I found them nice for the most part.
They make things seem easier than they are at times, to sell people on their service. e.g. the idea of instant transfer to them as if DNS delay does not exist. They have some poor recommendations at times. e.g. CName instead of A-Records. This sort of thing benefits them but is not best practice as you cant assign an apex domain to a CName. I found this sort of thing would happen often… they really sell people on the idea that their way is easier and better than everyone else, but going so far as ignoring best practices. This is noticable in their caching as well, which is how they get such great numbers in regards to speed, however it is not best practice to cache so aggressively.
Overall, they are decent. I did not find support any better than other places and was often just thrown a link to a website page when I was searching for answers that intended to dig a bit deeper. The speeds are a bit of an illusion. All said, the pricing is a bit high when you get down to reality.
Greg says
WPE is over-rated. They have a lot of issues that people not in the know are unaware of. The canonical name wpengine.c causes double indexing on google and DESTROYS SEO. If you try to point the name back to your domain you run into issues with looping. They also force a no index in robots.txt without alerting anyone of doing so. This disallow gets copied over to the live site causing your site to not be indexed by google. Again DESTROYING your SEO. They added this disallow to solve the problem of double indexing, which does not work anyway because google still indexes it (the correct way is to use htaccess). So in the end the site winds up not being indexed and gets points against it from google.
If you approach them with any issue, they blame it on the developer. This is so they can sell you developer services, getting your current developer fired. Imagine your coding a website for someone and someone comes in when you are not looking and puts a disallow on the site. You know the default is to only disallow the admin panel and you never created a robots.txt file, nor do you even have access to the robots.txt file from the sftp. As far as you are concerned it does not exist. You then get a call from your client screaming saying that they spoke with WPE who says it is a common mistake by a rookie developer. As far as I am concerned the only person responsible for the disallow is the person who puts it there. You cant force code and not take responsibility. What other code has been forced that the developer will get blamed for?
We have slower speeds with WPE in comparison to a cheaper route with a collo or digitalocean. Also if you run ads on your site, they have no solution for you. You still need to find a host for your ads, in which case you might as well host wp there as well. Its that or allow yourself to be a part of the game where WPE steals clients with shady business practices that hurt not just the developers but also their own customers.
The site I worked on had great SEO until switching to WPE. The site speeds slow to a crawl at certain points of the day. Not surprising since you are sharing the server with many other sites and they are tightly managing your percentage of that server. Any large spike that happens and you cant serve those requests. They just cant get to it fast enough. They were honest about this from the beginning so kudos to them for not hiding this.
Overall, I do not have all the answers to why we experienced such a large SEO hit. We came from a very fast server and a noticeable slowdown can be seen on analytics once we switched to WPE. This along with the canonical name issue and forced disallow done behind the developers back has definitely not been good for us.
All this said, for someone starting out with less than 80k views a month, WPE may work just fine. If you have high traffic and want to have control over your sites SEO, rather than being grouped into decisions made for hundreds of thousands of sites which may not be right for you, look elsewhere.
Tinelle Louis says
Thank you for this review. I have always been curious, but never used it on any of my clients site’s because I wasn’t sure. I do believe some people have liked it, but it depends on what they’re needs are. Based on your comment I will pass.
Catherine says
My experience is similar to Greg’s. I think WPE is great for people who don’t really “get” WP, but WPE actually refuses to support the file system customization I usually do. You *must* use wp-content to use their system, if you change your content directory, they won’t support it. I wonder how people using skeleton work with them?
And yeah, they like to blame the “rookie developer”. I don’t think 9 years of almost exclusively WP custom plugin and theme development makes me a “rookie”, but hey, what do I know…I want to change my directory structure. I must be insane.
Neil Patel says
Wpengine has its own benefits as well as cons. I used it and it worked pretty well for me.
Chris says
What are you using now, Neil?
Editorial Staff says
Last time I talked with Neil, he was still on WPEngine
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AaYaN says
Neil Sir is still on WP Engine
Jon says
Neil… somewhat surprised to see your comment here :), i see your site is hosted by wpengine. i switched my site see how it goes. so far customer svc has been a mix.
John says
Following are some cons that I experienced with WPengine
I am pretty experience in WordPress, and have tons of experience on Hosting companies… wpengine is just not right hosting company for experience users.
– slow ftp upload speed (i am using 11mbps internet upload speed ISP, so i know)
– site migration (nightmare and confusing)
– not 24/7 customer support
– limited control and options in dashboard.
– display their ads on people ‘s website without permission…
Jack Venturi says
I have used quite a few big name hosting companies through the years but they were all the hosting companies that sell their service by price and with the 99.9% uptime promise which is usually pure BS. After years of issues with downtime over an hour at a time slow speed spells and tech support totally denying there was a problem, I switched my main WordPress site which is a life insurance website to WP Engine. The change was like going from driving a Pinto to a Mercedes Benz. I now have consistent super speed, great security which is a major factor for a WordPress site and a team of people that handle all of the updates and actually maintain the website. They even keep track of everyones plugins to make sure none of the plugins are prone to problems that consume heavy resources or become security risks. The only thing I can say is you get what you pay for. I wish I new about these people years ago. It could have saved me a ton of aggravation. When you think of the thousands of dollars you can invest into website design, it only makes good sense to use good hosting. A hosting company can either make or break a nice website.
Rebecca says
WP Engine seriously has the best support out there. They are always professional and get back to you quickly. I host a couple of ecommerce sites with them and it is well worth the money for the peace of mind. Having the staging site is so helpful and easy to use instead of having to set up and maintain a separate dev site myself. The daily restore points and being able to make manual restore points has helped me out tremendously when I’ve accidentally broken things lol It really does feel like having an army of WordPress experts at your side. I highly recommend them!
Keith Brenner says
I am thinking of using them for a client who uses woocommerce for his ecommerce site. What ecom program are you using and could you please provided a link to your sites. I want to see how fast they are?
Thank you,
Keith
Steve says
WP Engine is awesome.
I have a number of sites hosted with them.
Super fast, easy backup/restore, staging area to play with changes, and fantastic support.
Hosting is definitely an area where you tend to get what you pay for.
If you have a site that you really care about or that you’re trying to actually make money with, then WP Engine is a no-brainer and absolutely worth it.
Greg Turner says
I would be careful about saying that WPEngine makes a site practically hacker proof. Because the user has to do their part, too. And if they don’t, like using an easy password into admin, well, the site can be hacked. And WPEngine can not prevent that. Other than that, I love WPEngine.
Editorial Staff says
Agreed which is why we used the word practically. Theoretically all websites can be hacked
But WPEngine does monitor and prevent a lot of server related hacks.
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Mike says
WPEngine requires users to use a strong password. You can’t even set up a user with a “medium” strength password. Just saying
Shalom says
I switched to WPEngine, they are professional, when I call they answer the phone (even on their cell), and I feel they listen to their customers. The only thing they promise is to work hard, and I think they’ve kept their word.
Thomas says
WP engine and its support staff have been the best in the industry and I can say this as a user of Pagely, web synthesis and Zippy kid so I do know what good support is and I will tell anybody that wants to know is that WPEngine has the best support.
Jean says
I highly recommend WP Engine’s managed WordPress hosting services. Uptime has been excellent, and the guys at support have always gone out of their way to help me whenever I had any questions or trouble with the site.
Mason says
I spent the first 6 months of this year researching WP Engine, Page.ly, and ZippyKid as potential hosting providers for build my service platform at WP Valet. After 6 months, I ultimately went with WP Engine
Tim says
I’ve worked with various hosting providers over the years and WPEngine has provided, by miles, the best support ever. They helped us improve the management and quality of our site massively, particularly through the suggestions surrounding management of staging environments, spam signups/rogue traffic reduction and general maintenance. Furthermore, our site is running smoother than ever, despite continuing to grow in size.
– Tim