WP Engine is a Hosted service provider, specifically tailored to WordPress websites and apps.

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, WP Engine is a privately held company whose primary shareholder is Jason Cohen. WP Engine has 40,000 customers ^[1] and operates data centers in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. WP Engine was founded in 2010 in Austin, Texas by serial entrepreneur Jason Cohen. When he started the company, Cohen saw a need for a WordPress specific hosting provider ^{[2] [3]} to fulfill the growing needs for increased speed, security, and scalability. ^[4]

The company was founded in 2010 to focus on web hosting for WordPress. It has since grown to over 300 employees. In October 2013, Jason Cohen assumed the role of CTO and Heather Brunner, former COO of Bazaarvoice, assumed the role of CEO. ^[5]

WP Engine has raised a total of $18,200,000 from institutional venture capital investors (Silverton Partners ^[6] and NorthBridge Partners ^[7]) and angel investors (Eric Ries, Dharmesh Shah, Joshua Baer, Bill Boebel, Josh Jones, Loic Le Meur, and Automattic ^[8]).

Founded in Austin, TX, WP Engine opened an office in San Francisco in 2012, San Antonio in 2014, ^[9] and London in 2015.

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WP Engine's growth ^[1] combined with its focus on culture has earned it multiple awards for Best Place to Work in Austin ^{[1] [1] [1]} and individual awards for its executives. ^{[1] [1] [1]} It has also been recognized for its work in the field of managed WordPress hosting, ^{[1] [1]} and for its contributions to the open source WordPress project ^[2] and community. ^[2]

WhoIsHostingThis, a hosting review website driven by dozens of individual customer reviews, ranks WP Engine's hosting service 4.5/5 stars.

^[2] The positive reviews praise the quality of customer service and the speed of the platform; negative reviews cite difficulties in migrating existing WordPress sites and SSL certificates to the WP Engine platform, and lack of direct shell access to its servers.