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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the staff for their helpfulness, expertise, and positive attitude, often describing them as highly skilled and knowledgeable. Many people highlight the exceptional customer service, noting quick response times and a willingness to go above and beyond to resolve issues. The service is frequently described as top-notch, reliable, and stable, with many users appreciating the platform's performance and uptime. However, some customers also noted dissatisfaction with certain aspects of the service, particularly regarding the website and support. A few people mentioned issues with domain pointing and the inability to easily migrate their sites due to restricted access to credentials. There were also occasional reports of actions taken by support that customers found concerning, and some reviewers experienced frustration with chat bots and slow response times, leading to concerns about the overall efficiency of the support process.

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Customer service

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Website

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Service

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Based on these reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've used several providers over the past 25 years, WPEngine is by far the best, easiest, fastest, safest... etc. Their new AI feature is a big plus to quickly solve any problems you may have AND you... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

WP Engine's superior support makes their managed wordpress hosting worth every penny. We've hosted multiple sites with them for many years and have never had a support issue they couldn't resolve. If... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Nick calmly walked me through every possible problem and fix that could be affecting our website. He spent valuable time ensuring that the problem was fixed before we ended the call. He did an assessm... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I contacted WP Engine yesterday and missed the call back. Today, when I called, I waited a bit, but was then treated to Nickoles Murray. I was coming into this call totally blind and disheartened and... See more

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About WP Engine

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At WP Engine we help power over 1.5 million businesses, brands, and agencies of all sizes on WordPress®.

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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I Recommend WP Engine

I've been using WP Engine for several years as my web host and have been very happy with the service.

September 29, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Laurel! We're glad to have you with us on your hosting journey.
If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! Our team is always happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

WPEngine continues to shine

WPEngine continues to shine. We've trusted them for three years and it's the best decision we've made for our sites.

September 26, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Kevin! We greatly appreciate your advocacy and we're glad to have you with us.
If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! Our team is always happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great support

I had great customer support with WPEngine's support team. Thanks you

September 24, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your review, Joanetta! We're glad to hear about your positive experience with our support team! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Support staff is very helpful

When I was having accessibility issues, the support team was quickly able to solve my issue after submitting a help ticket. Friendly staff and great customer service!

September 16, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thanks for your positive review, Ryan! We're glad to hear that our support team was able to help with your issue!
If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always here and happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superior support, best agents, never lets me down!

WP Engine's superior support makes their managed wordpress hosting worth every penny. We've hosted multiple sites with them for many years and have never had a support issue they couldn't resolve. If their AI-generated suggestions don't fix the issue, you can ask for a live agent. Their agents are super helpful and highly skilled. WP Engine may actually be the one service that I can always rely on with zero worries.

September 18, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for taking the time to share you're positive review! We appreciate your advocacy and we're glad to hear that our team has been helpful for you!
If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always here and happy to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terminated my Service After 8 years - so they can avoid responsibility

I’ve been with WP Engine 8+ years, built 80+ sites, and used to recommend them. This year I upgraded to an additional dedicated Ecom server for a major client—only to lose that client and jeopardize my relationship with several other clients all because of failed promises from WPengine’s untested Smart Search and Page Boost, which they acknowledged.

Most people would have just hired a lawyer and sued, but I tried to resolve it. After 9 months, 350 emails, 15 meetings, and promises from two VPs, they still couldn’t deliver on old nor new promises THEY made. Then they simply stopped responding. Yesterday they terminated my account, giving me 6 weeks to move 55+ sites. Their excuse? According to the ‘VP of Customer Experience’ they “couldn’t meet my expectations.” That’s gaslighting—they broke their promises repeatedly, but I’m the problem? Zero accountability!

The truth: WP Engine is relentless at upselling. Every “account manager” pressures you to upgrade by default. For 4 years I’ve asked the same question about spam traffic (which became 90% of all traffic at times) and now AI bot traffic, and every time I get the same run-around. The solution always = pay more. I was even told to 'upgrade' just months after upgrading to the new server. How does that make any sense?

Support has increasingly become poorer and poorer - even AFTER upgrading me to a higher support tier. It took over 2 weeks to get back to me when ALL my sites were repeatedly going down a few weeks ago. First they blew me off saying they were false errors, then they said it was actually a FB AI bot which they are now rate limited - something I had been asking for for years which apparently they were not capable of doing until now?

If you ask, “How many PHP threads does my server use, and at how many MB per?” they refuse to answer—claiming it’s “proprietary information.” Yet we’re still forced to upgrade, even when Storage, Bandwidth, and Visits aren’t maxed out. How can we be responsible for costs we’re not even allowed to see? This is zero transparency, pure upsell pressure.

September 18, 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Superb hosting and excellent customer…

Superb hosting and excellent customer service. WP Engine never disappoints and are always quick to resolve any issues I have with my 3 hosted sites.

September 15, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your review and advocacy! We're happy to have you with us.

We're so glad to hear about your positive experience with our platform! We'll be sure to pass your review along to the rest of our team. If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always here to help.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Site down for over 2 hours

Site down for over 2 hours. Chat widget does not let you open a new ticket. And they stopped responding and our site is still down. These guys used to be great. Too bad.

September 12, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Hi, Brion. We're very sorry to hear about your negative experience with our chat. We sincerely apologize for any frustration this may have caused and we would like the opportunity to earn your trust back.

We have passed your feedback on to our team to look in to as soon as possible. Please respond to our request for more information so we can have a senior member of our team research this and reach out!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Feel confident in WP Engine

I've been using WP Engine for a few years now and feel confident about my sites. When I've had to call customer support, they were always helpful and patient.

September 7, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Mary! We're glad to have you with us!
If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I've used WPE for multiple companies…

I've used WPE for multiple companies and sites over 10+ years, and it's hands-down the best WordPress host. I've tried less expensive options and immediately regretted it. I know I can count on WPE for stability and uptime, and when I've needed to contact Support, they are the fastest and most helpful of any hosting provider I've used. I just used their AI agent for the first time and it was surprisingly helpful as compared to other AI agents (in general, not limited to hosting providers). I continue to be a fan of WPE and will continue hosting sites here.

September 5, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for taking the time to share your positive review and experience using our platform! We appreciate your long-term advocacy and we're happy to have you with us. We'll be sure to pass your review along to the rest of our team.

If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always here and happy to help!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Wasn't the best support experience

Have chatted with WPE support a couple times this week, and the last experience the agent was very distracted, took a long time between responses, didn't exactly give me the right answers because I just don't think he was paying attention. Also, didn't send me a transcript after I asked multiple times - since WPE removed that option at the end of the conversations to send a copy to yourself. Not very happy with today's experience.

September 3, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

We're sorry to hear about your negative experience and we sincerely apologize for any frustration! This does not match the standards we hold ourselves to, and we have escalated your feedback to our leadership team to look into.

Please respond to our request for more information so we can have a member of our senior leadership team reach out!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Loving the speed and customer service…

Loving the speed and customer service in week 1!

September 5, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Joey! We're glad to have you with us.
If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! Our team is here 24/7/365 and always happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had an issue with the link between…

I had an issue with the link between Elementor Pro and ACF. Even though I use the free ACF option, they where very helpful with the support.

September 3, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Maarten! We're glad to hear that our team was able to help out with your issue!
If you need anything else, please don't hesitate to reach out! We're always happy to help.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The support is really cooperative

The support is really cooperative and responsive, and it was a great experience with them.

August 28, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your review, Ahtasham! We're glad to hear about your positive experience with our support team!
Please let us know if we can help with anything else!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

fixing the 403 issue

I can live chat with an agent right away.

August 28, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Thank you for your positive review, Kevin!

Please let us know if we can help with anything else!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best WordPress Host - Customer Since 2017

I've been in web design, development and hosting for 25 years. I've gone through 7 previous hosts for my clients before WPengine. In 2017, I ran across WPengine and gave it a shot, and I have had nothing but a great experience ever since. I found previously that WPengine saves me close to 40 hours per year in monitoring, management, and development, primarily as their tech support is definitely the best. So, the hosting pays for itself in time optimization. I recently upgraded (finally) to a custom server solution for growth, and working with the engineers was amazing too. I cannot recommend WPengine enough, and reading some negative comments here, the posts I read are user error problems (1D1OT5) as opposed to actual WPengine issues.

August 28, 2025
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Reply from WP Engine

Hi Kevin! Thank you for taking the time to share your positive review and experience! We greatly appreciate your advocacy and kind words! We'll be sure to share them with the rest of our team.

If you need ever anything, please don't hesitate to reach out! Our team is here 24/7/365 and we're always happy to help.

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