WP Engine

WP Engine
Private
Founded 2010
Founder Jason Cohen
Headquarters Austin, Texas, USA
Area served
 Global
Products Web Hosting Web hosting service, including: Managed dedicated server, Hosted service provider
Number of employees
 313
Website www.wpengine.com

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

Company overview

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]

Company history

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.[10]

Critical Reception

WP Engine's growth[11] combined with its focus on culture has earned it multiple awards for Best Place to Work in Austin[12][13] and individual awards for its executives.[14][15][16] It has also been recognized for its work in the field of managed WordPress hosting,[17][18] and for its contributions to the open source WordPress project[19] and community.[20]

WhoIsHostingThis, a hosting review website driven by dozens of individual customer reviews, ranks WP Engine's hosting service 4.5/5 stars.[21] 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.

References

  1. ↑ "WP Engine Announces New Board and Executive Appointments" - WP Engine - November, 2015
  2. ↑ "WP Engine Review with Videos" - LoudestDeals
  3. ↑ "Why You Should Use WPEngine?" - Viral Blog Tips
  4. ↑ "Nut Up or Shut Up" - A Smart Bear - September 2010
  5. ↑ "Letter to Customers from Founder/CEO" - WP Engine - October 2013
  6. ↑ "Silverton, Automattic put $1.2m into WordPress hosting and security service WP Engine" - TechCrunch, November 2011
  7. ↑ "WP Engine Raises $15M From North Bridge Growth Equity To Invest In Product Development, Accelerate Growth" - TechCrunch - January 2014
  8. ↑ "Automattic makes second investment - WP Engine" - WP Tavern, November 2011
  9. ↑ "WP Engine Opens an Office at Geekdom in San Antonio" - Silicon Hills News, July 2014
  10. ↑ "WP Engine Continues International Expansion" - Yahoo Finance, February 2015
  11. ↑ "WP Engine Reports Record Growth Across Customers" North Bridge Report, September 2014
  12. ↑ "WP Engine #1 Best Workplace in Austin" - Austin-American Statesman - November 2014
  13. ↑ "Best Places to Work in Austin" - Austin Business Journal - November 2014
  14. ↑ "TechFlash Titans - CTO of the Year" - Austin Business Journal - November 2014
  15. ↑ "Best CFOs of 2015: WP Engine’s top money mind is growing a giant" - Austin Business Journal - July, 2015
  16. ↑ "Best CEOs 2015: WP Engine exec steers one of Austin’s fastest-growing companies" - Austin Business Journal - September 2015
  17. ↑ "WP Engine is innovating again" - Chris Lema - November, 2014
  18. ↑ "How WP Engine triggered a revolution in WordPress hosting" - WPShout - April, 2013
  19. ↑ "WP Engine to sponsor two full-time WordPress core contributors" - WP Tavern - June, 2014
  20. ↑ "High Performance WordPress Hosting WP Engine Review" - Bourn Creative - August, 2012
  21. ↑ "WP Engine Reviews" - WhoIsHostingThis

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