WP Engine review
Not verifiedchecked 1 November 2026What this means
Premium managed WordPress hosting with daily backups, staging and a global CDN included.
WP Engine is premium managed WordPress hosting with daily backups kept 30 to 60 days and one-click staging. Essential costs $33.60 a month inc VAT for the first year, paid upfront as $403.20, and the renewal price isn’t given. Phone support and free managed migrations start on Business, at $480 a month.
from $33.60 a month inc VAT, for the first year, $403.20 paid upfront
Visit WP EnginePrices checked 19 October 2026.
At a glance
- Good for
- Business WordPress sites wanting premium managed hosting and support
- Not ideal for
- Small sites on a budget, and anyone who wants phone support without paying for Business.
- Support
- 24/7 chat on every plan; phone from Business up
- Moving your site
- Managed site moves on Business and Enterprise
- Trustpilot
- 4.3 out of 5 from 1,777 reviews
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Websites | Storage | Backups | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | from $33.60 a month inc VAT, for the first year, $403.20 paid upfront | Not known | 10–50 GB | Not known | Daily, kept 30 to 60 days |
| Business | from $480 a month inc VAT, $5,760 paid upfront for a year | Not known | 50 GB–2 TB | Not known | Daily, kept 30 to 60 days |
Pros and cons
Pros
- Daily backups kept 30 to 60 days
- One-click staging
- 24/7 chat support on every plan
Cons
- Far dearer than shared hosting
- Renewal price for Essential not given
- Plans capped by monthly visits
- No phone support on Essential
How green is WP Engine?
WP Engine is not in the Green Web Foundation's directory of verified green hosting providers (we checked on 1 November 2026). That says nothing either way about the energy behind its hosting.
What the Foundation's verification means
WP Engine says it cut its emissions by 51% between 2022 and 2024, but it publishes no total emissions, scopes or method behind that figure. Beyond this, its sustainability page describes its cloud providers’ own targets.
Shared plans run on Google Cloud in these countries; premium plans can also use AWS or Azure, in more countries.
The data centres we list are in 9 countries, whose grids average 307 g CO2e per kWh, against 218 g in the UK. Lower is cleaner.
The grid in each country
| Country | Grid average | Year |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 384 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Canada | 192 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Belgium | 151 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| United Kingdom | 218 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Netherlands | 254 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Finland | 57 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Australia | 518 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Singapore | 497 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
| Israel | 493 gCO2e/kWh | 2025 |
We last read WP Engine's own pages on 16 October 2026. Their pages: Sustainability
Listing data from the Green Web Foundation's Green Web Dataset, under the Open Database License (ODbL). Grid figures: Ember, Yearly electricity data (2026), CC BY 4.0.