As we move closer to the launch of WordPress 5.0, the buzz around Gutenberg is growing—and rightfully so. Gutenberg will become the default editor in version 5.0 replacing an editor that first appeared back in 2005. At its core, it represents a fundamental shift to the WordPress editing experience. Using a block structure, Gutenberg… […]
Takeaways From the Cloudflare Internet Summit
Last month, we hosted our WP Engine Summit and came out of it energized, inspired and ready-for-action. Following up fashionably this month, Cloudflare came out blazing with their 4th annual Internet Summit in San Francisco. We announced our partnership with Cloudflare in early September and are incredibly excited about our momentum with our Global Edge Security… […]
Gutenberg – Believe in the Beauty of Your Dreams
Gutenberg heralds a new era for WordPress and its ecosystem. The feature-rich editor makes it easier for people with a non-technical background—e.g. marketers, content creators, and really anyone — to quickly build sleek, high-performing, great-looking websites. Rather than relying on custom HTML, embed discovery, and shortcodes to add dynamic content, Gutenberg offers a post and… […]
WP Engine Recognized For Excellence at The Stevie Awards
Created in 2002, The Stevie Awards honor and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organizations and working professionals worldwide. Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevies are awarded during The Annual International Business Awards, an international, all-encompassing business awards program. This year, individuals and companies will be recognized on October 20th, 2018 during… […]
WP Engine Makes Waves in 2018 TYLER’s Dam That Cancer
Throughout the year, WP Engine employees participate in many give back opportunities for causes and meaningful programs in their own communities. From our San Francisco office to our office in the land down under, the WP Engine team lives out the company core value of aspiring to lead and committed to giving back by utilizing… […]
How Culture and Innovation Come Together At WP Engine
WP Engine’s CEO and Chairwoman, Heather Brunner, attended Fortune’s CEO Initiative, on June 25 and 26 in San Francisco. This invite-only event brought together CEOs from Apple, Delta, Deloitte US, EY, Great Place to Work, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Levi Strauss, Workday, and many others to discuss and collaborate on the topics of doing well by… […]
WP Engine Acquires StudioPress WordPress Solutions Including Genesis Framework
Genesis Framework and Collection of Themes Delivers Powerful, Accelerated Development of WordPress Digital Experiences AUSTIN, Texas — June 27, 2018 – WP Engine, the WordPress digital experience platform, today announced it has acquired StudioPress, creators of the Genesis Framework (“Genesis”), the world’s most popular theme framework for the millions of WordPress sites that comprise 30 percent… […]
Why WP Engine is Acquiring StudioPress
WP Engine started eight years ago as a new member of the WordPress community. Being a productive member of any community means helping everyone else to grow and prosper, just as the community has done and continues to do for us. We felt so strongly about this, that five years ago we codified it as… […]
MOVING ON UP, WP ENGINE ONCE AGAIN NAMED TOP PLACE TO WORK FOR MILLENNIALS
For the second year in a row, WP Engine has been recognized by Fortune and Great Place to Work as one of the country’s Best Workplaces for Millennials—improving on its ranking from last year and earning the distinction as the only Austin-based company on the list. Millennials are defined as the generation born between 1981… […]
WP Engine’s UK Agency Partner Programme Growth Skyrockets
Programme drives growth, profit and predictability for WP Engine’s agency partners LONDON – June 25, 2018 – WP Engine, the WordPress digital experience platform, today announced the number of UK digital agencies participating in its Agency Partner Programme (APP) has grown by a factor of 20X since the program began last September. The APP is a… […]