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WP Engine Outage History

Every past WP Engine outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 127 WP Engine outages since April 2023. The 45 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor April 28, 2026

April 2026: Adding/updating Primary Domain in User Portal

Detected Apr 28, 2026 6:04 PM EDT · Resolved May 1, 2026 4:51 PM EDT · Duration 3 days

WP Engine experienced a minor service incident affecting the ability to add or update Primary Domain settings in the User Portal. The issue persisted for approximately 70.8 hours before being resolved. Users were unable to modify their primary domain configurations through the portal interface during this period.

Minor April 9, 2026

April 2026: Unable to Add Domains

Detected Apr 9, 2026 2:40 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 9, 2026 4:52 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

WP Engine experienced a service incident where users were unable to add domains to their accounts. The issue affected domain management functionality across the platform. The incident was resolved after 2.2 hours with domain addition capabilities restored.

Minor April 6, 2026

April 2026: Intermittent Email Latency

Detected Apr 6, 2026 5:25 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 17, 2026 6:51 PM EDT · Duration 11 days

WP Engine experienced intermittent email latency issues classified as a minor service incident. The email delivery delays affected users' ability to receive timely communications through the platform. The incident lasted approximately 11 days before being resolved.

Minor April 5, 2026

April 2026: US Node Experiencing issues - Monitoring

Detected Apr 5, 2026 12:14 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 5, 2026 1:54 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

WP Engine experienced issues with one of their US nodes that lasted 1.7 hours. The incident was classified as minor and affected services hosted on that specific node. The issue has been resolved and the service is now being monitored.

Minor April 4, 2026

April 2026: 502 Errors - US Central

Detected Apr 4, 2026 12:31 PM EDT · Resolved Apr 4, 2026 2:40 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

WP Engine experienced 502 errors affecting their US Central region for 2.1 hours. The incident was classified as minor, indicating limited impact on service availability. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor March 27, 2026

March 2026: Backups and Push/Pull

Detected Mar 27, 2026 1:07 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 27, 2026 4:34 PM EDT · Duration about 15 hours

WP Engine experienced a minor service incident affecting their backup functionality and push/pull operations that lasted 15.5 hours. The incident impacted users' ability to create backups and transfer content between environments. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor March 18, 2026

March 2026: NitroPack/Page Speed Boost - Connection Issue

Detected Mar 18, 2026 5:58 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 18, 2026 6:47 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

WP Engine experienced a connection issue with their NitroPack/Page Speed Boost service that lasted 48 minutes. The incident was classified as minor, indicating limited impact on website performance optimization features. The service has since been restored to normal operation.

Minor March 16, 2026

March 2026: DNS Host Potential Outage

Detected Mar 16, 2026 3:10 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 16, 2026 7:46 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

WP Engine experienced a DNS host potential outage classified as a minor incident that lasted 4.6 hours. The outage likely affected website accessibility and DNS resolution for customers hosted on the affected infrastructure. The incident has been resolved, restoring normal DNS functionality.

Minor March 9, 2026

March 2026: Connection Errors

Detected Mar 9, 2026 11:49 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 12, 2026 12:33 PM EDT · Duration 3 days

WP Engine experienced connection errors that resulted in a minor service disruption lasting approximately 72.7 hours. The incident affected users' ability to connect to WP Engine services. The issue has been resolved and service connectivity has been restored.

Minor March 5, 2026

March 2026: Intermittent Connectivity Issues on some WP Engine webites

Detected Mar 5, 2026 4:34 AM EST · Resolved Mar 5, 2026 6:52 AM EST · Duration about 2 hours

WP Engine experienced intermittent connectivity issues affecting some websites hosted on their platform. The service disruption was classified as minor and lasted approximately 2.3 hours before being resolved.