WP Engine

WP Engine is a WordPress digital experience platform offering managed WordPress hosting with a REST API for programmatically managing sites, environments (installs), domains, SSH keys, SSL certificates, backups, and cache operations. The API uses Basic Authentication with credentials generated from the WP Engine User Portal.

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APIs

WP Engine Hosting Platform API

REST API for programmatically managing WP Engine WordPress hosting accounts, sites, installs (environments), domains, SSH keys, SSL certificates, backups, users, and cache opera...

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Cancelsitetransfer

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Checkstatus

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Copyinstall

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Createaccountuser

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Createbackup

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Createbulkdomains

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Createdomain

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Createdomaincertificateorder

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Createinstall

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Createsite

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Createsitetransfer

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Createsshkey

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Deleteaccountuser

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Deletedomain

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Deleteinstall

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Deletesite

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Deletesshkey

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Getaccount

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Getaccountusageinsights

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Getaccountusagemetrics

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Getaccountusagesummary

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Getaccountuser

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Getaccountslimits

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Getcurrentuser

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Getdomain

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Getdomaincertificate

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Getdomainreportstatus

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Getinstall

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Getinstallcertificates

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Getinstallusagemetrics

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Getlargefsvalidationfile

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Getoffloadsettings

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Getsite

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Getsitetransfer

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Importthirdpartysslcertificate

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Listaccountsitetransfers

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Listaccountusers

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Listaccounts

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Listarchives

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Listbackups

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Listdomains

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Listinstalls

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Listsitereporttemplates

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Listsitetransfers

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Listsites

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Listsshkeys

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Patchoffloadsettings

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Post_Accounts_{Account_Id}_Usage_Refresh_Disk_Usage

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Purgecache

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Refreshenvironmentdiskusage

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Restorebackup

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Showbackup

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Status

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Swagger

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Updateaccountuser

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Updatedomain

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Updateinstall

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Updateoffloadsettings

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Updatesite

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Verifydomaintxtrecord

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Resources

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aid: wpengine
name: WP Engine
description: WP Engine is a WordPress digital experience platform offering managed WordPress hosting with a REST API for programmatically managing sites, environments (installs), domains, SSH keys, SSL certificates, backups, and cache operations. The API uses Basic Authentication with credentials generated from the WP Engine User Portal.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wpengine/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: "2026-06-13"
modified: "2026-06-13"
specificationVersion: "0.19"
tags:
  - WordPress
  - Managed Hosting
  - WordPress Hosting
  - Site Management
  - Digital Experience Platform
apis:
  - aid: wpengine:wpengine-hosting-platform-api
    name: WP Engine Hosting Platform API
    description: REST API for programmatically managing WP Engine WordPress hosting accounts, sites, installs (environments), domains, SSH keys, SSL certificates, backups, users, and cache operations.
    image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api
    baseURL: https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
    tags:
      - WordPress
      - Managed Hosting
      - Site Management
      - Environments
      - Domains
      - Backups
      - SSH Keys
      - SSL Certificates
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api/reference
    contact:
      - FN: WP Engine Support
        url: https://wpengine.com/support/
        email: support@wpengine.com
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://wpengine.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.wpengine.com/docs/managed-hosting-platform/api
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/wpengine
  - type: LinkedIn
    url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wpengine
  - type: Blog
    url: https://wpengine.com/blog/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://wpengine.com/pricing/
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://wpenginestatus.com/
  - type: X
    url: https://x.com/wpengine
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/wpengine-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/wpengine-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/wpengine-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com