WP Engine · Rate Limits

Wpengine Rate Limits

Name: Wpengine Rate Limits
Creator: WP Engine
Keywords: WordPress, Managed Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Site Management, Digital Experience Platform

Rate limiting policies for the WP Engine Hosting Platform REST API v1.

Wpengine Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for WP Engine on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 4 rate-limit definitions.

Tagged areas include WordPress, Managed Hosting, WordPress Hosting, Site Management, and Digital Experience Platform.

4 Limits

WordPressManaged HostingWordPress HostingSite ManagementDigital Experience Platform

Limits

General API Rate Limit account

Exact numeric thresholds are not publicly documented. Contact WP Engine support for specifics.

Install Creation Throttle account

Batch creation of installs can impact cluster performance; requests are throttled accordingly.

Domain Creation Succession Limit install

Rapid successive domain operations are restricted.

Cache Purge Rate Limits install

Each cache type has its own rate limit. Purging all cache types simultaneously counts against each respective limit.