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Leading WordPress Digital Experience Provider Reaches Historic Milestones, Announces Awards, 2017 Summit Customer Event and New Products<\/em><\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Aug. 29, 2017 \u2014\u00a0\u00a0WP Engine, the world\u2019s leading\u00a0WordPress digital experience platform<\/a>,\u00a0today highlighted several corporate and customer milestones, including 42 percent year-over-year customer growth in 2016, which reflects accelerating momentum with agency and enterprise brands. A few weeks ago, the company surpassed 70,000 global customers and achieved one million chats from its 24\/7 efforts to help drive its customers’ businesses forward faster.<\/p>\n

Broad-based Industry Recognition
\n<\/strong>WP Engine\u00a0was\u00a0recently\u00a0awarded Company of the Year\u00a0<\/a>(Computer Services \u2013 Large) at the 14th Annual International Business Awards, the world\u2019s premier business awards program. It also received recognition in the Best Publication for Customers (Business) for its\u00a0Velocitize\u00a0<\/a>digital marketer online magazine, and Marketing Campaign of the Year (Software) for\u00a0its\u00a0\u201cPress Ahead\u201d<\/a>\u00a0branding campaign. Additionally, the company was featured on\u00a0Fortune\u2019s 100 Best Places to Work for Millennials<\/a>\u00a0list, recognized as a\u00a0Best Place to Work<\/a>\u00a0four years in a row by the Austin Business Journal, and CEO Heather Brunner and Founder\/CTO Jason Cohen were named winners of the\u00a0EY Entrepreneur of the Year<\/a>\u00a0for the Central Texas<\/a>\u00a0region.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn behalf of our global team at WP Engine, we are humbled and honored to reach these milestones by earning our customers\u2019 trust every day,\u201d\u00a0said Heather Brunner, Chairwoman and CEO of WP Engine. \u201cAs we continue to grow our business, we remain committed to the core values that enable us to achieve this success. Every day we come to work dedicated to delivering the best experience we can for our 70,000 global customers. We are incredibly grateful for their continued partnership, their inspiration\u00a0and pledge to continue delivering a world-class experience that drives their success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purpose-led and Committed to Workplace Diversity
\n<\/strong>A significant internal factor in WP Engine\u2019s success is enabling a diverse workplace for its 450-plus employees. Heather\u00a0Brunner recently joined with 275 other CEOs from some of the world’s top companies in the “CEO Action<\/a>\u00a0for Diversity & Inclusion<\/a>“, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. WP Engine also joined the\u00a0White House Equal Pay Pledge<\/a>, committing to equal pay, closing the gender pay gap and pledging to identify and promote other best practices that will close the national wage gap to ensure fundamental fairness\u00a0for all employees.<\/p>\n

Webby for Good Sponsor
\n<\/strong>WP Engine helped create and became the sole sponsor of the\u00a0Webby for Good<\/a>\u00a0program, a collaboration between The Webby Awards and WP Engine that highlights and celebrates the stories behind 21st Annual Webby-recognized projects created in pursuit of social good. In each of these profiles, the creators behind each project share their inspirations, challenges, and creative turning points that led to their success\u2014and how each project is driving real social change in the world. You can explore the incredible projects in this\u00a0gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Reach the Summit, Sept. 28-29, 2017
\n<\/strong>A crucial part of building such a large global customer base is ensuring they have the right digital tools and latest information to make critical business decisions. With a growing reputation as the premier WordPress digital experience event of the year, the annual\u00a0WP Engine Summit<\/a>\u00a0brings together leading thinkers to share knowledge, insights, and strategies around open source, the future of the web, and growth strategies. Speakers include Roy Spence, founder of GSD&M and CEO of The Purpose Institute; Krystal Webber, Global Design Lead for Cognitive Process Services at IBM; Jason Dorsey, the leading expert on Millennials and Generation Z at the Center for Generational Kinetics; Claire Graves, Managing Director of The Webby Awards; Frank Scalzo, Director of Security Operations at Verisign and Jason Cohen, WP Engine Founder and CTO.<\/p>\n

When Technical Support Isn\u2019t a Dirty Word
\n<\/strong>At WP Engine, the award-winning 24\/7 customer support\u2014 the service the company provides to help customers grow their business \u2014\u00a0is\u00a0a core advantage in how the company differentiates itself in the WordPress digital experience industry. WP Engine recently reached a milestone of one million customer support chat sessions, providing a strategic advantage to customers who want to manage their website growth.<\/p>\n

Content and Visibility as a Competitive Advantage
\n<\/strong>In the digital world, content is king and the ability to identify opportunities fuels current and future success. Agencies and businesses of all sizes have an ever increasing need to understand how content impacts site visitors in simple, accurate ways.<\/p>\n

That said, even the best sites run into unexpected issues. On many occasions, finding the root of a problem can take hours or even days, leading to lost revenue and a poor customer experience. Businesses need the ability to clearly and quickly pinpoint and understand site issues, discover the root cause and resolve them. To do this, WP Engine recently announced its Application Performance tool<\/a>, providing code-level visibility to IT operations and development teams so companies can troubleshoot application issues no matter how complex the environment. With detailed performance metrics and deep root-cause analysis, they can quickly identify the source of\u00a0any\u00a0problems\u00a0and shift their monitoring approach from reactive firefighting to proactive optimization.<\/p>\n

About WP Engine<\/strong>
\nWP Engine is the world\u2019s leading WordPress digital experience platform that gives enterprises and agencies the agility, performance, intelligence, and integrations they need to drive their business forward faster. WP Engine\u2019s combination of tech innovation and an award-winning team of WordPress experts are trusted by over 70,000 companies across 130 countries to provide counsel and support, helping brands create world-class digital experiences. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has offices in San Francisco, California; San Antonio, Texas; London, England; and Limerick, Ireland.<\/p>\n

Contacts
\n<\/strong>WP Engine
\nEric Jones, 917-488-4214
\npress@wpengine.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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