Local Connect by WP Engine
Local development made easy
Discover how WP Engine’s hosting for WordPress® pairs perfectly with Local for seamless development, faster workflows, and easier site management.1
The Power of Local Connect & WP Engine
Simplify your workflows with WP Engine hosting
Connect to your WP Engine account
Log in to WP Engine from Local to see a list of all your sites.
Pull your site down to Local
Choose a site from the list and pull it into Local with a click.
Make your changes and test
Do all your work locally without ever breaking the live site.
Deploy to dev, staging, or production
Push your site and/or database live on WP Engine in no time.
Deploy up to 5x faster with Local Connect and MagicSync
MagicSync selects added, deleted, or updated files to deploy and includes a database option. Local development is better when your production, staging, and development environments sync effortlessly!
Remove unnecessary steps from your deployment process
Local Connect makes deploying easier by clearing the cache and updating URLs for you. Managing manual backups, database exports, SFTP set ups, migration plugins, or client credentials are a thing of the past.
Get award-winning support for Local Connect issues
While we can’t debug your custom WordPress development, our support team is here to help you troubleshoot any Local Connect errors when pushing and pulling your sites between Local and WP Engine.
Local Connect and development workflow
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