{"id":8011,"date":"2015-02-04T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=8011"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T20:50:55","slug":"cloud-spectator-wp-engine-1-speed-uptime-december-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/resources\/cloud-spectator-wp-engine-1-speed-uptime-december-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Spectator: WP Engine No. 1 In Speed, Uptime In December 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speed and uptime. They\u2019re two measurements we talk about a lot as a provider of a managed platform for WordPress. In many ways, they\u2019re our currency. And if we miss the mark on speed and uptime, our customers won\u2019t stand for it.<\/p>\n<p>Your WordPress sites deserve rapid response times and as little downtime as possible; and it\u2019s our mission to deliver that.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why we are honored that <a href=\"http:\/\/cloudspectator.com\/about\/\">Cloud Spectator<\/a>, an independent IaaS performance testing firm, found we were <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ordtswd\">the No. 1 managed hosting provider for WordPress in terms of speed and uptime for December 2014<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cloud Spectator\u2019s findings, our page response times average was an industry-leading 250 milliseconds in December 2014, earning us the No. 1 spot.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud Spectator also found that we led the pack for uptime among managed hosting providers for WordPress. Downtime is a reality in our business (and we had customers who experienced downtime in the month of December), and we strive to ensure our customers\u2019 sites are up and running. If they do go down, we\u2019re at the ready to get them back up.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re extremely proud and humbled by Cloud Spectator\u2019s findings, \u00a0but this isn\u2019t an invitation for us to rest on our laurels. We\u2019ll continue to innovate to ensure that your WordPress sites are fast and reliable. And if they\u2019re not, call us on it &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/my.wpengine.com\/support\">our technical support team<\/a> of WordPress experts will make it right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speed and uptime. They\u2019re two measurements we talk about a lot as a provider of a managed platform for WordPress. In many ways, they\u2019re our currency. And if we miss the mark on speed and uptime, our customers won\u2019t stand for it. Your WordPress sites deserve rapid response times and as little downtime as possible;<span class=\"tile__ellipses\">&hellip;<\/span><span class=\"tile__ellipses--animated\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[369,364,368],"class_list":["post-8011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company","tag-cloud-spectator","tag-speed","tag-uptime"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cloud Spectator: WP Engine No. 1 In Speed, Uptime In December 2014 | WP Engine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cloud Spectator found that WP Engine was the No. 1 managed hosting provider for WordPress in terms of speed and uptime for December.\" 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