Restoring Plugin and Theme Management on WP Engine

WordPress.org has interrupted access to the plugin and theme directory. WP Engine has activated a solution to allow customers to continue accessing the plugins, theme updates, and installations.

Technical Details

WP Engine customers will see little to no change in functionality when updating or installing WordPress features.

WP Engine customers can install and update WordPress plugins and themes as normal through the WP Admin dashboard. The plugin search experience may be slightly different.

Smart Plugin Manager

Smart Plugin Manager (SPM) will continue functioning as expected.

To learn more about Smart Plugin Manager, see our full guide here.

WP-CLI

WP-CLI that involves installing or updating plugins or themes will interact with the WP Engine API and pull files from WP Engine’s solution. All functionality should be equivalent, although we are aware the search implementation is not yet an exact match.

Additional Support

For questions or concerns regarding this change, please reach out to WP Engine’s Support team.