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Build a New Site on WP Engine
Learn how to build a new WordPress site on the WP Engine platform. This guide will show how to create a site, log into WordPress, add content, and go live.
Site Setup
Sites and Environments
Learn how to create and use Sites as well as Production, Staging and Development environments to enhance the development workflow.
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How To Set Up a Static HTML Website on WP Engine
You may have a use case where you have an existing WP Engine account and you want to add a micro site with plain html files. For cases like this where no dynamic…
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Sites Page
A complete feature list of the WP Engine User Portal "Sites" page. Here you will find an explanation of every feature and how to use each.
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User Portal Overview
A complete feature list of the WP Engine User Portal. Here you will find a brief explanation of every feature and how you may expect to use each.
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Point DNS for Your Domain Name to WP Engine
Learn how to point DNS for your domain to WP Engine automatically, or manually using CNAME flattening or A records.
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Go Live Checklist
The process of “going live” refers to the process of building out your website and making it publicly accessible on a custom domain name. You can easily track these steps with the “go…
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Manual Migration Process
Our migration checklist provides a guided navigation through the entire process of manually migrating your site to our platform.
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Emulate DNS Locally with the Hosts File Trick
Learn how to view your site on WP Engine without pointing your DNS. Steps to update your hosts file, and steps to flush your DNS on Windows and Mac.
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