{"id":123460,"date":"2022-12-05T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/?post_type=support&#038;p=123460"},"modified":"2025-09-02T20:47:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T02:47:42","slug":"usage","status":"publish","type":"support","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Usage Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Usage page is available to WP Engine customers and is designed to help better view and manage plan resource usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access Usage Page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Usage can be accessed in the WP Engine User Portal by <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/users\/#User_Portal_Roles\">Owners and Full (with Billing) users<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.wpengine.com\/\">User Portal<\/a><\/strong>, expand <strong>Insights<\/strong> in the main sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Usage<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Usage page can be accessed directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/my.wpengine.com\/usage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/my.wpengine.com\/usage\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To access the detailed views for each of the main categories use the links highlighted in the image below. The categories are <strong>storage<\/strong>, <strong>sites<\/strong>, <strong>bandwidth<\/strong>,<strong> visits<\/strong>, and <strong>usage by environment<\/strong>.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"580\" class=\"wp-image-126981\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs.png 1730w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs-1024x848.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs-768x636.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs-1536x1272.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-tabs-1500x1242.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usage Metrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The primary metrics displayed are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Storage<\/strong> \u2013 Displays total account disk usage in gigabytes (GB). Includes all <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/environments\/\">environments<\/a> on the account (Production, Staging, and Development) and all transferable environments. Does <em>not<\/em> include <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/restore\/\">WP Engine automated backups<\/a>. Storage is updated weekly. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/bandwidth-cause-effects\/\">Learn how to reduce storage usage here<\/a>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Storage for an individual environment can be viewed and refreshed on the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-engine-user-portal\/#Overview_Page\">Overview<\/a><\/em> page, in the <em>Storage<\/em> section.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sites<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Shared accounts only (Lite, Startup, <em>Professional<\/em><\/em>,<em> Growth, Scale)<\/em>. Total number of Billable sites on the account. Does not include <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/transfer-wp-engine-environment\/\">transferable sites<\/a>. Sites Used updates daily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bandwidth<\/strong> \u2013 Total data transfer. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/bandwidth-cause-effects\/#Bandwidth\">Learn more about reducing bandwidth here. <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Billable Visits<\/strong> \u2013 <em>Shared accounts only (Lite, Startup, <em>Professional<\/em><\/em>,<em> Growth, Scale)<\/em>. Visits refers to the sum total of billable visits. WP Engine does not count every hit to a website as a billable visit. Visits are updated daily. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/count-visits\/\">Learn more about how WP Engine counts billable visits here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Download Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Spreadsheets can be downloaded for an account usage overview, and for detailed reports of each of the main metrics tabs outlined in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Account usage data can be downloaded as a CSV file by clicking the <strong>View usage by environment<\/strong> link on the main Usage page, then clicking <strong>Download CSV<\/strong>. Use the dropdown to customize the date range included in the download. Up to one previous year of data can be pulled when customizing the date range.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" class=\"wp-image-126982\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1.png 1772w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1-1536x771.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/download-usage-csv-1-1500x753.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A usage CSV download will include the following information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Account Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billing Cycle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Environment type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DB Storage (GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>File Storage (GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Storage (GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storage date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billable Visits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Total Visits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Detailed spreadsheets can also be downloaded for <strong>storage<\/strong>, <strong>bandwidth<\/strong>, and <strong>visits<\/strong> from the <strong>Detailed lists<\/strong> table of the main <a href=\"https:\/\/my.wpengine.com\/usage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">usage page<\/a>. The storage and bandwidth tabs also have sub tabs which each have their own downloadable CSV files. The storage tab has sub tabs of <strong>environment<\/strong>, <strong>database details<\/strong>, and <strong>top 50 files<\/strong>. The bandwidth tab has sub tabs of <strong>environment<\/strong>, <strong>location<\/strong>, and <strong>URI<\/strong> as shown in the screenshot below.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" class=\"wp-image-126985\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs.png 1784w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs-1536x615.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-tabs-1500x600.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Storage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The detailed view for storage has 3 tabs with different views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Environment breakdown<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Database details<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top 50 files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Environment breakdown<\/strong> \u2013 This table shows details for each environment about its database storage, file storage, and total storage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Database details<\/strong> \u2013 The database details shown in this view are:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Total db storage<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SQL<\/strong> \u2013 The amount of data stored in the database, as measured by the SQL engine, excluding temporary files and cache. This represents the actual size of structured records.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bloat<\/strong> \u2013 Unused or redundant space in the database caused by deleted or updated records that haven\u2019t been physically removed. It can lead to inefficient storage and slower queries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bloat %<\/strong> \u2013 The percentage of unused space in the database compared to its total size. A high percentage indicates excessive fragmentation and may require optimization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tables<\/strong> \u2013 Total number of tables.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Autoloaded<\/strong> \u2013 Data that is automatically loaded into memory on every request, often used for frequently accessed settings or options to improve performance. Excessive <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/database-optimization-best-practices\/#Autoloaded_Data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">autoloaded data<\/a> can slow down a system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Top 50 files<\/strong> \u2013 This table shows the 50 biggest files across all sites on an account with the environment name, file size, and the path to show what folder the file is in.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bandwidth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The detailed view for bandwidth shows 3 tabs with different views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>URI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Environment<\/strong> \u2013 This view shows the total bandwidth by environment and breaks down <strong>Origin<\/strong> vs <strong>CDN<\/strong> bandwidth.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong> \u2013 This refers to files that are loaded from your WP Engine server.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>CDN<\/strong> \u2013 This refers to cached versions of files that are loaded from the Cloudflare content delivery network of servers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong> \u2013 This view shows bandwidth transfers broken out by country. It shows the country, the total bytes of data transferred to the country, and the total page views from the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>URI<\/strong> \u2013 This view shows the top files by the number of bytes transferred to visitors. It shows the following data:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>URI<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the folder path and file name for the file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Environment<\/strong> \u2013 This is the environment that the file was loaded from.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the amount of bytes for the file that were transferred from the WP Engine server for the account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Edge<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the amount of bytes for the file that were transferred from Cloudflare\u2019s CDN.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bytes<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the total number of bytes that were transferred for the file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hits<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the total number of times that the file was transferred.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Avg bytes<\/strong> \u2013 This shows the average number of bytes that were transferred for the file each time it was loaded. This can be helpful to see since the number of bytes transferred each time is not always the same even though files are a static file size. This is because the requester can stop the transfer from their browser before it completes. A good example is a long video that starts playing and the browser tab is closed before the video completes transferring to the visitor\u2019s computer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<a name=\"Billable_Visits\"><\/a>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The detailed view for visits shows a breakdown of billable and total visits by environment and also a breakdown of visits by environment type and site type for your selected date range.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" class=\"wp-image-126993\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable.png 2214w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-1536x771.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-2048x1029.png 2048w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/billable-vs-non-billable-1500x753.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"265\" class=\"wp-image-126995\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type.png 2226w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-1536x582.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-2048x777.png 2048w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-and-site-type-1500x569.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"285\" class=\"wp-image-126994\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends.png 2216w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-1024x417.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-768x313.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-1536x625.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-2048x834.png 2048w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/site-type-and-env-type-trends-1500x611.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Usage by Environment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The link to this page is not grouped with the main category tabs. You can view this page by clicking the link labeled <strong>View usage by environment<\/strong>, in the top right of the main usage page as shown below.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"301\" class=\"wp-image-126988\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env.png 1730w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-1500x645.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page shows a breakdown of storage, bandwidth, and visits by environment.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"352\" class=\"wp-image-126991\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page.png 1772w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page-768x386.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page-1536x771.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/usage-by-env-page-1500x753.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed Usage Page for Environments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The environment-level usage page shows detailed usage stats for <strong>storage<\/strong>, <strong>bandwidth<\/strong>, and <strong>visits<\/strong>. From an environment\u2019s overview page, you can get to it from the secondary left menu by expanding <strong>Insights<\/strong> and selecting <strong>Usage<\/strong> as pictured below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: This is different than selecting Insights &gt; Usage in the main left menu which goes to the account-level usage page.<\/em><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"419\" class=\"wp-image-126997\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page.png 1735w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page-1024x613.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page-1536x919.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/access-usage-page-1500x897.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of the stats for the 3 different categories can be viewed in date ranges of <strong>past 30 days<\/strong>, <strong>current 30 day usage cycle<\/strong>, <strong>past 6 months<\/strong>, or a <strong>custom 30 day range<\/strong>. Hover over graphs and info icons for additional details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environment Storage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The environment <strong>storage<\/strong> graphs and tables show trends of file and database storage totals, the top 50 biggest files, and database storage details, as shown in the screenshots below. Toggle between the 3 views by selecting the tabs above the graph to the left.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" class=\"wp-image-127000\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends.png 1908w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends-1024x539.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends-768x404.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends-1536x808.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-trends-1500x789.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"358\" class=\"wp-image-126999\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50.png 1908w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50-1024x524.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50-768x393.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50-1536x786.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-top-50-1500x767.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"492\" class=\"wp-image-126998\" style=\"width: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-db.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-db.png 958w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-db-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/storage-db-768x755.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environment Bandwidth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The environment <strong>bandwidth<\/strong> graphs and tables show trends of origin<sup>*<\/sup> and CDN<sup>*<\/sup> bandwidth totals, bandwidth by location for the top 20 countries, and the URI of the top files using bandwidth, as shown in the screenshots below. Toggle between the 3 views by selecting the tabs above the graph to the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<strong><em>Origin:<\/em><\/strong><em> Origin traffic refers to web requests that are served from WP Engine servers.<\/em><br>*<strong><em>CDN:<\/em><\/strong><em> CDN (content delivery network) traffic (also known as \u201cEdge\u201d traffic) refers to web requests that are served from a network of server locations around the world which store cached versions of your website\u2019s files. This helps to load pages faster for visitors to your website. For WP Engine the CDN being used is the Cloudflare CDN.<\/em><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"379\" class=\"wp-image-127003\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends.png 1910w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends-1536x832.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-trends-1500x812.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"504\" class=\"wp-image-127002\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations.png 1910w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations-1024x738.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations-768x553.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations-1536x1107.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-locations-1500x1081.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"443\" class=\"wp-image-127001\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs.png 1910w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs-1024x649.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs-1536x973.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bandwidth-URIs-1500x950.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Environment Visits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The environment <strong>visits<\/strong> graph compares <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/count-visits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">billable visits<\/a> to total visits over your selected time range, to help you to monitor for any spikes in billable visits.<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"358\" class=\"wp-image-127004\" style=\"width: 700px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits.png 1910w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits-1024x523.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits-768x392.png 768w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits-1536x785.png 1536w, https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/env-visits-1500x766.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEXT STEP<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/bandwidth-cause-effects\/\">Learn how to reduce bandwidth and storage usage<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Usage page is available to WP Engine customers and is designed to help better manage plan resource usage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":126216,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"mediapress_authors_byline":[],"mediapress_draft_name":"","_mediapress_is_draft_copy":false},"support-categories":[14],"support-tag":[35],"mediapress_author":[],"class_list":["post-123460","support","type-support","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","support-categories-account","support-tag-userportal"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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