How to Setup a Website using WPEngine
The WP Engine is an exceptional company that provides good service as well as a good product. It is a managed WordPress Hosting service. Therefore rather than simply providing your WordPress website with a home, they are able to customize the install so that it is able to stream optimized, secure and fast.
Why Choose WP Engine?
There are a great number of hosting providers that one can choose from, but when creating a WordPress website, the WP Engine is the preferred provider. The company is able to provide exceptional hosting as it pertains to WordPress sites. WP Engine has a great number of options and pricing plans for consumers to choose from and is quite simple to set up.
How to Set Up
Once you have chosen the hosting plan that best fits that needs of your WordPress website, you can begin to set it up. The following steps will guide you through the setup:
1. Log into my.wpengine.com
2. Click the green button marked “Add Install”
a. It will be at the top right of the screen
3. When choosing your “Installation Name” keep in mind that it must be between 3 and 14 characters
4. Do NOT check the option of “Enable Multisite”
a. This can be changed at a later time, but for now it is best to leave it unchecked
5. Click the button that is marked “Save Install”
It may take some time for your install to become available. Once it does become available, click onto the install name (which will be inside of the left sidebar).
6. Under where the domain name is click onto the link marked “Domains”
7. Click the green button that is marked “Add Domain”
8. In the text box, add “www” then follow it by your version of the domain name. Click the button marked “Add Domain”
9. Add your version of the domain name without “WWW” before it. Click the button marked “Add Domain”
10. After the domains have been successfully added, open another tab within your browser and navigate to [yourinstallname].wepengine.com
How to Log into Your New WordPress Site
After you have successfully set up your new WordPress website, you will need to log in your new site. The following will guide you through how to do just that:
1. Go to [yourintallname].wepengine.com/wp-login.php
2. Click the link that is marked “Lost Your Password” in order to reset and setup your new password
3. You can either enter the username (which is also the installation name) or the email that was used to sign up for WP Engine
4. Click “Get New Password”
a. This will prompt an email to be sent to the email address that has been (previously) linked to the WP Engine account. The email will include a link that will reset your password
b. You will be directed to a page where a new password can be imputed.
c. Click “Reset Password”
5. Click the button that is marked “Log in”
a. In order to access the backend user interface of your new site, simply enter your username and password
Once the above has been successfully completed, your new WordPress website will be setup within WP Engine and ready for you to both customize and use.
How to Install WP Engine Hosted Multisite Locally
For those that need assistance regarding the installation of a copy of WP Engine that is hosted site locally, the following will help. Those that have express knowledge in regards to WordPress mitigation will find this expressly simple, but tedious. The following will assist those that have attempted this previously and were met with an “Error establishing a database connection” even when assured that they have edited the wp-config DB connection details properly.
You will need to remove the WP Engine platform specific files that are found within the mu-plugins folder as well as the object-cache.php that is found within the wp-content folder. Outside os altering all of the subsite URLS as well as the primary domain. There should not be anything that is specific to the platform.
In Conclusion
Keep in mind that WP Engine is able to supply you with incredible security, scalability, support, community and speed. With plans that begin at $29.95, it is more than easy to take your WordPress site to the next level. Do keep in mind that WP Engine is a premium option in regards to the hosting of your site, but the benefits attached to the service and product are immense. The setup and installation could not be more simplistic as well.
Why Choose WP Engine?
There are a great number of hosting providers that one can choose from, but when creating a WordPress website, the WP Engine is the preferred provider. The company is able to provide exceptional hosting as it pertains to WordPress sites. WP Engine has a great number of options and pricing plans for consumers to choose from and is quite simple to set up.
How to Set Up
Once you have chosen the hosting plan that best fits that needs of your WordPress website, you can begin to set it up. The following steps will guide you through the setup:
1. Log into my.wpengine.com
2. Click the green button marked “Add Install”
a. It will be at the top right of the screen
3. When choosing your “Installation Name” keep in mind that it must be between 3 and 14 characters
4. Do NOT check the option of “Enable Multisite”
a. This can be changed at a later time, but for now it is best to leave it unchecked
5. Click the button that is marked “Save Install”
It may take some time for your install to become available. Once it does become available, click onto the install name (which will be inside of the left sidebar).
6. Under where the domain name is click onto the link marked “Domains”
7. Click the green button that is marked “Add Domain”
8. In the text box, add “www” then follow it by your version of the domain name. Click the button marked “Add Domain”
9. Add your version of the domain name without “WWW” before it. Click the button marked “Add Domain”
10. After the domains have been successfully added, open another tab within your browser and navigate to [yourinstallname].wepengine.com
How to Log into Your New WordPress Site
After you have successfully set up your new WordPress website, you will need to log in your new site. The following will guide you through how to do just that:
1. Go to [yourintallname].wepengine.com/wp-login.php
2. Click the link that is marked “Lost Your Password” in order to reset and setup your new password
3. You can either enter the username (which is also the installation name) or the email that was used to sign up for WP Engine
4. Click “Get New Password”
a. This will prompt an email to be sent to the email address that has been (previously) linked to the WP Engine account. The email will include a link that will reset your password
b. You will be directed to a page where a new password can be imputed.
c. Click “Reset Password”
5. Click the button that is marked “Log in”
a. In order to access the backend user interface of your new site, simply enter your username and password
Once the above has been successfully completed, your new WordPress website will be setup within WP Engine and ready for you to both customize and use.
How to Install WP Engine Hosted Multisite Locally
For those that need assistance regarding the installation of a copy of WP Engine that is hosted site locally, the following will help. Those that have express knowledge in regards to WordPress mitigation will find this expressly simple, but tedious. The following will assist those that have attempted this previously and were met with an “Error establishing a database connection” even when assured that they have edited the wp-config DB connection details properly.
You will need to remove the WP Engine platform specific files that are found within the mu-plugins folder as well as the object-cache.php that is found within the wp-content folder. Outside os altering all of the subsite URLS as well as the primary domain. There should not be anything that is specific to the platform.
In Conclusion
Keep in mind that WP Engine is able to supply you with incredible security, scalability, support, community and speed. With plans that begin at $29.95, it is more than easy to take your WordPress site to the next level. Do keep in mind that WP Engine is a premium option in regards to the hosting of your site, but the benefits attached to the service and product are immense. The setup and installation could not be more simplistic as well.