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= WP Engine = WP Engine is a privately-held organization providing WordPress technology services, including website hosting, headless WordPress, enterprise WordPress, developer tools, and eCommerce.

History
WP Engine was founded in 2010 by Jason Cohen and Co-Founder Ben Metcalf in Austin, Texas.

In November 2011, WP Engine raised $1.2 million in funding led by Silverton Partners.

Heather Brunner, former Bazaarvoice COO, was appointed to CEO in 2013.

In January 2014, WP Engine, announced that it has raised $15 million in funding from North Bridge Growth Equity.

In March 2015, WP Engine raised $23 million in a follow-on funding round led by North Bridge Growth Equity.

On January 4th, 2018, WP Engine announced it raised a $250 million round of funding from Silver Lake Partners.

Acquisitions
In June 2018, WP Engine acquired StudioPress, the developer of Genesis Framework, a program that helps the owners of WordPress websites create their pages.

In June 2019, WP Engine acquired Flywheel, which was founded in 2012 and provides WordPress hosting.

In May 2020, the team from Block Lab joined WP Engine.

In December 2021, WP Engine acquired FrostWP, the block-based WordPress theme making it open source.

In June 2022, WP Engine acquired Delicious Brain, makers of plugins including Advanced Customer Fields, WP Migrate, Better Search and Replace, WP Offload SES, and WP Offload Media.