Case Study: WP Engine achieves 35% lower latency, stronger security, and simplified DNS/SSL management with Cloudflare

Partnering with Cloudflare plays a key role in WP Engine's delivery of the fastest, most secure managed WordPress hosting solution

WP Engine, the world’s most trusted WordPress technology company serving 150,000+ customers across 150 countries, needed to strengthen its managed hosting offering by combining higher performance with robust security. The company set out to build Global Edge Security to deliver CDN acceleration, a web application firewall and DDoS protection, while also simplifying DNS configuration and SSL certificate management for customers.

WP Engine partnered with Cloudflare to deliver that solution—deploying Cloudflare DNS (hosting ~4.7M records), CDN, Argo Smart Routing, WAF, DDoS mitigation and SSL for SaaS. The result: a more stable platform with fewer DNS support tickets, a 35% average latency reduction from Argo, simplified certificate management, seamless migrations via anycast/BYOIP, and faster time-to-value thanks to responsive Cloudflare support and ongoing product innovation.

WP Engine

Ellie Cooper

Senior Tech Partner Manager