This document provides an overview and summary of the WP Engine Agency Partner Program. It discusses the optional commissions partners can earn, which are 8-12% monthly recurring commission for 12 months. It also covers the benefits partners get, such as joint marketing support, co-branding opportunities, and free StudioPress themes and the Genesis framework. The document then summarizes the setup process for partners and discusses the WordPress hosting platform offered by WP Engine, including its performance, security features, collaboration tools, and premium onboarding services.

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WordPress with WP Engine and the
Agency Partner Program
Getting Set Up
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Tony Gilharry, WP Engine

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CEO
Stratabeat
@TomShapiro
Tom ShapiroINTRODUCING TODAY’S EXPERT
• Has been with WP Engine since 2013
• Started in WordPress version 2.3 “Dexter”
• Has run/walked the length of the Sahara
Desert (2,983 miles according to Fitbit)
Sr. Partner Enablement Manager
WP Engine
Tony Gilharry

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WP Engine Agency Partner
Program Overview

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Optional Commissions:
● 8%, 10%, 12% monthly recurring
commission for 12 months.
● $100 commission threshold for
payment eligibility
● 90 day locking period
All level of partners get
35 StudioPress Themes +
Genesis Framework free.

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Joint Marketing, Co-Branding, & Directory Listing
Pitch Decks Partner BadgingCase Studies

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SET UP

7. The WordPress Digital Experience Platform
Developer
Tools
Site Management
Dashboard
WordPress
CMS
Best-in-Class
Tech Partnerships
WordPress
Ecosystem Leadership
Application
Performance Monitoring
Page Speed
Diagnostics
Content
Analytics
Cloud
Management
Advanced
Security
Onboarding & Support
Services
WP Engine Overview

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Pricing Summary
● Flexible Self-Serve and Sales Assisted Custom Plans. WP Engine has built a pricing model with optionality to
adapt to the diverse range of cloud management needs depending on size of traffic scale, security needs, number
of sites being managed, level of service, etc.
● A model designed to make platform accessible to development shops and digital agencies of all sizes, WP
Engine offers free Developer accounts on our Growth Plan (up to 5 sites), which includes everything needed to build
and get a site ready to move into a production environment and transfer billing to the site owner.
● Unmatched competitive offering and value with inclusion of Genesis Framework & Themes across all plans.

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We have broken down the migration process into
the following phases:
1. Setup: Configure your domain and SFTP
credentials
2. Update: Create a backup of your current site,
update WordPress Core, plugins and themes.
3. Export: Gather your wp-content and
database from your previous host.
4. Import: Transfer wp-content and database
files to WP Engine.
5. Verify: Preview your site to ensure the move
was successful, and synchronize your site if
necessary.
6. Launch: Configure DNS and go live with your
site.
MIGRATION CHECKLIST STEPS

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MIGRATION MADE
EASY
CONFIDENTIAL
Automate your site migration,
start spinning up new sites in
fraction of the time.
Customers with dedicated plans
receive full onboarding services
including migration support and
Launch Readiness Assessment,
led by our Technical Success
Managers.

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Work the way that works for you
Tools to easily setup, organize, and
deploy sites between any number of
WordPress installs
Find your flow – Each install can be
designated for development, staging,
review, QA, or any other purpose
STAY PRODUCTIVE
WITH FLEXIBLE
WORKFLOWS
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Dev Staging Prod
Dev QA Review Prod

12. Workspaces - manage workflows
by organizing installs into custom
Workspaces
Workspace Notes – add free-text
notes to manage collaboration and
deployment processes
Environment Labels - label any
install with tags like Development,
Staging, QA, and Production
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COLLABORATION &
WORKFLOW
MANAGEMENT WITH
WORKSPACES
CONFIDENTIAL

13. Instead of having to do these tasks one by
one for each client, customers on Premium
and Enterprise plans can now use WP
Engine’s SSH Gateway to accomplish tasks
efficiently through a command line interface,
saving time and effort.
SSH GATEWAY

14. Automated and
On-Demand Daily Backups
One-Click Site
Restore
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SAFEGUARD YOUR
WORK

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Scale and Performance

16. POWERFUL INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERSHIPS
WORDPRESS SOLUTIONS DEPLOYED ON THE BEST-IN-CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE
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• Innovation partnership and collaboration
• Early insights and impact on GCP roadmap
• Google’s connectivity, expansive network
• Self-healing to protect from HW failures
• Live migration
• Security defense and compliance through Google
Information Security Team
• Advanced Technology Partner status
• Passed AWS Well-Architected 44 point
inspection best practices
• High availability clusters
• Enterprise-grade uptime & security
• Redundancy across multiple data centers
• Eliminate single points of failure

17. GLOBAL PERFORMANCE AROUND THE WORLD
PREMIUM PLANS
(GCP)
- US
- Belgium
- Taiwan
- Japan
- Germany
- UK
- Canada
ENTERPRISE
PLANS (AWS)
- US
- Ireland
- Sydney
- UK
- Canada
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ARCHITECTURE
PREMIUM (GCP) UPTIME
• Strong uptime with dedicated resources and availability.
• Lowest latency with Google's private global fiber network.
REDUNDANCY
• Redundancy at storage layer
RECOVERY
• Auto recovery from HW failures: average time ~2 minutes
• Faster recovery time with decoupled storage
ENTERPRISE (AWS) UPTIME
• Stronger uptime and resilience against failures with HA config
• Redundancy across multiple DCs, removes single points of failure
REDUNDANCY
• Redundancy at all traffic-serving layers: web, storage, DB
RECOVERY
• No downtime if within plan traffic limits (downtime if DB failure ~2mins)
• Real-time auto-recovery, active zone serves all traffic if one zone fails

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User Portal Overview

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WP Engine User Portal
(my.wpengine.com) is
your all-access portal to
managing your sites,
themes, tools, and users
on our platform.

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WP Engine User Portal

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Utilities and Advanced Options

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Premium Onboarding

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ANALYSIS
GO LIVE!MIGRATIONKICKOFF
• Site performance
and health
diagnostics
• Document findings
for customer
• Customer changes
DNS
• Monitor site during
DNS change
• Migration plugin
overview
• Migration support
• Launch Readiness
Assessment
• Support for
customer load
testing
• Workflow
consultation
• Goals discussion
• Site requirements
• Onboarding
timeline
• DNS configuration
• LRA overview
• Platform & Tools
overview
DAY 1 DAY 5 DAY 20 DAY 30
White-glove onboarding including migration support, launch readiness assessment, and post-go-live performance
diagnostics to ensure your smooth onboarding experience. Dedicated plans include technical guidance from our
dedicated Technical Success Manager during the 30-day onboarding period.
PREMIUM PLUS ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE
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Headless Content &
E-Commerce

28. WORDPRESS REST-API
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Integrate with other enterprise
technologies with the REST API and
WordPress’ open source codebase.
PARTNER INTEGRATIONS
The WP Engine platform incorporates
50+ tools and technologies to help
ensure an efficient and powerful
platform from day one.
CURATED PLUGINS
WP Engine validates and recommends
plugins to help you be successful
across a variety of functional areas.
WP Engine and WordPress enable integrated functionality
and faster digital experience innovation.
CONFIDENTIAL

29. ● Avoid draining resources
● Simplify catalog management
● AMP-Enabled and Gutenberg Ready
● Built for speed
REST API + E-Commerce

30. https://partners.wpengine.com/
https://wpengine.com/partners/agencies/
Questions? agencypartners@wpengine.com

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Thank You.