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Certain plugins are disallowed on the WP Engine platform, and will be removed, as they either cause performance issues or duplicate default server behavior.
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WordPress Site Security
WP Engine keeps your server secure and fast, now learn the best steps you can take to maintain a hardened WordPress website.
Detect a WP Engine Website with PHP
This article describes the is_wpe() function, which developers can use to perform actions based on location (live, 1-click staging, or non-WP Engine sites).
Create a WordPress Site in Different Languages
This article explains how to use WordPress in a different language, and provides resources to support displaying your website to users in multiple languages.
File Permissions and 403 Errors
Learn how to reset file permissions in WordPress and troubleshoot a 403 error to resolve "forbidden" and "access denied" warnings.
7 Steps for Front End Optimization (Video)
In this 45 minute video, we share 7 steps that will allow you to be better prepared to handle peak capacity by optimizing the front end of your WordPress site.
Maintenance Mode
Learn about managing WordPress maintenance mode in the WP Engine User Portal, with WP-CLI, or with 3rd-party plugins.
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