If you’ve not heard of WP Engine you’ve probably been living under a stone (or not attended a WordCamp in America, which the WP Engine guys invariably attend). The WordPress hosting company has launched a new feature which is going to be of particular interest to developers, especially those who prefer Git to Subversion.
Git-push-to-deploy by WP Engine lets developers deploy applications using Git, and now that it’s incorporated with WP Engine it means anyone who’s hosted there can a) push to WordPress, and b) use version control with WordPress. With Git Push-to-Deply it looks like WP Engine is looking to tap into the developer market by offering the tools that developers love, and that make their lives easier.
Having done some beta testing last week I must say I quite like how they’ve implemented it in their environment.
But would you move from your own server to host with them? A lot of devs have their own servers set up, and can do doubt push from git already.
I wonder hardcore developers actually want to use Managed WordPress hosting – after all, even if it is fast you do give up certain freedoms around your websites.
I wouldn’t actually move to WP Engine because of their Git solution, but it doesn’t hurt either. I actually have a few clients on there and in their case I was actually missing the lack of Git support.
Sounds cool … where to signup for beta ? 🙂
Think it’s now out of beta. You’d need to sign up for WP Engine to try it out. They do offer a 30 day money back guarantee though so you could give it a whirl.