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Liquid Web vs WP Engine: which is more reliable? (2026)
Liquid Web and WP Engine are effectively tied on reliability (31.8 vs 30.5). Over the last 90 days Liquid Web reported 20 incidents and WP Engine reported 20, with effective uptime of 94.03% and 95.37% respectively. WP Engine resolves incidents faster on average (21h 1m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Liquid Web | WP Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 31.8 | 30.5 |
| Rank (web hosts) | #10 | #11 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 94.03% | 95.37% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 20 | 20 |
| Partial / major outages | 4 | 5 |
| Avg time to resolve | 1d | 21h 1m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Liquid Web and WP Engine differ
- WP Engine had 5 partial or major outages, compared with 4 for Liquid Web.
- WP Engine fixes problems faster: 21h 1m on average, against 1d for Liquid Web.
- Liquid Web's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 20, 2026); WP Engine's lasted 3d (Oct 15, 2026).
90-day uptime
Liquid Web
WP Engine
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Liquid Web incidents
- InformationalOct 27, 2026 · ongoing
- Partial outageOct 26, 2026 · resolved in 19h 4m
Errors with Object Storage and Block Storageofficial update ↗
Affected: Object Storage
- Partial outageOct 21, 2026 · ongoing
PHP Security Vulnerability Assessment (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)official update ↗
Affected: Cloud Dedicated, Cloud VPS Hosting, CPanel, InterWorx, Plesk
- InformationalOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h
- InformationalOct 20, 2026 · resolved in 21h 33m
Patch Deployment for CVE-2026-74580 Impacting Parent Servers
- Degraded performanceOct 14, 2026 · resolved in 3h 17m
Premium business email Webmail Access Issues
Affected: Business Email
Recent WP Engine incidents
- MaintenanceOct 30, 2026 · resolved in 6h
Upcoming Server Maintenance
- MaintenanceOct 29, 2026 · resolved in 1h
Headless Platform Maintenance
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 5d 2h
Emergency WordPress Security Updates
- MaintenanceOct 28, 2026 · resolved in 6h
Upcoming Server Maintenance
- Degraded performanceOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 6h 3m
Affected: User Portal
- MaintenanceOct 21, 2026 · resolved in 6h
Upcoming Server Maintenance
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