WordPress.org has interrupted access to the plugin and theme directory. WP Engine has activated a solution to allow customers to continue accessing the plugins, theme updates, and installations.
Flywheel customers will see little to no change in functionality when updating or installing WordPress features.
Flywheel customers can install and update WordPress plugins and themes as normal through the WP Admin dashboard. The plugin search experience may be slightly different.
WP-CLI that involves installing or updating plugins or themes will interact with the WP Engine API and pull files from WP Engine’s solution. All functionality should be equivalent, although we are aware the search implementation is not yet an exact match.
For questions or concerns regarding this change, please reach out to our Happiness Engineers who are here to help!
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