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Automate WP Engine with Tray.ai
Create a site, create an install and create a domain in WP Engine. Connect WP Engine to the rest of your developer tools stack with Tray.ai.
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What can you do with WP Engine on Tray.ai?
WP Engine is a managed WordPress hosting platform where agencies and businesses run sites, environments, domains, backups, and caching for their WordPress installs. Tray.ai connects to WP Engine through the HTTP Connector, so your workflows can call the WP Engine API alongside the rest of your stack.
- Purge the cache when new content is published in your content system.
- Create a backup before each release your engineering team ships.
- Create an account user when a new agency staff member joins in your HR system.
- Connects through
- HTTP Connector
- Authentication
- Basic authentication
- Base URL
- https://api.wpengineapi.com/v1
What the WP Engine API covers
6 resources and 22 documented actions, each one a call the HTTP Connector can make from a Tray.ai workflow.
Sites
- List sites
- Create a site
- Update a site
- Delete a site
Installs
- List installs
- Create an install
- Update an install
- Copy an install
Domains
- List domains
- Create a domain
- Update a domain
- Delete a domain
Backups
- List backups
- Create a backup
- Restore a backup
Cache
- Purge the cache
- List cache exclusions
- Replace cache exclusions
Account users
- List account users
- Create an account user
- Update an account user
- Delete an account user
Checked against WP Engine's own documentation on 2026-11-07
How Tray.ai makes this work
WP Engine plugs into the whole Tray.ai platform
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Frequently asked questions
What can a Tray.ai workflow do in WP Engine?
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The WP Engine API documents 22 actions across 6 resources (Sites, Installs, Domains, Backups, Cache, Account users). For example: List sites; List installs; List domains. A workflow can make any documented call through the HTTP Connector.
How does Tray.ai authenticate with WP Engine?
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The WP Engine API uses basic authentication. You save it once as a Tray.ai authentication, and the HTTP Connector adds it to every request.
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