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Getting Started with Connect to WP Engine
Local Connect supports Flywheel and WP Engine. Follow along below to Connect Local to WP Engine and launch sites faster!
Enable API Access
Go to the API Access page to manage API settings and click “Manage”. Next, click to enable “Account API Access”.
Generate API Credentials
Now that Account API Access is enabled, go to the API Access page to generate API credentials. Click “Generate credentials”.
Leave this window open because you’ll need to copy your API Username and API Password into Local. After copying this information into Local, you can close this window.
Install Local 5.2+
Make sure you’re running the latest version of Local.
Log Into WP Engine within Local
The last thing is to use the credentials that were generated on WP Engine’s site to log into Local!
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