Live status & reliability report

Flywheel status, outages & reliability

Flywheel is a managed WordPress hosting service for designers and agencies, owned by WP Engine.

Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · score recalculated

Over the last 90 days Flywheel had 100% effective uptime across 2 status page incidents.

88.4/100Reliability scoreVisit Flywheel ↗

Is Flywheel down right now?

No, Flywheel is up and running.

  • Flywheel's status page reports all systems operational. Checked .
  • All 2 Flywheel pages we check are responding. Checked .

Official Flywheel status page ↗

Uptime (90d)100%<1m weighted downtime
Incidents (90d)20.3 per 30 days
Major / partial outages0
Avg time to resolve—
Outages we detected0by our independent probes

90-day uptime

Aug 4, 2026 – Aug 17, 2026: no incidentsAug 18, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Aug 19, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026: no incidentsOct 20, 2026: 100% uptime, 1 incident (Degraded performance)Oct 21, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026: no incidents
90 days ago100% average daily uptimeToday
  • No incidents
  • Degraded
  • Partial outage
  • Major outage
  • No data

Key facts about Flywheel's reliability

  • Over the past 12 months, Flywheel published 3 incidents on its status page, none of them partial or major outages.
  • Flywheel's 90-day uptime of 100% is above the average for web hosts (98.11%).

Score breakdown

Uptime · 40% weight
100
100% effective uptime
Incident frequency · 20% weight
92
0.33 weighted incidents per 30 days
Time to resolve · 20% weight
50
No resolved incidents in window
Transparency · 20% weight
100
No unreported outages detected

How the score is calculated →

Incidents per month

01234DecJan ’261 degraded performance incident1FebMarAprMayJunJul1 degraded performance incident1AugSep1 degraded performance incident1OctNov
  • Major outage
  • Partial outage
  • Degraded
  • Informational

Response time

Daily average response time of Flywheel's public pages, measured by our probes.

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Score trend

Daily reliability score (rolling 90-day window).

Not enough data yet — this chart fills in as our monitoring runs.

Flywheel incident history (last 90 days)

Source: Flywheel status page · last checked · Subscribe via RSS

Our independent monitoring

We check these public Flywheel pages every 5 minutes. An outage is recorded after two consecutive failed checks.

PageLast checkUptime (30d)Avg response
HomepageUp 100%723 ms
Help centerUp 100%683 ms

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Flywheel status FAQ

Is Flywheel down right now?

No, Flywheel is up and running. Flywheel's status page currently reports all systems operational, and all 2 of the Flywheel pages we check every five minutes are responding. This page updates automatically when that changes.

How reliable is Flywheel?

Flywheel has a reliability score of 88.4 out of 100, ranking #2 of 10 web hosts. Over the last 90 days it had 100% effective uptime.

How often does Flywheel have outages?

Flywheel published 2 incidents on its status page in the last 90 days (0 partial or major outages) and 3 in the past 12 months.

Does Flywheel have a status page?

Yes. Flywheel's official status page is status.getflywheel.com. We read it every five minutes and keep its full incident history.