{"id":1474,"date":"2022-02-14T20:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T20:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/?post_type=help&#038;p=1474"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:46:32","slug":"troubleshooting-local-connect-with-wp-engine","status":"publish","type":"help","link":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/help-docs\/troubleshooting\/troubleshooting-local-connect-with-wp-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Troubleshoot: Connect to WP Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most issues connecting to WP Engine via Local Connect can be solved by simply logging out and logging back in. This causes new API credentials and a new SSH key to be generated for the account.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" id=\"reconnect-local-to-wp-engine\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Reconnect Local to WP Engine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reconnect Local to WP Engine, open the Connect tab within Local to complete the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Local on your computer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click&nbsp;the <strong>Connect<\/strong> icon in the sidebar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>My Hosts<\/strong> in the top right<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Log out of WP Engine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Connect to a platform<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Log in<\/strong> next to the WP Engine logo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter your WP Engine credentials in the browser window<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The browser should refocus Local and a list of the available sites will be shown in the app<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-1024x719.png\" alt=\"Pop up modal that allows a user to log in to WP Engine or Flywheel.\" class=\"wp-image-2233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-1024x719.png 1024w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-1536x1079.png 1536w, https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-2023-12-19-at-3.31.47\u202fPM-2048x1439.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/support\/enabling-wp-engine-api\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">See WP Engine&#8217;s guide for more information on the WPE API.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/community.localwp.com\/c\/support\/5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Community Support<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most issues connecting to WP Engine via Local Connect can be solved by simply logging out and logging back in. This causes new API credentials and a new SSH key to be generated for the account. Reconnect Local to WP Engine To reconnect Local to WP Engine, open the Connect tab within Local to complete&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"parent":349,"menu_order":3,"template":"","tags":[38,44],"helpcategories":[],"class_list":["post-1474","help","type-help","status-publish","hentry","tag-core-features","tag-troubleshooting"],"acf":{"help_keywords":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/help"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/1474\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/help-doc\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"helpcategories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpcategories?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}