About Bluehost

Over two decades of happy hosting

A hosting startup turned global platform, Bluehost is thrilled to serve over 5 million WordPress users worldwide.

Company Information

Legal Name

Bluehost Inc.

Parent Company

Newfold Digital, LLC

Founded

2003

Headquarters

5335 Gate Pkwy, 2nd Floor
Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Industry

Web Hosting & Domain Services

OUR STORY

Bluehost through the years

Founded in 2003, Bluehost has grown from a small, Utah-based startup
into one of the most recognized names in the web-hosting and WordPress spaces.


2003

Matt Heaton launches Bluehost in Provo, UT

2005

WordPress.org adds Bluehost as a recommended host

2010

Expands reach by joining Endurance Intl. Group (now Newfold Digital)

2013

Launches VPS & Dedicated hosting to meet growing customer needs

2017

Rolls out WP Pro, the first managed WordPress platform for advanced users

2021

Newfold Digital merger expands global resources and innovation capacity

2022

Introduces eCommerce solutions for small businesses

2023

Releases WonderSuite - our AI WordPress website builder

2024

Launches Bluehost Cloud with 100% uptime SLA - Reached 5+ million customers served

2025

Bluehost's WordPress hosting plans named the winner of the 'Best E-Commerce Web Platform' in the 2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards

2025

Migrates to Oracle Cloud & welcomes Sachin Puri as CEO

OUR CULTURE

Why we’re proud

Behind every great product, there’s a great team making it work. 
At Bluehost, we believe amazing things can happen when people around the world collaborate. Through dedication to our customers and each other, we’ve made it better to to be Blue.


According to Comparably's "Large Companies" category, 
as part of Newfold Digital

*2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards

2023 BIG Awards

Best Company for Diversity 2025

Best Company for Diversity
2025


Best Company for Women 2025

Best Company for Women
2025


Best Engineering Teams 2025

Best Engineering Teams
2025


Best E-Commerce Web Platform Winner

Best E-Commerce Web
Platform Winner*


Excellence in Customer Service Award Winner

Excellence in Customer
Service Award Winner

According to Comparably's "Large Companies" category, 
as part of Newfold Digital

*2025 MarTech Breakthrough Awards

2023 BIG Awards

The leadership behind Bluehost


Jodi Dahlgard, CPO of Bluehost

Jodi Dahlgard, CPO of Bluehost

Wesley Pua, CFO of Bluehost

Wesley Pua, CFO of Bluehost

Salim Ali, CMO of Bluehost

Salim Ali, CMO of Bluehost

Antonis Papatsaras, CTO of Bluehost

Dr. Antonis Papatsaras, CTO of Bluehost

Investing in
open source

Since 2005, Bluehost has been one of the few hosting providers recommended by WordPress.org. We invest hundreds of hours each year into WordPress core development, contribute to community projects, sponsor global WordCamps, and maintain open-source plugins.


Our pledge to WordPress's "Five for the Future" initiative means we continually support the open-source community as it powers over 
43% websites worldwide.

One of the only hosts officially endorsed

by WordPress.org since 2005


Active engineering contributions
to WordPress core


Global sponsorship of WordPress events
& WordCamps


Open-source plugin development & maintenance

Real customers who really love Bluehost


See why we’re trusted
by over 5 million WordPress users

Bowen Ron

Shreyas was fabulous

Shreyas was fabulous. I love Bluehost!

rebop

Comforted to have found support at Reddit for Bluehost

Specifically, support through Reddit has been exemplary and all one could ask of support. I feel overjoyed to have found that channel as phone and chat, especially first tier, leave a lot to be desired and more often than not guesses or gives me patently wrong information. But the folks at Reddit have saved the day clearly understanding the issues and being sure it gets followed up on through qualified behind the scenes tech. And worked with me over a days to weeks issue until resolved. Not something to take advantage of or overwhelm by any of us, but comforting to know it is there when standard channels have been exhausted.

Steve Soskin

Extremely helpful

Extremely helpful, short wait period, clear instructions.

Alan

I needed to downgrade my hosting…

I needed to downgrade my hosting services as I no longer do website development and no longer need a professional account. The Bluehost representative was extremely helpful and got my new account set up and migrated in only a few minutes. It was an extremely easy and pleasant experience.

Craig Murrell

Very slow support have zero knowledge…

Very slow support have zero knowledge about issues and always down the ssl on websites when you connect the support wait for 10 minutes to answers and also remove the options of autossl from cpanel

JOSEPH LUKYAMUZI

Good Customer support

Good Customer support, Fast and stable hosting

Ramos Muniz Gerardo Emmanuel

Good service

Good service

jasperdxb

Suheb was very helpful

Suheb was very helpful, knowledgeable, and above all patient

Honey Badger

Bluehost was very responsive

Bluehost was very responsive, professional, courteous, and solved my website very fast.

Amar Patel

Great support resolved my issue.

Great support resolved my issue.

Thom Ryng

Fixed quickly

Fixed quickly! The representative was polite, thorough, and he quickly fixed my issue.

Contessa

Great customer support experience

I had to call support to get help with an email issue. Thankfully I was sble to pretty easily bypass the AI and get to a live person. She made getting the problem resolved so easy. She quickly understood what the issue was and got it taken care of. I was so happy there was no push back, hold ups or complications to getting my issue resolved. It was a pleasent experience and gave me added faith and confidence in using bluehost as a platform.

Michael Barskile

Tech support help me solve both of my…

Tech support help me solve both of my problems quick and easy. I have been using them for over 10 years and will not change. Wish they were cheaper but the other hosting companies are around the same price and not providing the service as Bluehost.

Obey Joshua

Very responsive customer care service

Very responsive customer care service

Wafula Andrew

Professional Support

The support agents I interacted with understood my issue and were patient as there were things I needed to fix on my end before they could fully resolve the issue. They were clear about their requirements, which helped make it smoother. They were professional at all times, and it was good working with them. It took almost a day to resolve the entire issue, but the handoff was excellent, and I never had to repeat myself.

THS

Peach was very patient and helpful in…

Peach was very patient and helpful in getting my website email to show up on my new phone.

Jim Mole

Aniruddha diagnosed the issue and fixed the permalinks quickly.

Aniruddha was very responsive and fixed my critical issue quickly.

Evak

Customer support is brilliant

Customer support is brilliant. I had my issue resolved in one interruction and it took less than 30min

Hashem Nour

helpful client service

helpful client service

Jordan P

Customer support Rep

Customer support Rep - Owain - was very knowledgeable and more importantly Very Clear in explanations, plus very Patient, taking into account my level of IT-knowledge. I was Really Happy with his service!

SUPPORT & GUIDANCE

Global reach
& local support

With new data centers in key regions worldwide, your customers get faster load times and reliable uptime, anywhere. Plus, our WordPress experts are available 24/7 to support you at every step.


Support


CAREERS

Work at Bluehost

See if joining the Bluehost family is right for you. Check out available positions today!

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Bluehost offers more than just hosting


We know users need more than a hosting provider. That’s why we offer an integrated ecosystem of WordPress plugins, security and backup solutions, web design & digital marketing services, and agency partnerships. Because your success is our success.


Hosting solutions
Hosting solutions

Shared, VPS, Dedicated, Cloud, and Managed WordPress hosting for every stage of growth.

Domain services
Domain services

Easy domain management and a free domain 
for the first year with any annual plan.

SEO tools (Yoast)
SEO tools (Yoast)

13 M+ WordPress installs, with built-in on‑page guidance inside an intuitive dashboard.

eCommerce (YITH)
eCommerce (YITH)

Backed by WooCommerce and YITH, you can build an online store and start selling now.

WonderSuite AI site builder
WonderSuite AI site builder

WonderSuite generates copy and a fully functional design in minutes, then optimizes it for WordPress.

Payments & marketing
Payments & marketing

Stripe, PayPal, and email automation tools are available grow your audience and sales.


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