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

Our customers say
Excellent
4.5
4.5 out of 5 based onBased on 31679 reviews
Rated 4.5 / 5 - 31679 reviews

Micallef Matthew

I am happy with the service and the…

I am happy with the service and the support

Cosh Karen

The consultant was able to understand…

The consultant was able to understand my issue, despite the fact I'm not tech savvy, and kept asking questions until we got to the bottom of the issue.

Lori Hoschouer Marsh

I want to commend BlueHost & Agent Vaishak

I want to commend BlueHost for an excellent job helping me migrate a site to BlueHost's VPS. Easy to work with, kind, diligent, and hard-working. Five stars Plus!

Cummings Sam

Very helpful live human support

Very helpful live human support, managed to direct me to what I needed to get things resolved.

Loucks-McIvor Janey

Solved!

The woman was patient, professional.and knew exactly how to tackle the three different issues I was dealing with for my website. Thank you for your service

Jim Hill

Always had great experiences with WP

Always had great experiences with WP! As I'm getting up there, decided to cancel all accounts. Couldn't have been easier. Thank you, I'm gonna say "Sheila"? If I were your boss, I'd give you a huge raise! J

Pablo

It was great to have a real person…

It was great to have a real person representative at the other side of the line helping me to go through the questions I had about the my domain. Thanks a lot

amenabar catalina

2 days trail

You are always helpful

Hogg Robert

The transaction was perfect...amazed at…

The transition was perfect...amazed at the design

Singh Thind Ranjit

I was struggling to get my web page…

I was struggling to get my web page updated. Despite contacting Bluehost agents for two days, I finally got an efficient agent, Rayan who fixed the error in a short period of time. I'm really impressed with his expertise to pinpoint the error and fixed it accordingly.

Gel Tag San Diego

The last guy I spoke with

The last guy I spoke with, he helped me out with my mochichum.com account. He is the Big Dog for real. I couldn’t edit my page due to an error with classic themes bundle package. I tried hard getting help and was getting the run around or people not knowing what to do. Sorry I can’t remember his name but I can now edit my page.

Lyons, Robert

Your representative was extremely…

Your representative was extremely patient, kind, suppportive, encouraging and most imortantly, knowledgeable and efficient.

Randaulph Anderson

Awesome customer service!

Great customer service and that means everything to me!

Laura Lee Labrecque

My human assistant (after I tried the…

My human assistant (after I tried the AI) was very couteous, explained, helped, and knew exactly what to do. Thank you bluehost that you're a company where we can get human assistants when we need them.

Barry Schapiro

I was a Hostmaster customer for over 15…

I was a Hostmaster customer for over 15 years, and blue host purchased this company a number of years back. When it came time for my subscription renewal, I noticed that the price had gone up significantly. After calling customer service, I was able to negotiate a much lower rate, and was able to extend my subscription even further for a much lower rate. The customer service team were excellent, constantly kept me in the loop in terms of what they were able to do, and they made me a very happy customer. I've always had very good experiences with their tech-support team, and my average wait time has been extremely low. Would definitely recommend this hosting company to anyone

Scott Kesselman

Email issue resolved

After weeks of trying to resolve an issue, Cherry was able to help get it resolved. Thank you Cherry.

THURMAN JR JOHN

Exceptional

Exceptional, timely, professional Service!

wayne gilleo

Outstanding technical support....

I contacted the support team to get guidance on how to reset a draft site and the support person had great knowledge and addressed my concern fully and efficiently.

Thegreatoutdoorsman.net

Wonderful customer service

Wonderful customer service. Super helpful and patient 👌

Donnie Heyden

The individual who helped me was…INCREDIBLE!!!!

The individual who helped me was endlessly patient with me. He asked important questions and waited for me to navigate my Bluehost site. He was incredible in figuring out the root of the problem that I was having, which ended up having nothing to do with Bluehost. Instead it was being caused by another app that I was running. He was incredible. He figured out and solved all the problems that I was having.

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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