Bluehost review
The default WordPress recommendation, for better and worse · Founded 2003 · US
Our verdict
The easiest on-ramp to WordPress and an official WordPress.org recommendation, with an India-facing operation. Performance and support are middling for the price, and migration is not free.
$251 over three years one term at the intro rate, then two renewals
- Refund window 30 days
- Uptime SLA 99.9%
- Readers rate it No reviews yet
What we liked
- Recommended by WordPress.org
- Separate India operation with local billing
- Very beginner-friendly onboarding
- Free domain for the first year
What we did not
- Migration is a paid add-on
- Support quality reports are inconsistent
- Renewal is about 3x the intro rate
- Aggressive upsells during checkout
What it actually costs
checked 27 Jul 2026The advertised price applies to your first term only. Here is the same plan over three years.
For comparison, the cheapest renewal we track is MilesWeb at $2.28/mo — about $80.52 a year less than Bluehost once the intro term ends. Whether that matters depends on what you get for the difference; read both.
Arithmetic on the published monthly rates above. Real bills vary with term length, currency, region, taxes and whatever promotion is live when you check out.
Specifications
Plans and real pricing
Renewal rates shown where the provider publishes them. Confirm at checkout.
Basic
- Websites1
- Storage10 GB SSD
- BandwidthUnmetered
Free domain first year
Get Basic →Choice Plus
- WebsitesUnlimited
- Storage40 GB SSD
- BandwidthUnmetered
Backups + privacy included
Get Choice Plus →Full review
Who it is for
A first WordPress site, where hand-holding matters more than benchmark numbers.
On the WordPress.org recommendation
It is real, and it is also a commercial arrangement of long standing. Treat it as a signal that setup will be smooth, not that performance leads the field.
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Reader reviews
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We do not write customer reviews ourselves, so this stays empty until real customers fill it. If you have hosted with Bluehost, yours would be the most useful thing on this page.
- Which plan, and how long
- Resource limits matter more than brand name
- One thing that went right
- Be specific — "support was good" helps nobody
- One thing that went wrong
- The most valuable line in any review
- What you paid at renewal
- The figure we cannot verify without you
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