Shared WordPress
Category
$3.99/mo
From (advertised)
99.99%
Uptime SLA (advertised)
Top Tier ×3
Review Signal 2026
2026-10-01
Facts checked
Overview
Bluehost sells shared WordPress hosting, VPS, dedicated and agency hosting. Its WordPress hosting plans (Starter, Business, eCommerce Essentials) are sold on 36-month intro terms and include NVMe SSD storage, a free domain for the first year, free SSL, a free CDN, weekly backups and a staging site.
Shared hosting purchased on or after March 5, 2025 carries a 99.99% uptime guarantee, credited at 5% of the monthly fee if missed. Starter includes 24/7 chat support; Business and above add phone support, a web application firewall and DDoS protection.
Independent performance data
Bluehost earned Top Tier in the <$25/mo, $51–100/mo, $101–200/mo price tiers and Honorable Mention in $25–50/mo of the Review Signal WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks 2026 ↗ — meaning it kept 99.9%+ uptime and showed virtually no signs of struggle under load (error rates at or below 0.1%, responses under 1 second).
Advertised plans
Their numbers, not ours. Checked 2026-10-01Starter
$3.99/mo intro (36-mo term); renews $9.99/mo
- ✓10 websites
- ✓10 GB NVMe SSD
- ✓~40K visits/mo (guide)
- ✓Weekly backups
- ✓Free domain 1st year
Business
$6.99/mo intro (36-mo term); renews $13.99/mo
- ✓50 websites
- ✓50 GB NVMe SSD
- ✓~200K visits/mo (guide)
- ✓Phone support
eCommerce Essentials
$14.99/mo intro (36-mo term); renews $21.99/mo
- ✓100 websites
- ✓100 GB NVMe SSD
- ✓~400K visits/mo (guide)
- ✓WooCommerce tools
Intro prices require a 36-month term and renew at the regular rate. The free domain applies to 12+ month terms; refunds exclude domain fees and add-ons.
What's included
- CDN
- Free CDN, all plans
- SSL
- Free (Let's Encrypt)
- Backups
- Weekly
- Staging
- WordPress staging site, all plans
- Migrations
- Free migration tool
- Security
- WAF + DDoS protection on Business and above
- Support
- 24/7 chat; phone on Business and above
- Uptime SLA
- 99.99% (5% monthly credit if missed)
- Money-back
- 30 days (excludes domains/add-ons)
The numbers above are Bluehost's. The measurement below is yours.
If you already host with Bluehost— or you're evaluating a site that does — measure the server's actual response time instead of relying on anyone's marketing, including theirs.
Sources
Everything on this page is what Bluehost advertises on its own site, checked 2026-10-01. Prices and features change — verify on their site before buying. This page contains no measurements by SpeedSonar; for the benchmark comparison, see the hosting leaderboard. Benchmark results are copied from the cited independent study, not measured by this site.