Winners
Here are the winners of the first ever Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards for India. After
over 2 months and multiple stages of evaluations by our Jury, we announced the winners on
12th November 2021. Congratulations!
Pro Category
Haresh Vachhani
Gaurav Tripathi
Dr Megha Phansalkar
Debashis Mohanty
Chetanbhai Mukeshbhai Prajapati
Harshil Anand
Debashis Chakraborty
Arpitkumar Gopaldas Shah
Naga Prudhvi Kanakala
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Gaurav Tiwari
Blogger/Others Category
Ashutosh Gaur
Anuj Puranik
Zohair Ansari
Jaideep Singh Chadha
Vashishtha Kapoor
Navinta Kumari
Sooraj Divakaran
Amit Loomba
Deeksha Sharma
Babita Singh
Awards Night
The Awards Night event can be seen below, a big thank you to
everyone who made this possible
The Opening of the Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards for India
Bluehost IndiaOur Amazing Jury I Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards for India
Bluehost IndiaFireside Chat with Syed Balkhi and Alexander Gounder I Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards
Bluehost IndiaHow to get your website discovered by Marieke van de Rakt, CEO, Yoast I Intro by Mitika K, Bluehost
Bluehost IndiaTop 10 WordPress Creators in India (Blogger Category) - Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards
Bluehost IndiaTop 10 WordPress Creators in India (Pro Category) - Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards
Bluehost IndiaEvent Agenda
Syed Balkhi
Founder & CEO, WPBeginner & Awesome Motive
Alexander Gounder
Owner at Inkmyweb & Organiser for WordCamp India &
WordCamp Mumbai
Marieke van de Rakt
CEO at Yoast
How to get your website discovered by Google
Thanking Our Esteemed Jury
Announcing the Top 20 WordPress
Creators of India
Chirag Jethwani
An exciting magical show by mentalist
About Bluehost WordPress
Creators Awards
Bluehost is one of the top recommended hosting providers by WordPress.org.
We at Bluehost believe in making WordPress easy for all to fuel their passion, creativity and dreams.
The Bluehost WordPress Creators Awards is our way of recognising the best WordPress websites, best website themes, plugins, blogs & their creators to celebrate those who are enabling India's digital transformation.
Whether it’s a website, blog, plugin or a theme, if it’s WordPress, we would like to see!
The WordPress awards will be given basis careful and meticulous scrutiny of the WordPress assets (websites, themes, plugins) submissions. All WordPress creators are allowed to participarte.
BIG PRIZES IN STORE!
Place
Place
Place
₹10,000 each
All winners also receive:
Bluehost Hampers
Media Exposure and Publicity
Dates to Remember
Submissions Open
11th AugustLast Date for Applications
24th SeptemberJury Evalution Phase
September/OctoberAwards Night
12th NovemberJury Chair
Syed Balkhi
Founder & CEO
WPBeginner and Awesome Motive
Jury
Alisha Raghavan
Director Strategy & Design
Pensaar Design
Udhaya Kumar Padmanabhan
Global Executive Director
Designit
Kaladhar Bapu
Founder & President
UMO Design Foundation &
UXINDIA Int'l Conf
Harsh Agrawal
Founder
ShoutMeLoud.com
Pritam Nagrale
Managing Director
DMatic Digital Pvt Limited
Kulwant Nagi
Founder
AffiliateBooster.com
Abhishek Deshpande
Solution Architect
Peenak Solutions
Nidhi Jain
Technical Support Specialist
Awesome Motive Inc.
Jayman Pandya
Design Lead & Product Evangelist
Zipgrid
Yogesh Londhe
Independent WordPress Developer
Meher Bala
Front-end Website Developer
and Business Consultant
Amit Mishra
Founder
Tryootech.com
Submission Criteria
- Any top WordPress website, theme, plugin or blog created by you
- Submission should not be more than 12 months old
Judging Criteria
Creativity
Creativity is the cornerstone of stunning, award winning
websites! You will be judged on how well the submitted
asset is communicating/solving for the intended problem.
Innovation
Are you breaking new ground with your creation? Bring us
your ingenuity! Show us how new or different your
submitted asset is.
Futuristic
We’re interested in your future-proof ideas! You will be
judged on how you foresee the industry and how you plan
to adapt your business to them.
FAQ
I have not built on WordPress before, Can I participate?
Yes, anyone can participate irrespective of their experience on WordPress. However, the submission for this application has to be built on/for WordPress. So, even if you haven’t built on WordPress before, you can purchase a hosting package from Bluehost here and create the best WordPress website or a blog for submission.
If I am a blogger, will I be competing with skilled web professionals?
No, bloggers and web professionals will be judged in 2 separate categories. Web designers and developers will be judged specifically on the basis of the visuals and functionality of their WordPress submission. As a blogger you will be judged against similar submissions on overall creativity and design of the blog. If you have never built a website on WordPress before, don't worry we have you covered. Bluehost has an easy drag and drop builder that can help you create a WordPress website quickly and easily. Get started now!
How many prizes are there in total?
Bluehost is awarding Top 20 WordPress Creators. We have two separate categories - one for novice creators like bloggers and the other for expert designers and developers. We will be awarding Top 10 creators in each of these categories thereby having multiple winners for the top 3 positions. Every winner gets a cash prize.
Do I have to be a Bluehost customer to enter the Website Creator Awards?
No, you do not have to be a Bluehost customer to enter the WordPress awards. We encourage all WordPress creators to participate.
When will I hear from Bluehost after I submit my website for the Website Creator Awards?
Once you submit your application, it will be reviewed by our esteemed jury panel through September and October. If you are chosen as a winner of our website awards, you will hear from us in October, in time for the Awards Night.
For queries related to the contest, please write to us at awards@bluehost.in
*No Purchase Necessary. The Bluehost India Wordpress Creators Awards is open to legal citizens of India, 18 years or older. Awards starts on August 11, 2021 at 11 A.M. IST and ends on September 24, 2021 at 8 P.M. IST. Void where prohibited. For full entry details, see Official Rules at here. Sponsored by Bluehost India, Unit 501, 5th floor, IT bldg. 3, Nesco IT Park, Nesco Complex, Western Express Highway, Goregaon East, Mumbai - 400063, Maharashtra, India (the “Sponsor”). The Awards is in no way co-sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, WordPress, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any other companies/brands involved in the Awards.