Bluehost Hosts First Annual WP CreatorCon Virtual Event

• Members of the WordPress community gathered for the virtual event to hear from WordPress experts, and winners of the 2022 Bluehost Creators Awards contest were announced.

• Four Indians, Rajagopal Swaminathan, Pallavi Upadhyay Bhandari, Shilpa Vadrevu and Kannan Sankaran were declared winners in the self-creators category.

Bluehost, one of the largest WordPress hosting providers in the world, hosted its first annual virtual event to recognize and celebrate excellence in the WordPress community. WordPress creators of all levels of experience gathered to hear from WordPress experts who aim to help business owners, bloggers, students, and other creators succeed online with WordPress.

WP CreatorCon was curated by Bluehost to bring together all WordPress creators of the world, no matter their skill levels. The event deepened connections between the creators and the community to recognize the talent and efforts of business owners, bloggers and creative professionals.

Many WordPress experts and community members shared their insights with event guests including: Artbees CMO and Co-founder Maziar Firuzmand, Richtabor.com Founder Rich Tabor, tracy apps design, LLC Owner Tracy Apps, Oxy Principal Designer Anthony Ferrara, RadiateWP Owner Carol Stambaugh, Next Door Marketer CVO and Founder Jen Miller, Jetpack VP of Innovation and Partnership Success Jesse Friedman, Newfold Digital SVP of Digital Presence and Commerce Jason Cross, Bluehost Senior Product Manager David Ryan and Newfold Digital CEO Sharon Rowlands.

The event also concluded this year’s Bluehost Creators Awards with the announcement of the 2022 Winners. Since June, bloggers, students, web designers, developers, business owners and more had submitted their creations for evaluation by a jury. The awards platform encouraged all WordPress creators to submit their best work and they were joined together at WP CreatorCon by Bluehost.

The Self-Creator Winners are:

• Mike McAlister: United States, liftoffcourse.com

• Nicole To: United States, nicoletodesign.com

• Pallavi Upadhyay Bhandari: India, www.thesharadraghav.com

• Joshua Ogbonnia: Nigeria, techskool.eskoolnow.com

• Rhemarheanna Reid: Canada, www.styledbyrhe.com

• Shilpa Vadrevu: India, greenjams.org

• Chris Schoenwald: Japan, www.life-as-a.com

• Rajagopal Swaminathan: India, www.azzetta.com

• Inge de Dreu: Netherlands, playgroundforentrepreneurs.com

• Kannan Sankaran: India, kannanskitchen.com

The Expert Creator Winners are:

• Ana Segota: Germany, www.anarieldesign.com/themes/basti

• Michelle Lee: Canada, www.jaellefrancoeur.com

• Harry Hamernik: United States, internationalcc.com

• Jessica Maher: United States, unitedcity.church

• Talha Amjad: Pakistan, happykidsliterature.com

• Stephen Francis: United States, sjfrancis.com

• Ande Pace: United States, gaardgroup.com

• Jose Vilson: United States, thejosevilson.com

• Benedict Yee: Philippines, publicityasia.com

• Brad Baum: United States, bradbaum.com

For more information on WP CreatorCon by Bluehost or the Bluehost Creators Awards, please visit Bluehost.com.

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