Bluehost and Jetpack: Working Together for Better Website Management

Hosting companies play an invaluable role in building and managing your website. Not only are they responsible for storing the files that make web pages available to people around the world, they have a significant impact on site speed, security, and scalability. 

The hosting landscape is competitive, so providers work hard to offer effective tools that add value to every site they host. That’s why we’re honored that Bluehost recommends Jetpack as an essential WordPress plugin.

Who is Bluehost?

Founded in 1996, industry-leader Bluehost powers millions of websites and is an official WordPress recommended host. They offer tools specifically designed for WordPress sites, like:

• Automatic WordPress installation and updates
• Secure configuration of login details
• Free domain names for one year
• 24/7 support from WordPress experts
• Free SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates to protect site visitor information
• Hosting plans specifically designed for marketing or eCommerce

They’ve worked with WordPress for more than a decade, which means they understand exactly what it takes to make your WordPress website successful.

Why Bluehost recommends Jetpack for all of their sites

Jetpack provides powerful tools for security, backups, performance, analytics, design, and marketing that help Bluehost deliver additional value to all of their customers. These features are built for WordPress users specifically and can be enabled individually to create tailored solutions for every individual site.

Brady Nord, VP of Product and Customer Experience at Bluehost, says, “Jetpack goes above and beyond by providing our Bluehost customers with a great solution for managing and growing their websites. With tools for sharing content, SEO, analytics, and security, customers can select the features they want to activate to suit their needs. Many of our customers are busy business owners and bloggers, who rely on Jetpack to streamline processes and site management. It’s a significant time-saver for them!”

“Jetpack goes above and beyond by providing our Bluehost customers with a great solution for managing and growing their websites.”

Brady Nord, VP of Product and Customer Experience, Bluehost

Let’s take a look at some of the specific functionality that Bluehost recommends.

Protect valuable assets with Jetpack Backup

You’ve spent a lot of time on your website and the last thing you want is for all of your hard work to disappear. If your site is hacked and you don’t have backups, you’re putting your business at risk.

While Bluehost offers some built-in security features, Jetpack Backup provides an additional level of protection for their customers. Not only do backups happen automatically so you don’t have to think about it, they’re stored separately from the rest of your website files. This means that even if your site is completely down, you’re still secured and can still restore a backup. 

Actions are tracked in the activity log, so you can find the exact date and time of an incident, and restore a backup with just a few clicks. And if you purchase a plan with real-time backups, your site is saved while you work. 

Learn more about why you need a backup.

View important site metrics directly in your dashboard

Understanding your site’s performance is key to business growth, which is why Bluehost recommends viewing Jetpack Site Stats at least once per day. 

Analytics provide information about your audience so you can create content and marketing that better meets their needs. They also tell you which content is most successful, so you can create similar pages and posts. 

Jetpack Site Stats prioritizes all the information you need and makes it easy to access in your WordPress dashboard. Quickly check stats like:

• Number of views per day, week, or month
• Top posts and pages
• Site referrers
• Organic search terms
• Links clicked
• Number of subscribers
• Number of comments

You can also view a breakdown of traffic trends for the day, week, month, or year. Brady says, “Pay attention to those important statistics. There’s a lot you can learn a lot about your website, content, products, and audience from those statistics. And with Jetpack delivering the data in your dashboard, there’s no reason not to give it a look at least once a day.”

Share blog posts to social media

Manually sharing each and every blog post to all of your social media accounts is a hassle, and a time-consuming one at that! According to Brady, “Social media is an important tool that can generate traffic to your website, however it can be time consuming. Whether you’re a developer, designer, or anything in between, the last thing you want to do is manually share every new post on your site to social channels.”Jetpack streamlines this with free automated sharing, so every post you publish is scheduled on the social platforms of your choice without any additional steps required.

If you have a Jetpack Premium or Professional plan, you can also re-share previously-published content, which is a great way to get information in front of more followers and encourage engagement.

See how Jetpack’s social sharing tools are the best fit for WordPress sites. 

Streamline your website with Jetpack

There’s a reason WordPress professionals and the world’s top hosts recommend Jetpack — it’s the premier tool for websites ranging from personal blogs to sophisticated eCommerce stores. It’s a game-changer for performance, security, marketing, and more.

Says Bluehost, Jetpack “streamlines your processes and improves the management of your site,” giving you more time to focus on the important parts of running a business.

Get started with Jetpack for free. 

If you’re already a Bluehost customer, Jetpack is included with your plan, but if you want to upgrade, you can purchase a paid Jetpack plan here.

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