The momentum around Ollie just continues to grow! I recently wrote about our first 30 days of Ollie Pro and some lessons we learned along the way. There’s a measurable excitement around the WordPress site editor, patterns, and building with block themes like Ollie.

We’ll, today we’ve got another exciting announcement! Ollie has won 1st place in the Bluehost Creator awards!

The Bluehost Awards is a global hunt for the top 20 WordPress creators. It’s Bluehost’s way of recognizing and celebrating the best WordPress products and their creators. Visit the awards site to read more about the awards and see the other winners.

According to Bluehost, the awards are judged based on the following criteria:

• Creativity – Creativity is the cornerstone of any breathtaking website. We want to see what makes your site sparkle! We’ll be judging you on how unique your site is, the layout, and the branding.
• Innovation – Are you breaking new ground with your creation? Bring us your ingenuity! Show us how new or different your submission is.
• User Experience – User experience should be at the forefront of everything you’re doing when it comes to creating. You will be judged on ease of use, function and design.

Not coincidentally, creativity, innovation, and user experience are at the forefront of what we’re building with Ollie and Ollie Pro. These facets of product design are infused into every feature and resource we put out there.

Each day, Ollie continues to grow and adopt new WordPress creators into this new way of building beautiful websites with open source. We’re excited to have a product out there that is resonating with people and helping grow the new WordPress economy.

Thanks to everyone who voted to bring Ollie to the #1 spot, and congrats to the other winners of the Bluehost Creator Awards!