What is Wowhead?

Wowhead was created with one sole intent: providing World of Warcraft players with tools to make their gameplay more enjoyable. This website is our contribution to this wonderful game.

Our user community is the most important part of what we do. Almost all of our information comes from the users, through data uploads from the Wowhead Client, comments on database entries and screenshot submissions! The site also features forums, where users can ask questions, discuss important WoW-related topics, recommend and share favorite addons, and much more!

We are firmly committed to the rules of gameplay and to the gaming community. As such, we have a firm stance against virtual item markets, real money trading (RMT) and powerleveling services. You will never see us support such efforts. Furthermore, anything against the World of Warcraft Terms of Use or End User License Agreement is strictly prohibited on Wowhead.

New and exciting features are continuously added in order to stay ahead as the leading World of Warcraft information website. We are constantly striving to improve the site, and there are always lots of new features in the works! We'd love to know what you think, so if there's something you'd like to see implemented on the site be sure to contact us!

Wowhead is optimized for Firefox, although we thoroughly test the pages for Internet Explorer 7 and 8, Opera and Safari as well. We also try to make the site as compatible as possible with all browsers, but some people using older browsers (like IE6) may experience problems.

History

Wowhead was originally created as a talent calculator by Guillaume and Joshua in December of 2005. It started small, but quickly became a popular alternative to Blizzard's own, even eventually inspiring a redesign of Blizzard's calculator to the version that still exists on their website today.

Tip: If you're interested in seeing what the site looked like in the past, check out the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Meanwhile, behind the scenes, Joshua and Guillaume were busy developing the Wowhead database. The database is the result of 6 months of hard work, and was released in June 2006. It features a vast amount of WoW related information, such as in-game items, NPCs, quests, zones and much more. It also introduced a uniquely intuitive user interface and a filtering system which continues to be one of Wowhead's greatest strengths.

Wowhead soon joined IGN's Vault Network, as a hosted fansite. But in September of 2006, it became clear the Wowhead needed more room to grow. Tim (Evilseed) came on board to help the site to develop as a business, and Wowhead made the leap from IGN's servers to its own. The website's following continued to grow, and in June of 2007, Wowhead made the decision to join the ZAM Network, along with other well-known MMO sites including Thottbot, Allakhazam, MMOInterface, and Online Gaming Radio.

Casey joined the team in June 2007 to help build and develop the Wowhead community (and to try and answer some of the emails that had been piling up in the inbox). Over time, Guillaume and Casey became partners in operating and developing the site. As the site grew and Wowhead began to add new features, their duo became a trio – Shaun joined them in 2009, to manage their growing team of programmers. Now the three of them operate the site together, with Shaun managing the development team, Casey managing the community and content team, and Guillaume watching over it all.

As Wowhead has expanded, a number additional features have become part of the repertoire, including the forums, 3D modelviewer, NPC abilities, hunter pet calculator, item comparison, weight scales, and the long-awaited profiler tool. With the team and the site growing all the time, Wowhead is dedicated to providing you with new features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

The Team