How to Create a Website with WordPress and Elementor

Log into your WordPress site, navigate the back end and front end, and explore key dashboard sections—updates, posts, media, pages, comments, appearance, plugins, users, tools, and settings.

Remove distracting images, delete default posts and pages, and tidy themes, plugins, and user settings to clean and secure your WordPress site.

Install and activate a WordPress theme from appearance > themes, choose a design to change the look and feel, and preview the front end to see updates.

Install and activate WordPress plugins to extend your site's functionality based on your goals, such as selling goods online, and use a drag-and-drop form builder to design pages.

Create pages in WordPress and set a default homepage for a restaurant website, using pages like homepage, about, services, dishes, and a contact page.

Create and organize a primary menu in WordPress by adding pages, arranging items with drag-and-drop, and setting the display location to improve navigation.

Customize the WordPress header by uploading and cropping your logo and shortcut icon, adjusting fonts, colors, and layout, and previewing changes on tablet and mobile.

Customize the footer in WordPress with Elementor by adjusting columns, adding social icons and links, and styling background and text for a polished look.

Design a WordPress homepage using Elementor by arranging sections and columns, dragging and dropping elements, selecting images, editing text, and adjusting section backgrounds and colors.

Design the hero section of the homepage using WordPress and Elementor by setting a background image or color, adjusting height, typography, and a call-to-action button with a shadow.

Explore designing the about us section by adding and arranging images, dragging visuals into sections, and refining top and bottom alignment to tell the community story.

Design a services section in WordPress and Elementor by creating a three-column layout with images and text, and add a call-to-action linking to the services page.

Create a homepage promotional banner in WordPress with Elementor by duplicating a section, setting the height to 400, updating the text to 'Grab your offer', and changing the background image.

Design a secure testimonials section on the homepage with a three-column layout, copy-and-edit content, a white background, selected images, and typography tweaks.

Learn to design a services or dishes page in WordPress with Elementor by building a banner, arranging columns, adding images and texts, duplicating sections, and styling dishes with prices.

Design and polish an about us page in WordPress using Elementor by duplicating sections, editing banners, swapping images, updating text, and adding a promotional banner.

Create a contact form for your WordPress site using WPForms, choose a pre-made template, add and arrange fields like name, phone, email, and message, and configure notifications and confirmations.

Design and customize a contact us page in WordPress using Elementor by duplicating sections, adjusting icons, colors, and typography, adding a WPForms contact form, Google Maps, and a promotional banner.

Learn to make a WordPress and Elementor site tablet and mobile friendly by adjusting hero sections, text sizes, margins, and column order across tablet and mobile views.

Learn how to add motion effects and entrance animations to WordPress pages using Elementor, applying effects to columns and widgets with precise duration and delay settings for staggered entrances.

Review the homepage, logo, menu, hero, about us, and products sections for proper placement. Test the contact form and verify email delivery of new entries.

Create your own website using WordPress and access a YouTube channel for practical resources, value, and ongoing inspiration, and stay engaged for the next course.