Advanced WordPress & Elementor | Build A Membership Website

Install Local WP to create a local hosting environment on your computer, enabling fast WordPress development without domain or hosting costs. Download, choose your platform, enter your email, and install.

Set up a new local WordPress site with local wp, name it, and log into WP admin to start your membership site, using blueprints for efficiency and migration to hosting.

Evaluate Elementor hosting options versus standalone plugin plans and Hostinger hosting to optimize cost, site licensing across multiple WordPress sites, and features like form builders, pop up builders, and e-commerce.

Learn to install and activate Elementor Pro, set up essential add-ons, and deploy a child theme on a WordPress site to build a professional membership website.

Join a free worldwide WordPress community for aspiring business builders, featuring classrooms, live coffee chats, and gamified leaderboards to learn, network, and pursue freedom.

Create your first header menu in WordPress using Elementor by adding pages such as about, pricing, and resources, then customize and save it in appearance to power a membership site.

Add a site logo and icon via appearance, site identity. Upload the files, add alt text for SEO, and publish to update the header and footer.

Learn to brand websites with cohesive color schemes and typefaces using Canva, explore font pairings such as League Spartan and Libra Baskerville, and create reusable color palettes with Coolors.co.

Set global colors and fonts in site settings as defaults, create a header in the theme builder, and apply primary, secondary, accent, and bittersweet colors with League Spartan for headings.

Design and build a header in Elementor using containers and flexbox, adding a logo, a menu, and a login button, with responsive layouts, typography, and alignment controls.

Create and configure a footer menu in WordPress with Elementor, by creating the footer menu, adding essential pages (privacy policy, terms and conditions, contact), and saving the menu.

Design a footer from scratch in the WordPress Elementor theme builder with a three-container layout for menu, logo, and all rights reserved text, plus a subscribe box.

Learn how to make a footer responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile by adjusting container directions, centering navigation, and stacking the logo and subscribe box using percentage widths.

Make the header responsive on desktop, tablet, and mobile with Elementor theme builder, containers, and flexbox; apply padding tweaks and logo resizing to reduce code and improve speed and ranking.

Build a hero section in WordPress using Elementor: set a static home page, hide the title, design a two-column banner with a curved background, heading, subheading, and button.

Design and implement a partner section in Elementor using nested containers and a flexbox layout to display two rows of four logos with hover effects, CSS filters, and transitions.

Build a three-card feature section with a horizontal flexbox and a left-aligned heading to showcase subscriptions, digital courses, or ebooks, using info boxes, padding, borders, hover shadows, and entrance animations.

Build a two-column sticky section with a scrolling image and a background image, motion effects including scale and fade, an offset top sticky, and a dark background.

Learn to build a responsive testimonials section on a WordPress and Elementor-powered home page using Essential Addons widgets, including avatars, testimonial text, names, locations, and motion effects.

Create a polished email subscribe section on your home page using Elementor, collecting full name and email, styling with a gradient background, and connecting to your email marketing software.

Learn three practical steps to launch as a WordPress and Elementor developer: start getting clients now, build social proof with lower pricing, and master a sales funnel to convert prospects.

Design a pricing page hero banner using a two-column flexbox layout, featuring a dual-color heading, a video and image, and options for monthly and lifetime access subscriptions.

Develop a three-card pricing section using a horizontal flex layout and Elementor price tables, featuring starter, standard, and pro plans with buy now buttons that lead to checkout.

Finish the pricing page by refining cards with borders and consistent styles, then design a two-column section featuring infographic-style info boxes to explain how the plan works.

Design and build a contact page in WordPress using Elementor, featuring a banner and a two-column layout with an image and a contact form, plus templates and overlays.

Finish the contact page by tuning containers, background, and padding; add a Google Maps widget, and embed an Instagram feed using Stratum as a free workaround, with styling and branding.

Design and build an about page in Elementor, using a vertical flexbox layout, background overlays, a timeline, and a video with image overlay to present our story.

Design the about page story section with a vertical timeline in Elementor, adjust padding, typography, colors, and hover states, and enhance with motion effects—note pro features may vary.

Build a polished about page section that introduces the team with a two-column flexbox layout and a reusable team member widget with hover overlays.

Draft clear terms and privacy policies for a WordPress membership site, covering refunds, cookies, GDPR, and using competitor templates or Rocket Lawyer for accuracy.

Learn to add a cookie policy page and install a cookie plugin to obtain visitor consent, scan cookies, customize the banner, and generate a compliant policy.

Develop a single page template in WordPress with Elementor to render service pages, such as privacy policy and terms, using display conditions, post content widgets, and typography-driven responsive styling.

Master responsive design for a WordPress and Elementor powered homepage by applying desktop, tablet, and mobile adjustments, leveraging global defaults, typography, containers, and padding for consistent styling.

Apply responsive designs to the pricing page using Elementor, adjusting padding, typography, and layout for tablet and mobile, while stabilizing header behavior.

Make the contact page fully responsive by adjusting tablet and mobile layouts in Elementor, tweaking padding, alignment, and image width, and adding an opening hours section for symmetry.

Learn to make your about page fully responsive in WordPress using Elementor by adjusting typography, colors, and padding for tablet and mobile, and by disabling scroll effects on smaller screens.

Compare popular WordPress membership plugins and learn to build a members area using Paid Memberships Pro's free plan to restrict content and redirect logged-in users.

Install and configure the Paid Memberships Pro plugin to build a members area. Connect Stripe as the payment gateway, set up payments, and create membership levels and pages.

Explore the membership admin dashboard to edit settings, manage members, and view orders. Navigate add-ons, payment gateways such as Stripe, and pages and emails for a secure membership site.

Configure membership levels with starter, standard, and pro plans, including one-time and recurring payments. Learn to set billing details, expiration, content access, and email templates, then test purchases.

Customize membership emails by editing subject lines and bodies for admin and user notifications, keeping them on brand. Use short codes to insert dynamic data and test templates.

Customize the paid membership pro pages, including the login page, by editing and styling them in Elementor, using theme builder templates or individual page edits to create on-brand, clear messages.

Design a narrow width login template with WordPress theme template files and Elementor, setting a 550px content width, adding a post title header, and redirecting logged-in users to their dashboard.

Design and apply boxed width and narrow width templates in WordPress with Elementor to standardize membership pages like login, profile, billing, and checkout using reusable single-page templates.

Learn to convert the membership levels page into a pricing page, link plan buttons to checkout URLs with Elementor, and configure Paid Memberships Pro to use your pricing page.

Design and build a high-converting checkout page for WordPress membership sites using Elementor, a two-column layout, shortcode, and templates, with SSL and payment options.

Plan the members area on your primary domain or a subdomain, map pages, and then design headers with Elementor, using competitor research and a sales funnel.

Build a gated membership site by creating pages that unlock content for different membership levels, including posts, videos, and courses, with granular access and redirection.

Restrict page access by membership level using a plugin, assigning pro, standard, and starter rights to courses, posts, and videos, then customize pages with Elementor and host videos on Vimeo.

Learn to customize a member-only header by using theme builder display conditions to exclude the member dashboard, posts, photos, videos, and courses, ensuring a seamless membership experience.

Create a zero-cost discount code in settings to prepare for manual membership. Use the code at checkout to join the pro plan, then preview the membership pages.

Learn to design a members-area header in WordPress with Elementor, building a header from scratch using a mega menu and a custom account dropdown (edit profile, billing, invoices, cancel).

Learn to implement scrolling effects and a sticky header in WordPress and Elementor by building a responsive header with a shrinking logo, z-index layering, and negative margins.

Make the members header fully responsive across desktop, tablet, and mobile by adjusting logo padding, nav menu offsets, and breakpoint settings for a seamless WordPress and Elementor header.

Learn to tailor headers for a WordPress membership site by adding a member login URL and using parent-child display conditions to show the header on pages, checkout, and confirmation.

Add php redirects to send login users to the member dashboard and logout users to the home page, using a child theme for safe editing and testing.

Update the member navigation by adding a dashboard link to the header and position it first, then review permalink structures to ensure dashboard routes work before publishing.

Design a compelling courses page in a WordPress membership site using Elementor, flexbox containers, and tiles to showcase courses, lessons, instructors, and duration with background images and overlays.

Build a course page by creating a responsive lessons section with a left video and right text layout using flexbox, duplicating tiles for multiple lessons in a WordPress membership site.

Add a blog page, set it as the posts page, and create restricted categories by membership level for free or premium posts to support content marketing and SEO-driven traffic.