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Blog Tutorial Elementor Pro

How to make a blog with WordPress & Elementor Pro

On this page you will find all the links and information you need to build a personal blog with the 2025 YouTube tutorial.

Steps

  1. Understanding the structure
  2. Making a plan for your style with WebsiteStylekit
  3. Installing WordPress with hosting via Hostinger.
    1. Decide a package
    2. Install WordPress
  4. WordPress setup
    1. Clean up dashboard, posts, plugins
    2. Hello Theme
    3. Classic Editor (optional)
    4. Installing Elementor Free and Elementor Pro
    5. Dummy content download
  5. Post page
    1. Create Single Post template
    2. Copy layout from CopySection
    3. Conditions
    4. Styling (corners, colors, typography with line height)
    5. Responsive (desktop: 1140, the rest: 90%)
    6. Related posts (Image height&corners, Query: related>terms>categories)
  6. Menu
    1. Turn on the new Menu widget in Elementor settings
    2. Create Header template
    3. Setup: Site Logo & Icon
    4. Link menu items to categories
  7. Footer
    1. Create Footer template
    2. Copy from CopySection
    3. Instagram plugin Spotlight
  8. Archive page
    1. Create Archive template
    2. Use other loop template from CopySection
    3. Query settings
    4. Pagination
  9. Sidebar
    1. Design it in the Single Post template
    2. Favorite posts Loop Grid template
    3. Categories visual
    4. Save it as a template
    5. Load it in on other pages with the Template widget
  10. Home Page
    1. Create home page
    2. Set it up as Home via WordPress>Reading settings
    3. Add Featured & Favorites as categories to posts
    4. Add Latest Post
    5. Add Sidebar
    6. Add Loop Carousel 2x
  11. Publishing
    1. Turning on Coming Soon if you are not ready yet
    2. Turning on Caching if you are ready to go live
    3. Check discoverability settings
    4. Domain check
    5. Site Title
    6. Understanding Draft, Review, Published
  12. Bonus 1: Installing an Analytics & SEO
    1. Install Independent Analytics
    2. Install SureRank
  13. Bonus 2: Setting up email marketing
    1. Create a free account on Omnisend
    2. Install the Omnisend WordPress plugin
    3. Paste API key from Omnisend in WP & check connection
    4. Setup Global Styling settings
    5. Create a form, check the steps, embed the form
    6. Paste embed code in HTML widget in Sidebar & style
    7. Optional improvement: Connect your domain to Omnisend