Set Up Website Hosting + WordPress
How to Install Your Site Kit / Theme
Table of Contents
Before You Start
Here’s what you’ll need before you start the installation process:
Hosting is where your website will live on the internet. I recommend choosing a web hosting plan that is designed for WordPress and already has WordPress installed. If not, you’ll need to install WordPress separately.
If you haven’t purchased hosting yet, I recommend Flywheel. They make everything 10x easier and have great customer support.
Purchase Elementor Pro License
Set up an Elementor account and purchase a Pro license here. You only need to purchase 1 Pro license for the website builder ($49/year). Once you purchase and get your account set up, keep this tab open and handy for the next steps.
Getting Started
Log into your WordPress site to complete the next steps.
Important
- If you are installing onto an existing site, always, always, always have a backup in case you need to restore it.
- I’ve tested the installation process many times and I recommend completing the steps in this specific order for the best installation experience.
Install Elementor + Elementor Pro Plugins
Remove unnecessary plugins
Install Elementor
Install Elementor Pro
Activate your Elementor Pro license
Install Hello Elementor Theme
Install & Activate Hello Elementor Theme
Remove unnecessary themes (but leave 1 backup theme)
Import your site kit / theme ZIP file
Import your purchased Elementor Site Kit / theme ZIP file
Upload your logo and icon
Upload your logo
Upload your site icon (aka 'favicon')
Update the site menus
Reconnect main navigation
Reconnect pop up navigation
Disable theme defaults
Disable theme defaults
Install custom styles
Install custom styles
Fun fact! If you want to install Google Analytics, a Facebook Pixel, or any other tracking code, this is how you’ll do it.
Update site colors
Update site colors
Update site fonts
Update site fonts
Update button styles
Update button styles
Activate your 'Coming Soon' page
Activate 'Coming Soon' page
Congrats! You're on your way to creating a standout online presence.
As you continue building out your site, I want to recommend a few resources from Elementor. They have a lot of documentation that’s very helpful.
Helpful Elementor Documentation
Troubleshooting
If you are getting the following error while importing your site kit, try the following:
- Create a site backup (always recommended)
- The import attempt likely created the site pages, but they’re probably empty. Go to Pages and delete the new, empty pages.
- Roll back your version of Elementor and Elementor Pro to 3.7.7. Here’s how to do this.
- Try importing the site kit again.
Need more help?
Ask a question using the chat widget at the bottom right hand corner of this screen and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can!