My WordPress Blog Tutorial for 2020. With the methods that I am showing you in this video you can create a wordpress blog without having to customize a theme.

The resources page for this video: https://livingwithpixels.com/resources/healthy-blog-tutorial/

Timestamps for the video
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:12 Overview of what we are going to build
00:01:21 What makes this technique better
00:03:55 Understanding what you are going to build
00:06:09 Installing WordPress & Basic setup
00:14:15 Activating Elementor & Elementor Pro
00:17:08 Prepare our visual styles
00:25:05 Building the header & menu with a template
00:41:06 The blogpost list
00:53:25 The sidebar
01:11:19 The category page
01:13:58 The blogpost page
01:21:01 The footer (with Instagram connection)
01:26:53 A few more details (Home page settings & Site icon)
01:29:29 The featured posts & Bonus step (blogpost list layout)
01:33:51 Email subscribe form
01:35:49 The contact page

→ Software that I use
Hosting & Domain provider I use on all my websites: https://www.siteground.com/go/lwp-youtube
Elementor Pro – WordPress Best Pagebuilder https://trk.elementor.com/4590
Adobe Xd: https://bit.ly/lwp-adobexd-yt
The whole list of software that I recommend: https://livingwithpixels.com/links/

→ Gear that I use to create videos
Macbook Pro M1 14 inch: https://amzn.to/3oHBQNd
Camera: Lumix GH5: https://amzn.to/3pPpTVh
Microphone: Shure MV7: https://amzn.to/3s3nhFM
Chair & Sit/stand Desk: https://bit.ly/39fn6fs
Video editing software: https://bit.ly/lwp-premiere-yt

→ Helpful for beginner
How to Install Elementor and WordPress. Watch: https://youtu.be/SKyoKk9T4g4
Elementor Beginners Tutorial. Watch: https://youtu.be/E15iQEm9KF8

→ My social media
Instagram Livingwithpixels: https://www.instagram.com/livingwithpix/
Personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rinodeboer/

Some of the above links are affiliate links, which means that I earn a commission when you make a purchase via my link. Thanks a lot if you decide to do that! I couldn’t make all these videos without it.

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28 Comments

  1. Hallo! Ik heb toevallig wel 1 vraag. Ik heb de blogpagina gemaakt maar zodra ik op me blogpost klik komt de informatie onder aan de pagina te staan en niet in die blogpagina template. Hoe komt dit?

  2. I am not opposed to paying for Elementor Pro once I have more content to put in my blog, but I am just starting out right now, so I'd rather use anything available for free until I can wrap my brain around what I want to include my blog. This video has rave reviews, but I don't want to watch it just yet since you use Elementor Pro. Do you have a video for beginners that only uses free elementor?

  3. This is the best tutorial I have used to build a site from yet. I realize this was posted in 2020, just curious if you have an update to the templets, the links here will no longer load…

  4. This was great stuff. Could you create an e-commerce video with with a label description. Specifically art with the various fields such as cat. No., size, description, pricing for various sizes, colors, shipping etc. that would be wonderful to see.

  5. Great video! It helped me a lot to build a site that is now functioning. One problem that I can't seem to figure out – Is there a way to add the comment box to my articles or is there a template I can insert? Thanks!

  6. If you get an error when importing the menu bar.json as Elementor template go to your WP Admin > Elementor > Settings > Advanced and enable 'Enable Unfiltered File Uploads' . Now you can drag & drop the .json templates without any error.

  7. Hello… thanks so much for the tutorial… working through your video to build mine… but when trying to insert the menu bar, I'm getting 'an error occured' message… pls kindly help…

  8. Yes this was lovely. Thank you!
    You started going a bit fast at the end, maybe it would be a good idea to elaborate a bit more on these items which you mentioned at the end. 🤙🏻

  9. This is great! I’ve been following along and now I’m finishing up my first website build. Extremely helpful. Designing was challenging but so much fun! You have no idea how much I appreciate your content.

  10. Thank you very much for the amazing video.
    I want to be a freelance web designer, but I am seriously troubled about where to start so If you don't mind can you answer a few questions?
    1: which hosting plan to buy? Should I buy a plan with unlimited websites if I want to build websites for my clients
    2: As I am new to this, Can you tell me what exactly it means by "unlimited websites"? Can I host multiple websites? Do I have to buy domains for each one?
    3: If I am working on a client project do I have to buy a separate hosting every time? Can you explain what steps I need to follow when I take a client project?
    4: what do you usually do when you take on a client's project? How do you deal with them, what do you do when you have designed the website on XD, what is your next step?

    Please I am an absolute beginner? I have no idea where I should start. The more videos I watch the more confused I get. I am hoping to get professional direction from you because I believe you are the best one out there!
    Please guide me on how I can build a web design career.
    I will always be grateful for your kindness. Thank you

  11. Many thanks, this is excellent! I'm working through the tutorial but I get an error when I try to upload the json template files – anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

  12. Hello Rino, love your tutorials. On this one I have a newer Elementor Pro version and I'm running into errors when trying to upload and insert your .JSON templates, starting with the menu, and continuing with all the other ones as well. Do you have a fix for this? Thank you very much again for your great work.

    PS: Just after I posted the above, I found a solution on the Elementor support pages, which I tried, and it works. Here's the workaround:
    – Import a .json file template from WordPress admin page:

    – Go to Templates > Import templates, choose the .json files 1 by 1, once uploaded they will appear in "My Templates";
    – You can then import them from the Elementor UI by going to My Templates and finding the templates there.

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