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How to Create a Landing Page With WordPress

Last updated on June 12th, 2018 by Editorial Staff
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How to Create a Landing Page With WordPress

Do you want to create a custom landing page on your WordPress site? Landing pages help businesses convert website visitors into customers and leads. In this article, we will show you how to easily create a landing page in WordPress.

Creating a landing page with WordPress

What is a Landing Page?

A landing page is a purpose-built page designed to increase sales or generate leads for a business. It is used in paid marketing, email, and social media campaigns. Users coming from these sources will land on this page first, which is why it is called landing page.

What is the difference between the homepage and a landing page?

A homepage is your website’s front page and what users will see when they enter your domain name in their browser. On the other hand, a landing page can be a standalone page where most visitors land from paid or third-party traffic sources.

A homepage is designed for visitors to engage with your website, explore other pages, browse products, or sign up. It has more links and provides users with more choices.

On the other hand, a landing page is built for conversion. It has fewer links and is designed for users to make a purchasing decision or give their information for future outreach.

Normally, your website can have only one homepage, but you can create as many landing pages as you want for different campaigns. For example:

  • A landing page for your paid advertising campaigns
  • Visitors coming from specific traffic sources like email list, social media, and more
  • Users landing on a specific product or service page
  • and many more…

That being said, let’s take a look at how to create a beautiful custom landing page in WordPress. We will show you two solutions, and you can choose the one that suits you best.

Creating a Landing Page in WordPress using Beaver Builder

Beaver Builder is one of the best WordPress landing page plugins. It allows you to easily create a landing page using ready-made templates that you can modify with simple drag and drop tools.

First, you need to do is install and activate the Beaver Builder plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Beaver Builder page to configure plugin settings.

Beaver Builder license

Under the License tab, click on the ‘Enter License Key’ button to add your license key. You can find this information under your account on Beaver Builder website.

Next, you need to head over to Pages » Add New page to create your first landing page. Many WordPress themes now include a page builder or a full-width template. These templates are designed to work with page builder plugins.

If your theme doesn’t have such a template, then you can create one on your own. For detailed instructions, see our guide on how to create a full width page in WordPress.

Select a page builder or full-width template from the ‘Page Attributes’ box in the right column and now save your page to apply the changes.

Select a template

You are now ready to make a landing page. Click on the Beaver Builder tab above the post editor to launch the builder interface.

Launch Beaver Builder

Beaver Builder will open with your existing page template. You need to click on the add button on the top right corner of the screen and switch to the templates tab.

Choose a template

Beaver Builder comes with several ready-made templates. Select ‘Landing Pages’ from the group drop-down menu and then choose a template that looks close to what you have in your mind.

Once you select a template, Beaver Builder will load it in the preview window.

Point and click to edit

You can now point and click on any item to edit it. You can change the text, change background color or images, adjust width and height of the rows and columns.

You can add or remove content items from your template. Simply click on the add button and switch to the rows tab. You can add either single or multiple columns.

Add rows to your landing page

After adding a row, switch to the modules tab. Modules are content elements that you can add to your landing page. Beaver builder comes with all the essential modules including text, headings, buttons, video, audio, animated countdown timer, and more.

Add modules to your template

Once you are satisfied with the design, you can click on the ‘Done’ button at the top and then save or publish your page.

Save or publish your landing page

You can now visit the page to view your landing page in action. Feel free to edit it again if you need to adjust, add, or remove anything.

Preview your landing page

Creating a Landing Page in WordPress using Leadpages

Leadpages is another easy to use platform for creating beautiful landing pages and adding them to your WordPress site.

Unlike BeaverBuilder, Leadpages is a standalone landing page builder which means you can use it with or without a WordPress site.

First, you need to visit Leadpages website and sign up for an account. After that you will see the Leadpages dashboard where you need to click on the ‘Create new Leadpage’ button.

Creating a new landing page with Leadpages

On the next screen, you will be asked to choose a template. Leadpages comes with dozens of beautifully designed templates which are neatly organized into different categories.

Choose a template for your landing page

Click on any template to preview it. You need to select a template that looks closest to what you have in mind and then click on the ‘Use this template’ button to continue.

This will launch the Leadpages builder interface. It is a drag and drop interface where you can just point and click on an item to edit it.

Leadpages builder

You can now point and click to edit any item on the page. You can replace images, text, background images, and more. You can also add new widgets from the left column.

You can also adjust different sections of your landing page by clicking on the page layout tab. Simply drag and drop sections to adjust them on the page. You can also add new sections or remove them.

Drag and drop page layout

Leadpages also connects with several third-party apps including all top email marketing services. Simply add a sign-up form to your landing page and then click on ‘Add Integration’ button.

Add integrations

Once you are finished editing your landing page, you can click on the publish button to make it live.

After that you need to click on the ‘Publish Options’ button and switch to ‘Other publishing options’ tab. From here you can download the Leadpages WordPress plugin.

Get WordPress plugin

Next, you need to switch to your WordPress site to install and activate the plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you need to visit the Leadpages menu in your WordPress admin area to login with your Leadpages account.

Once logged in, go to Leadpages » Add New page. You will be able to see your landing page listed there with few options.

You can publish this page as a normal landing page, homepage, a welcome gate, or a 404 error page. You can also choose a URL slug for your landing page.

Publish your landing page to WordPress

After reviewing the options, go ahead and click on the publish button. Leadpages will now publish the page on your WordPress site.

You can now visit this page on your website to see it in action. You can make any changes you want from the Leadpages website and those changes will show up on your site.

We hope this article helped you learn how to create a landing page with WordPress. You may also want to see our tips on driving more traffic to your WordPress site.

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11 Comments

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  1. Angela says:
    Nov 13, 2019 at 10:20 am

    How do I publish the landing page on just one of my pages on my site?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Nov 14, 2019 at 9:47 am

      It would depend on which tool you are using and depending on your specific needs you may also want to take a look at OptinMonster

      Reply
  2. Shreevatsa Bhat says:
    Jun 18, 2019 at 9:15 am

    I am starting a new tutorial website, the content of the tutorial will be like lesson 1, lesson 2, lesson 3 … for this kind of content which is better to use? a page or a post? Also, I want to have a different blog section to my website where I will be writing articles on the latest things related to my niche.

    So for lessons page or post?

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jun 18, 2019 at 10:50 am

      For grouping the lessons you may want to use pages if you plan on using posts for articles or you could use an LMS to group the lessons together: https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/best-wordpress-lms-plugins-compared/

      Reply
  3. Pieter says:
    Jan 17, 2019 at 4:11 am

    Hi, thanks for this article! I was wondering about something.

    I’d like to temporarily replace my homepage with a different landing page.
    To advertise a special discount for the duration of 1 month. There won’t be much traffice from ads or email that I could direct to a special landing page url.

    Would this harm my website’s SEO and if so, is there a way to avoid that?

    Thank you

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jan 17, 2019 at 11:21 am

      As long as your landing page is optimized for SEO it should not have a major effect on your site’s SEO

      Reply
  4. Bob says:
    Jun 13, 2018 at 9:44 am

    Please explain why I need a specific plugin to create a page and the advantages of them versus just creating a regular page via WordPress.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jun 13, 2018 at 12:16 pm

      Hi Bob,

      A regular page in WordPress only follows the styles available in your WordPress theme. Some themes may have different layout choices or ready made landing page templates that you can use. However, most themes don’t have all the options you will need to quickly create landing pages.

      A landing page plugin, allows you to create your own layout, add call to action buttons, and quickly create professional looking landing pages without writing code.

      Reply
  5. Des says:
    Jun 13, 2018 at 4:18 am

    Thanks for the info. Are there any free options to create a landing page?

    The two options you provided both require a paid subscription.

    Reply
    • WPBeginner Support says:
      Jun 13, 2018 at 12:34 pm

      Hi Des,

      Yes, there are quite a few free landing page plugins. If you are looking for a free option, then we’d recommend Elementor.

      Reply
      • Des says:
        Jun 14, 2018 at 10:09 am

        Thanks!

        Reply

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