How to make a linktree alternative

With over 35 million users its seems linktree is your go to link in bio to put all your links in one place for your visitors. It’s the go to for social media profiles and linktree has capitalized on that. It makes sense since they came up with a clever solution. As an inquisitive person always wanting to create my own I wanted to test my hand at this design. So that’s what I did.

I learned to create my own personal linktree if I ever wanted to use it and it can be customized anyway I please but I decided to go for the simple layout. Now I wanted to show others how to create their own if they wanted to make their own personal website and see just how simple it is to replicate it for more control.

How to make a linktree website in 6 easy steps

Its not hard to create this simple one page layout and I will show you step by step how to do this. The best part about this is you do not need to know any code and if you already have a website its free.

3 Things you’ll need

1. Hosting and domain
2. WordPress
3. Elementor

Setup and Installation

1. Get hosting and a domain name
2. Install wordpress
3. Download the plugin Elementor
4. Create a new page
5. Design your page
6. Publish

Step 1 Get hosting and a domain name

Before you can do anything you will need a website and in order for you to do that you will need to get hosting and a domain name. If you want to know how to set one up then you can check out my how to make a website guide here. If you already have this setup then you can move on to the next step.

Step 2 Install WordPress

Ok if you already have hosting then you can install WordPress in order to create your very own custom link in bio page. If you already have WordPress setup and installed then we can move on to the next step. If not, you can also follow this installing wordpress guide on how to setup and install WordPress on your Cpanel.

Step 3 Download Elementor

Before we move on to downloading Elementor I want to give a quick overview of the WordPress dashboard so you can at least navigate around if you don’t know. Of course there is so much to WordPress but I want yo to know at least the basics on where to find the things you need for this tutorial.

The WordPress Dashboard

1. Main Navigation: This is your menu to create new pages, posts and access different settings to customize your web page
2. Top ToolBar: A quick access menu to view your site and get to common used elements such as new page or posts
3. Work area: whenever you click on a menu item the page will load in this area for you to edit

Now that you know the dashboard you will be able to get around a little easier

First go to plugins menu on the main navigation and click on “add new”

In the search bar look for the plugin Elementor, then download it and activate it.

After its been downloaded and activated you should see the Elementor tab pop up on main navigation menu.

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