Preparing for a wedding can be a major undertaking, especially if you’re planning to create a website for your event. Wedding websites are the perfect way to share information, organize gift registries, curate photos, and document your big day. Of course, you’ll want to create a site that’s as unique as your relationship – and choosing from among the best WordPress wedding themes can help.
In this article, we’ll first talk a little about why you might create a wedding website, and explain what features you’ll need. Next, we’ll introduce you to 11 gorgeous wedding themes to choose from. Let’s take a trip down the aisle!
Why You Might Want to Build a Wedding Website
The best wedding themes provide the functionality you need to help your website stand out.
A wedding is often a large and complex event, with lots to plan, prepare for, and record. At first glance, creating a website for your wedding may just seem like another task on the to-do list. However, it can actually help you streamline some of your other responsibilities, both before and after the event itself.
Here are just a few of the ways a wedding website can come in handy:
- You can include helpful information for guests, such as where and when the event will take place.
- It can be used to manage RSVPs, so you know how many people to expect.
- Your site can include useful features that take care of other tasks, such as a gift registry or virtual guestbook.
- After the event, you can document it on your site with photo galleries, videos, and more.
Of course, we recommend using WordPress for your wedding website – it’s a powerful, flexible platform that puts a lot of useful tools right at your fingertips. However, before you can start to build your website, you’ll want to find a suitable theme. Fortunately, there are lots of dedicated WordPress wedding themes that can provide a solid foundation.
11 Gorgeous WordPress Wedding Themes
To help you start off on the right foot with your wedding website, we’ve collected 11 standout WordPress wedding themes. Every one has strong user reviews and ratings, has been updated recently, and offers useful wedding-specific features and functionality. Let’s take a look at each in turn.
1. Lily
First up, Lily is an example of a WordPress theme that has been custom-built with weddings in mind. It provides a number of useful features for displaying information about your wedding, and for including videos, photos, and slideshows. Plus, you can easily customize it with your own colors and imagery, and use dedicated widgets to expand your wedding site’s functionality. If you run into any trouble along the way, the developers offer plenty of helpful documentation and support.
Key Features:
- Offers eight custom widgets that enable you to add a countdown timer, maps, photos, and more.
- Integrates with the Instagram Feed plugin, letting you display multiple feeds.
- Includes a custom RSVP contact form.
Price: $49 | More information
2. Idylle
When creating a wedding website, it’s a smart idea to consider keeping it clean and minimalist. That way, any important information and imagery gets a chance to really stand out. With Idylle, you can create a stylish, modern-looking website that uses bold colors as a primary design element. There’s also plenty of demo content to get you started, along with personalization options so you can make the site your own.
Key Features:
- Offers six starting demos with varying color palettes.
- Makes it easy to add videos and music to your wedding site.
- Enables simple customization through a drag-and-drop page builder.
- Includes a countdown timer, RSPV form, and more.
Price: $49 | More information
3. Best Day
Weddings are all about the visuals, and your website should be just as stunning as the event itself. Fortunately, wedding themes such as Best Day can make that happen. You can start from one of several pre-built page styles, and customize them with your own information and imagery via a drag-and-drop page builder. To add even more flair, you can include videos, music, animations, and more to give visitors a full multimedia experience.
Key Features:
- Includes four custom-built page styles with unique designs, plus two types of headers.
- Features a drag-and-drop page builder so you can customize the demos or start from scratch.
- Lets you easily add CSS3 animations to your website.
Price: $49 | More information
4. Honeymoon
When planning your wedding, you want to take steps to make it uniquely yours. Ideally, your website should also reflect the personal nature of your relationship and event. It means you’ll want to look for wedding themes that are both flexible and customizable – such as Honeymoon. With this theme you’ll get access to various types of home pages, headers, logos, and layouts, and you can personalize each element until it’s just right.
Key Features:
- Offers multiple layouts and 30+ demo pages, plus ten header styles and over 20 footer types.
- Includes support for various events calendar plugins, and makes it easy to add custom events to pages.
- Provides many helpful shortcodes for buttons, lightboxes, lists, and other design elements.
- Lets you fully customize colors, typography, images, and more.
Price: $69 | More information
5. Wedding Suite
Wedding Suite is not actually a single theme, but four separate wedding themes combined into one package. Each theme is distinct in its appearance, design, and functionality, which means you can choose the one best suited to your individual wedding’s needs. If you happen to be a wedding planner, there’s even a fifth theme you can use for your business. All of these themes can be personalized further, and come bundled with useful functionality.
Key Features:
- Includes optional RSVP forms, countdown timers, and a virtual guestbook.
- Offers multiple layout options, color skins, menu types, and customizable headers.
- Packs in a number of handy custom widgets that enable slideshows, social media integrations, and more.
- Provides WooCommerce-related functionality for wedding planner businesses.
Price: $59 | More information
6. CuckooLove
Preparing for your wedding can take a lot of time and effort. You want your website to be up and running as quickly as possible – both to check it off your to-do list, and so it can start helping with the planning process. CuckooLove comes with the options and demos you need to get a stylish, functional wedding site online right away. It’s beginner-friendly and simple to use, even if this is your first time building a website.
Key Features:
- Includes demo content and templates for pages, posts, menus, widgets, sidebars, and more.
- Offers a guestbook, RSVP form, gift registry, map to the event, and other wedding-specific features.
- Provides plenty of organizational functionality, so you can keep everything neatly categorized.
Price: $55 | More information
7. Moments
If you’re looking to create a stylish wedding site that really stands out, Moments is one of the wedding themes you’ll want to check out. Before the wedding takes place, you can use this theme’s features to create and display custom invitations and announcements. Then after the event, you can easily display photos in a variety of gallery layouts and styles. Moments is flexible enough to use for other events and celebrations as well, so its usefulness doesn’t stop with a single site.
Key Features:
- Offers 18 customizable home pages to choose from.
- Includes functionality to support a guestbook, RSVP contact form, and more wedding-specific features.
- Makes personalization easy, with plenty of font and color options.
- Provides several options for photo galleries and photography portfolio layouts.
Price: $59 | More information
8. Perfect Couple
There are plenty of WordPress themes that are customizable and visually appealing, but you’ll want more from a dedicated wedding theme. For example, Perfect Couple has all of the features you’d expect from any solid theme, plus extra functionality that’s specifically aimed at wedding sites. You can add a gift registry and RSVP form to your site, and include a map with markers for all key locations. There’s even an easy-to-use profile builder, so you can give everyone involved in the wedding their own personal bio section.
Key Features:
- Includes various photo gallery options to show off your pictures.
- Offers a multiple location map, so you can direct people to each individual event.
- Lets you easily customize pages with a drag-and-drop page builder.
- Makes it simple to add key wedding functionality, such as an RSVP form and gift registry.
Price: $44 | More information
9. The Wedding Day
The Wedding Day is one of those themes that stands out because it has everything you need to create a stunning site, all wrapped up in a single package. It provides plenty of custom-made starter content, lots of options for customizing your site’s layout and appearance, and functionality specific to wedding sites. Plus, working with this theme is simple, thanks to the incorporated drag-and-drop page builder and parallax builder.
Key Features:
- Includes over 30 demo pages, and four custom theme skins.
- Lets you add an RSVP form, countdown timer, and guestbook to your wedding site.
- Offers multiple layout and menu options, and various header and footer styles.
- Comes with plenty of support, including 23 tutorial videos.
Price: $69 | More information
10. Qaween
If you’re looking for wedding themes that are highly customizable, Qaween is a solid option. It’s powered by the Redux Framework plugin, which means you get access to hundreds of theme options that can be personalized to suit your needs. There are also a number of page templates to get you started. The wide variety of choices Qaween offers means your wedding site will be uniquely your own. Plus, this theme has just about all of the functionality you could want in a targeted wedding theme.
Key Features:
- Lets you customize just about every aspect of the theme, including the layout, fonts, and colors.
- Comes with wedding-specific features such as an RSVP form, photo gallery, and a countdown timer.
- Includes five custom post types that are perfect for wedding sites – Gallery, History, Events, Accommodations, and Bridesmaid & Groomsmen.
Price: $49 | More information
For Elegant Themes Members
If you’re already a member of Elegant Themes (or interested in becoming one), you have access to several awesome general-purpose themes. Some – such as Divi – can be used very successfully to create the perfect wedding website.
11. Divi
Our flagship theme, Divi, is an excellent option for creating all kinds of websites. This is thanks to its flexibility, many customization options, and wide variety of useful features. Divi is simple to use but powerful enough to help you create a site that stands out from the crowd. You’ll be able to design your wedding website to look just right, easily add and organize your media, and much more. Plus, there are a variety of wedding child themes for Divi that offer specific features such as RSVP forms, gift registries, guestbooks, announcements, and maps.
Key Features:
- Incorporates the Divi Builder, a powerful visual page builder.
- Includes a wide variety of pre-built content elements, layouts templates, and more to get you started.
- Lets you see your changes immediately, for ease of editing.
Price: Included with an Elegant Themes membership | More information
Conclusion
Your wedding is an event you’ll want to remember for the rest of your life. A website can help you ensure it goes off without a hitch, and you can use the same site to document all of your memories. The first step on your journey to the perfect wedding website is to find the right WordPress theme to serve as its foundation.
The 11 themes introduced in this piece are all solid options, offering the customization options you’ll need along with wedding-specific features. Of course, you can also go with a general-purpose theme such as Divi. Our flagship theme makes building your website simple and intuitive, and a number of excellent wedding child themes have been created for it.
Which of the wedding themes on this list have caught your eye? Tell us your thoughts in the comments section below!
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