How to make a free wedding website tonight: what to include and what “free” really means
A step-by-step guide to setting up a wedding website in one evening: the sections guests actually need, what to write in each, when to launch it, and what free plans usually include and leave out.
You don't need a designer, a domain or a weekend. A good wedding website takes one evening, and most couples can build it for free. What matters is not how fancy it looks, but whether guests find the answers they are looking for without texting you. Here is what to put on it and how to get it live tonight.
In short
- Launch it with your save-the-dates, 6 to 8 months before the wedding.
- The must-haves: schedule, location, travel and hotels, dress code, FAQ, registry and RSVP.
- Keep it short and practical. Guests skim it on their phones.
- Use a private link or a password, and don't post the link publicly.
- Before you commit to a free plan, check the guest limit and what costs extra.
What to put on your wedding website
Home
Your names, the date, the city and one photo you love. A countdown is a nice touch. Two sentences of welcome are plenty.
Schedule
Every event guests are invited to, with times and addresses: the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception, plus any welcome drinks, rehearsal dinner (if it's open to all) or the morning-after brunch. Say when guests should arrive, not just when the ceremony starts. Our guide How to plan your wedding day timeline has sample schedules.
Travel and hotels
The nearest airports, driving directions and parking, the hotel block with its booking link and the date the room rate expires, and shuttle times if you offer one. Guests who travel will read this page twice.
Dress code
One clear phrase (“Cocktail attire”, “Garden party casual”) plus a sentence of explanation: an outdoor ceremony on grass, a chilly evening, a dance floor on the beach.
FAQ
The questions you would otherwise answer by text twenty times:
- Are kids invited? Can I bring a guest?
- Where do I park? Is there a shuttle?
- What happens if it rains?
- Is it an unplugged ceremony (no phones)?
- I have a food allergy. Who do I tell?
- When is the RSVP deadline?
Registry
Links to your registry or a cash fund, with one gentle sentence. Guests wondering how much to spend will find our guide How much to spend on a wedding gift helpful.
RSVP
The deadline in bold, and a form that asks only what you need. Our guide to online wedding RSVPs lists the questions worth asking.
Optional extras
Your story, the wedding party, things to do nearby, and after the wedding, a link to the photos and a thank-you.
Build it tonight, step by step
- Choose the platform. Not sure which one? Read How to choose a wedding website first.
- Pick a template and set your colors and fonts to match your invitations.
- Add the basics: names, date, venue and the schedule.
- Write the FAQ using the questions above.
- Set up the RSVP: the questions and the deadline (usually 3 to 4 weeks before the wedding).
- Add your guests, or import your spreadsheet, so each household gets its own link.
- Test it on your phone and send it to one honest friend: can they find the parking information in ten seconds?
- Launch it with the save-the-dates, and keep updating as details firm up.
When to update it
Hotel and travel details before the invitations go out; the final schedule, the weather plan and parking the week of the wedding; photos and a thank-you a few weeks after.
What “free” usually means
| Usually free | Often paid or limited |
|---|---|
| A template and basic design choices | Premium designs and your own domain |
| Schedule, travel and FAQ pages | Removing the platform's branding |
| Registry links | Larger guest counts |
| A basic RSVP | Advanced RSVP (meal choices, per-person names, several events) |
Free plans are paid for somehow, usually through registries, stationery or vendor advertising. That is fine, as long as you know it. Read what the platform does with your guests' data before you add 150 email addresses.
Privacy tips
- Use a private link or a password if your site lists the venue address, especially for a wedding at home.
- Don't post the link on public social media. Send it to guests directly or print it on the invitation.
- Put personal details (a guest's table, their plus-one) only where that guest alone can see them.
Free with only.wedding
The only.wedding Free plan unlocks every feature for weddings of up to 10 invitations: perfect for an elopement or a micro wedding, or for trying everything before you invite more people. You get a wedding page with templates, your own colors and photos and an opening animation, personal invitations with QR codes, online RSVPs, the seating chart, the schedule, the gift registry, the budget and the checklist. Your page is private by default and guests need no account or app. Bigger weddings choose a plan by the number of invitations (pricing), and when the subscription ends, the site keeps running on the Free plan so guests can still find everything.