Setting up your WordPress Site

A great website set-up with integrated plugins ensures you're prepared for success.

Just follow this step-by-step tutorial to get the most out of your WordPress website.

Cleaning Up Existing Plugins

Head to ‘Plugins’ on your WordPress dashboard.

Deactivate and delete all pre-existing plugins, except for ‘The Bluehost plugin’.

Installing Necessary Plugins:

Click “Add New”.

Use the search bar to find and install the following plugins:

Use the search bar to find and install the following plugins:

a. Elementor: After installation, either create a new account or connect with an existing one.

b. Elementor Pro

Note: This isn’t available in the WordPress plugins section. Instead, visit Elementor.com, sign up for the Pro package, and download the ZIP file.

Upload this file under the “Add New” section in ‘Plugins’.

This paid version lets you customize your page, offers attractive templates, and integrates with Klaviyo for lead forms. 

c. Site Kit By Google

d. Klaviyo for Elementor pro

e. PixelYourSite

f. Woocommerce: Install only if you plan to have a reservation funnel. Details will be covered in the ‘Landing page setup with reservation’ lesson.

Once installed, activate all these plugins. Note: Some plugins will require further setup.

Setting Up Plugins:

Site Kit by Google:

Click ‘Site Kit’ on the top left.

Connect Google Analytics.

Sign in with your Google account.

Follow the on-screen prompts to set up and connect your account.

Go to your account

Under account, either select an existing account or select Set up a new account

Fill out

Fill out the different fields. For Account name it Project_Name_Landing_Page, Property Landing Page, View All Website Data, Country your Country, Timezone Your timezone, once you are done click Create account.

Accept terms & agreement

Select I accept under the Google Analytics Terms of Service Agreement.

Connection success

Now you have your landing page connected to your Google Analytics account, you won’t see any data, not even if the page is already live. It might take 24 hours to populate.

PixelYourSite and Meta Business Manager Integration

Click on PixelYourSite at the bottom left corner

Open your Meta Bussiness Manager on another tab and login

click on the burger menu and choose Business Setting.

Go to brand safety

Choose domains

Click on add

Create a new domain

Enter your domain

Example: Launchingsoon.co

Go to PixelYourSite

Click on settings

Enable

Advance Matching

Add the verification meta-tag

 You will find it on your Bussiness Manager. Make sure that under select one option the HTML source code is picked, and then simply the meta tag and paste it on PixelYourSite settings.

Save

Save your settings.

Verify domain

For the next step you will need to verify your domain under your Meta Business, but it might take a couple of hours. Give it a try until it goes through.

Setup your Landing Page Meta Pixel

Once the domain is verified it is time to setup your Landing Page Meta Pixel

On your Meta Business, click data sources, pixels, add

Name your pixel

Name your pixel, we recommend Project_Name_Landing_Page, and click continue.

Choose Set up the Pixel Now

Add pixel code

Choose Manually add pixel code to website

Continue

Click continue.

Hit close, don't cancel

Close the window.

Copy id

Copy the pixel id.

Go back to PixelYourSite

Paste your Meta Pixel id.

Save settings

Click Save Settings.

Go to your Meta Business Account

Click on add people, add yourself and anty other relevant team members. and toggle Manage Pixel before clicking Assign

Click on Open Events Manager

If your domain isn’t verified you wont be able to complete this step

Continue the setup

Click Continue Pixel Setup

Meta Pixel

Select Meta Pixel.

Install code

Click Install code manually

Copy code

Attention although the plugin does this step for you, you still need to copy the code so continue to become available

Automatic advanced matching

Toggle turn on automatic advanced matching and continue.

Add event code

Under Add Event Code simply click on continue.

Verify Domains

The same thing for Verify Domains, the domain should be verified, but just in case you can click verify domain and afterward continue.

Configure

Click configure web events.

Use your URL

Find your website.

Manage events

Click on it and afterward click on Manage Events.

Edit events

Click edit.

Add event

Click Add event.

Activate Pixel

Choose your pixel.

Choose these 5 events

Choose an event, in the end you need to have following events with always the same pixel:

Lead

View Content

Purchase

Add to cart

Subscribe

After you have the 5 events, click apply at the bottom right corner

Confirm & apply

Select Yes I confirm these changes and click Apply.

And you are all set. Now you just need to fill out your landing page with content and link your submission form to your Klaviyo account.