What to Put on Your Wedding Website: The Complete Checklist
Exactly what to put on your wedding website, what to leave off, and when to share it, with a checklist, FAQ ideas and wording you can copy.
By the VowBirds team8 min read
Your wedding website has one job: answer your guests’ questions before they text you. Where is it? What time? What do I wear? Where do I stay? Can I bring someone? If the site answers those clearly, you get fewer messages, faster RSVPs and calmer guests.
This guide covers what to put on your wedding website, what to leave off, and when to share it, with a checklist you can work through in an evening and wording you can copy.
The essentials: what every wedding website needs
Start with these eight sections. Together they answer nearly everything guests ask.
1. Your names, the date and the city
Put them at the top of the home page, in plain text. Guests often search for a couple’s site by name, and the first thing they want to confirm is that they found the right one and the date they saved is correct.
2. The ceremony and reception details
List each venue’s name and full street address, with a map link. Give the start time, and add a short note on when to arrive (“Please be seated by 3:45”). If the ceremony and reception are in different places, say how far apart they are and how guests get from one to the other.
3. The schedule
A simple timeline helps everyone plan their day: ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, last dance. For a wedding weekend, list every event guests are invited to, such as welcome drinks or a farewell brunch, each with a time, place and dress code.
4. RSVP
Online RSVP is the single most useful thing your site can do. Include the deadline, ask for meal choices and dietary needs in the same form, and make it clear who is invited, so guests reply for their own household and nobody adds a surprise plus-one.
5. Travel and accommodation
Name the nearest airport, the hotels you recommend (with any room block code and the date it expires), and how to get to the venue: parking, shuttles or rideshare. Out-of-town guests read this page more than any other.
6. Dress code
“Cocktail attire” means different things to different people. Add one sentence that makes it concrete, and mention anything practical: an outdoor ceremony on grass, a beach, a cold evening.
Cocktail attire. The ceremony is on the lawn, so leave the stilettos at home, and bring a layer for the evening.
7. Registry
Your website is the right home for registry links. Etiquette advice is to share registry details by word of mouth and on your wedding website, and to keep them off the invitation itself; the Emily Post Institute’s guide to registry etiquette explains why. A short, warm line works better than a long explanation.
Your presence is the best gift. If you’d like to give something more, we’ve put together a small registry and a honeymoon fund.
8. FAQ
The FAQ is where you answer the awkward questions once, politely, instead of fifty times by text. Most couples cover these:
- Are kids invited?
- Can I bring a plus-one?
- Is the ceremony indoors or outdoors? What happens if it rains?
- Is there parking? Is there a shuttle?
- Is it an unplugged ceremony (no phones or cameras)?
- What time does it end?
- Who do I contact with questions on the day?
We’d love to celebrate with everyone, but space is limited, so we can only include the guests named on your invitation. Thank you for understanding!
Nice to have: what makes a wedding website feel like yours
None of these are required, but they are what guests remember and share.
- Your story. How you met and how the proposal happened, in a few short paragraphs. Keep it light; guests skim.
- Photos. One great photo at the top beats a gallery of twenty. Engagement photos are perfect.
- The wedding party. Names and a line about each person help guests recognize who is who on the day.
- Things to do nearby. Your favorite restaurants, coffee and walks, especially if guests are making a weekend of it.
- A countdown. Small, fun, and a reason for guests to come back.
What not to put on your wedding website
A wedding website is public unless you lock it, so leave these off:
- Your home address. Never needed. Registries ship gifts for you.
- The full guest list. Guests should see only their own invitation and RSVP.
- Events not everyone is invited to. Keep the rehearsal dinner or a private after-party off the public schedule, and tell those guests directly.
- Anything that would invite a stranger. If your site shows the venue and time, consider a password, and avoid posting the link on public social media.
Should your wedding website be private?
A good middle ground: let guests find the basics, but protect the details. A password you print on the save the dates keeps your venue, schedule and hotel information away from strangers, and asking guests to look themselves up by full name before they RSVP means nobody can browse your guest list. Also make sure search engines are told not to index the site, so it does not show up when someone searches your names.
On a VowBirds wedding website, all three are the default: the site is hidden from search engines, you can add a password in one step, and guests find their invitation by typing their full name.
When should your wedding website go live?
Publish it before your save the dates go out, so you can put the address on them. That is usually six to eight months before the wedding, or eight to twelve months for a destination wedding, when guests need longer to book travel.
You do not need everything finished on day one. Launch with the essentials (names, date, city, travel and a note that the invitation and RSVP are coming) and fill in the schedule, FAQ and registry as decisions get made.
Your wedding website checklist
Copy this list and tick it off as you build:
- Names, date and city on the home page
- Ceremony and reception: venue names, full addresses, map links, start times
- Schedule for the day (and every event of the weekend that all guests attend)
- RSVP form with a clear deadline, meal choices and dietary needs
- Travel: nearest airport, hotels, room block code and its cut-off date
- Getting there: parking, shuttle or rideshare
- Dress code, with one practical sentence
- Registry and honeymoon fund links
- FAQ: kids, plus-ones, weather plan, parking, phones, end time, day-of contact
- Your story and a photo
- Privacy: hidden from search engines, password if you want one, no home address
- Tested on a phone, then shared on your save the dates
Build yours in an evening
Everything on this list fits on one free wedding website: VowBirds includes RSVPs with meal choices, the schedule, travel, FAQ and registry, and replies flow straight into your guest list. When you are ready for save the dates, design them in the free invitation designer and print the website address right on the card. See pricing for what stays free (the website and RSVPs always do).
Frequently asked questions
What should be on the home page of a wedding website?
Your names, the date, the city, and a clear way to RSVP. Guests visit to answer a quick question, so put the answer and the RSVP button where they land, and link to the schedule, travel and FAQ pages from there.
When should a wedding website go live?
Publish it before your save the dates go out, so you can print or link the address on them. That is usually six to eight months before the wedding, or eight to twelve months for a destination wedding.
Should I put my registry on my wedding website?
Yes. The wedding website is the right place for registry links. Etiquette advice is to keep registry details off the invitation itself and point guests to the website instead.
Should my wedding website have a password?
A password is a good idea if your site shows your venue, schedule or hotel details and you would rather strangers did not find them. Share it on your save the dates or invitations so every guest has it.
Do I need to put my home address on my wedding website?
No. Never publish your home address. If guests want to send gifts or cards, a registry with shipping handles that, and anyone who needs your address can ask you directly.
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