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What to include on a wedding website: the full checklist
A wedding website saves you a hundred small questions. Done well, it answers everything a guest needs before they have to ask, and it does it in one place they can check on the day. Here is the checklist of sections to include, in the order most guests will look for them.
The job of a wedding website
A wedding website is your single source of truth. Instead of details scattered across texts, group chats and the back of an invitation, guests get one link that holds everything. The win is twofold: fewer questions for you, and a calmer, better-informed crowd on the day.
The sections to include
Work roughly in this order. Guests scan for the practical first, then linger on the rest.
- The basics. Your names, the date, the place. The first thing a guest should see, with no scrolling.
- The schedule. A simple timeline of the day: ceremony, drinks, meal, evening. Times matter more than detail. Guests want to know when to arrive and roughly when things end.
- Travel. How to get there, nearest station, parking, and taxi numbers for a rural venue. A map helps more than directions in prose.
- Where to stay. A couple of options at different prices, with any room block details. Note distances from the venue.
- RSVP. A clear way to reply, with a deadline and space for dietary needs. If your site handles this, you may not need a paper RSVP insert at all.
- Your story. A short, warm telling of how you met and got here. Keep it human, not a CV.
- FAQs. The questions you keep getting: dress code, children, plus ones, parking, what time to arrive. This section quietly does the most work.
The section most websites forget
Every checklist online stops at FAQs. Here is the one worth adding: a place for guests to leave you a written message. A simple button or link that says something like "Leave us a few words" invites people to write in a quiet moment rather than at a noisy table. It also opens the day to the guests who cannot come, because a link works from anywhere. This is the same thinking behind an online wedding guestbook, folded into the website you are already building.
Pair it with a wedding QR code on your signs and table cards so guests on the day reach the same place, and the words all collect together for you to keep.
Keep it easy to use
A wedding website only helps if guests can use it. Make it work on a phone first, because that is where most people will open it. Keep the menu short and the practical sections near the top. Use plain headings, a readable size, and a link or QR code on your stationery so guests can find it without typing a long address. And keep it current: the point of a website over print is that you can fix a wrong time in seconds.
One link that does the work
A good wedding website answers the questions before they are asked, holds the timings and travel in one place, and gives guests a way to leave you something to keep. Cover the practical sections well, add the message link most sites miss, and keep the whole thing easy on a phone. For the wider picture of involving guests across the day, see our pillar on interactive wedding ideas for guests.
Common questions about wedding websites
Do you really need a wedding website?
You do not, but it earns its place fast. It saves you fielding the same questions over and over, gives guests a single place to find travel and timings, and lets you update details without reprinting anything. For weddings with guests travelling, it is close to essential.
What is the most important section?
The practical one: date, place, timings and how to reply. Guests come to your website to find out when to arrive and how to RSVP, so make those easy to find. The story and the photos are lovely, but the logistics are what people actually need.
Should we put our gift wishes on the website?
Many couples include a short, gentle note about gifts if guests ask. Keep it brief and never make it the headline. The website is about helping guests share the day, not directing their spending.
Can the website collect messages from guests?
It can point them to one. A simple link or button inviting guests to leave you a written message fits naturally on a wedding website, and it lets people who cannot attend still take part. The messages collect in one place for you to keep.