The Ultimate Wedding Website Checklist: What to Actually Include

Planning a wedding is basically project management, except the stakeholders are your parents. (And Uncle Steve, who has strong opinions about the cheese selection.) Before you get lost in a digital forest of templates and font sizes, having a clear wedding website checklist is the best way to get your website built without a seating-chart meltdown.

A wedding website checklist is a comprehensive list of essential information, logistics, and RSVP tools that couples need to share with their guests. At a minimum, your checklist should include: the names of the couple, the date and start times, the venue addresses with maps, a digital RSVP form, accommodation info, dress code, gift registry, and an FAQ page.

The short version.

The simple truth is that you can get your website sorted in under an hour if you stick to what guests actually need to know. Honestly, your guests are checking your website on their phones, usually while standing in a car park or sitting in a taxi. They do not want to scroll through a 3,000-word biography of how you met.

You can read more about whether you actually need a wedding website to decide if a simple one-page setup is right for your event. If you proceed, focus on clarity first, and get back to the much more important job of pretending the seating plan isn't stressing you out.

The non-negotiable basics: Names, date, and venue map.

It sounds obvious, but you would be surprised how many couples forget the basics. Your homepage needs to clearly state your names, the wedding date (including the day of the week), and the exact locations of the ceremony and reception.

Make sure you include:

• The correct year: Yes, guests are going to check. We founded Crivando in 2026 and have already seen guests get confused about whether a wedding is this year or next.
• Day of the week: A Friday wedding requires guests to request annual leave, so give them plenty of warning.
• Google Maps links: Provide the actual street address. Do not just say "near the old pub" because that is only useful if everyone knows which old pub.

If the ceremony and reception are at different venues, explicitly state the travel time and parking options for both. You do not want eighty adults trying to park their cars on the vicar's roses because the directions were vague.

The digital RSVP: Ditch the stamps and envelopes.

A digital RSVP form is the single best reason to create your own wedding website. It completely eliminates the admin of organizing physical reply cards, tracking down missing envelopes, and trying to decipher hand-written notes.

When you learn how to create a wedding website, make sure you configure your RSVP fields to collect only the essential details:

1. Guest Names: Lock the RSVP form so guests can only RSVP for the specific names listed on their invitation. This prevents uninvited plus-ones from self-registering.
2. Dietary Requirements: A single text box for medical allergies and food preferences. Keep this simple so the caterers can do their job.
3. RSVP Deadline: Set a clear deadline. "Whenever you get a chance" is not a deadline; it is an invitation to forget.

Keep the questions minimal. If your caterer doesn't need to know someone's favourite colour, neither do you.

Accommodations and travel: Keep the out-of-towners happy.

If your venue is in the countryside or requires travel, guests will need logistics details. Provide nearby airport names, driving routes, local taxi numbers, and hotel block discount codes.

Country taxi companies will not answer the phone at 11:30 PM on a Saturday. Advise guests to book their rides home at least three days before the wedding. If you are providing a shuttle, list the pickup times and locations clearly so nobody misses the bus.

Dress code and wedding registry: Clarity beats awkwardness.

Keep your dress code description simple. Write it in plain English. "Cocktail attire" is useful. "Summer garden formal with an elevated contemporary sensibility" is a cry for help. Tell guests if they need flat shoes for gravel paths or warm layers for outdoor areas.

For the wedding website registry details, include direct links to your online store registries or honeymoon cash funds. Keep the wording polite and straightforward. Guests are happy to contribute to a honeymoon fund if you make it easy, secure, and clear.

The FAQ section: Your digital customer support shield.

An FAQ page is the digital shield that protects your phone from receiving the same text message at 11:47 PM. By writing down the answers before guests ask, you save yourself hours of repetitive texting.

Check out our dedicated guide on what questions to include in the FAQ for your wedding website. Focus on the practical details that guests actually need: parking space details, children policy, plus-ones, and arrival times.

The mobile vibe check: Test it on a phone in the sun.

Here is a cold, hard truth: over 85% of your guests will check your website on their phones. They will open it while standing in a car park trying to find the entrance, or five minutes before the ceremony starts.

Because of this, how your website looks on your desktop monitor does not matter. How it performs on a small phone screen is everything.

We recommend walking outside in the sun, opening your site on your phone, and testing it. Can you read the font without squinting? Are the button touch targets at least 48x48 pixels so you can tap them easily? Never upload a photo of your invitation card as the sole source of details. Guests will have to pinch-and-zoom a blurry JPEG to read the address, which is a terrible guest experience.

Google indexing and privacy: Keeping it for invited eyes only.

You are sharing private details: your travel schedule, registry links, hotel addresses, and full names. You do not want random internet bots or search engine crawlers indexing this information.

To protect your privacy:

• Hide from Search Engines: In your website builder settings, enable the option to block search engines. This prevents Google from showing your wedding details in search results when someone searches your name.
• Global Password: Set a single, global access password (e.g., "crivandowedding") and print it on the details card of your invitation. Guests only need to enter it once, and it keeps your details secure.

Keep in mind that hiding your site from search engines means guests will not be able to search for your names on Google to find it. They must use the exact URL you provide. Read our guide on how guests can find a wedding website if they run into issues locating your page.

When to stop: Pinterest is a suggestion, not a mandate.

There is a point where website planning stops improving the wedding. If you are spending three hours deciding between two identical shades of off-white cream for your page border, you have found it.

Before finalizing your site, review our guide on choosing a wedding venue if you are still looking for locations. Keep your website simple, check the important bits off your list, and enjoy a beer instead of arguing about button border radiuses.