Wedding Website Builder: 10-Minute Setup, Free Option Included
You are getting married. Congratulations. Now you need a wedding website. Somewhere to put the date, the venue, your story, the dress code, the FAQ ("yes the dog is welcome", "no the seafood is not optional"). Most wedding website tools either look like 2008 stock photos or charge you $50 a year for the privilege of a Squarespace template.
There is a faster path. Punapai ships with a wedding template specifically designed for this (countdown, story, photo, venue, FAQ) and you can have it live in about ten minutes. The free plan covers most couples up to the wedding day.
What Goes on a Wedding Website
Before opening a builder, it helps to know what you actually need. The pages that work share roughly the same structure, no matter the venue or the season:
- A hero section with names, the date, and a vibe-setting photo or simple typography.
- A countdown to the day. Useful for guests, motivating for you.
- The story. How you met, the proposal, anything you want to share.
- A photo or two of you both. Skip if you would rather keep it private.
- The details. Ceremony time, dress code, dietary options, parking, kids, pets, registry. Almost always best as an FAQ.
- The venue, ideally with a map so people know where they are headed.
That is it. You do not need an interactive seating chart or a bot that takes RSVPs. The simpler the page, the more likely guests actually read it.
The 10-Minute Build
Here is the workflow that gets a real wedding site live in roughly the time it takes to drink a coffee.
Minutes 1–2: Pick the Wedding Template
Sign up for Punapai, click New project, and choose Wedding as the page type. The template comes pre-loaded with the six sections above, plus a soft cream theme that fits most wedding aesthetics. Give the project a name (your names work fine), and you are in the editor.
Minutes 3–5: Replace the Placeholder Text
Click each block to edit. Replace the placeholder names ("Jane & John") with yours, the placeholder badge ("We're Getting Married") with whatever you actually want to say, and the story copy with how you actually met. Two paragraphs is plenty. Nobody reads more than that anyway.
If you want, swap the photo block image for one of yours. Punapai accepts uploads or URLs.
Minutes 6–7: Set the Countdown
The countdown block has a date picker. Enter your wedding date and time. The countdown updates live for visitors, so a guest checking the site three weeks before the wedding sees "21 days, 4 hours" automatically. You don't need to update anything.
Minutes 8–9: Fill in the FAQ
The wedding template ships with three example questions. Replace them with the questions your guests will actually ask. The most useful ones are usually:
- What time should I arrive?
- What is the dress code?
- Where do I park?
- Are kids welcome?
- Where are you registered? (Or: "no gifts please" if that is your call.)
- Is there a hashtag or photo policy?
You can add as many questions as you want. The FAQ block expands cleanly.
Minute 10: Set the Venue Map
The map block lets you drop a marker. Type the venue address and the marker label ("Wedding Venue", "Reception", or both as separate markers). Guests get a clickable map that opens in their phone's maps app for directions.
Hit Publish
One click. The page is live at a Punapai URL you can share immediately. If you have a custom domain (something like janeandjohn2026.com), you can attach it from the dashboard. The SSL certificate provisions automatically and the page goes live on your domain in about three minutes. The slug stays internal so guests just see janeandjohn2026.com/.
What the Free Plan Covers
One concern most couples have: what does this cost? The Punapai free plan includes:
- 2 landing pages. One for the wedding is plenty.
- 30-day page lifetime. This is the catch. Free pages expire after 30 days.
- All blocks except contact forms and email collection.
- 7-day analytics.
For a wedding 30+ days away, you can either pay $19/month for Pro (no expiry, plus 1 custom domain and email collection if you want RSVPs) or just publish the site closer to the date. Most couples upgrade in the final two months and downgrade after the wedding. That's about $40 total for a fully custom wedding site with your own domain.
What This Replaces
The traditional alternatives are:
- Wedding-specific platforms ($30–$80/year, full of upsells, sometimes ad-supported).
- Squarespace or Wix ($16–$23/month, overkill for a single page, slow editor).
- "My friend who knows web design" (free, but you owe them, and updates take a week).
Punapai sits in a different category: a fast, single-page builder that takes minutes, not afternoons, and costs about the same as a wedding card.
One Tip Most Couples Miss
Buy your custom domain before you send save-the-dates. Even if you launch the site itself a month before the wedding, owning the domain early means your stationery, signage, and emails can reference it consistently. janeandjohn2026.com on the back of a save-the-date is one of those small touches that makes a wedding feel cared-for.
Domains are about $12. The annual cost is rounding error against the rest of the wedding budget.
Get Started
The wedding template ships with sensible defaults so you can produce something good without a design background. The free plan lets you experiment without committing. And if you outgrow it, the upgrade is one click.