How to make a portfolio website in WordPress using Elementor for FREE 2025

In this tutorial, I will show you how to make a Responsive WordPress website using Elementor for FREE. This is a complete step-by-step tutorial. In this tutorial I will make this full website from scratch using Elementor, also I will provide the ready template file download link, so if you don’t have time to watch the full step-by-step process you can use it. Now let’s have a look into some basic steps

Step 1 : Purchase Domain & Hosting. If you already have domain and hosting, you can skip this part.

Step 2 : Install wordpress.

Step 3: Install Theme (OceanWP).

Step 4: Install all necessary Plugins (Elementor, ElementsKit Lite, MetForm, My Sticky Bar, Portfolio for Elementor & Image Gallery)

Step 5: Create home page and set some global settings.

Step 6: Add custom CSS code.

Step 7: Download Templates and Import.

Step 8: Create Portfolio pages

Step 9: Create a contact form and add settings

Step 10: Configure header and footer

Step 11: Set home page as default page.

CSS Code

:root{
	/****all custom color****/
	--White: #ffffff;
	--Light_purple: #8750F7;
	--dark_purple: #2A1454;
	--purple_bg: #0F0715;
	--black_bg: #050709;
}

.grad{
background: linear-gradient(to right, var(--Light_purple) 0%, var(--White) 100%);
        -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  }
.img_hover_color:hover img{
	border-color:var(--Light_purple) !important
}
.service_hover:hover .elementor-heading-title{
	color: var(--White) !important;
}
.service_hover:hover .e-font-icon-svg {
	transform:rotate(-90deg);
	fill: var(--White) !important;
}
.elpt-portfolio-filter .portfolio-filter-item.item-active {
	background: #2A1454;
}
/* Gradient bg */
.gradient_bg_right::after {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	right: 0;
	width: 322px;
	height: 308px;
	border-radius: 50%;
	filter: blur(150px);
	margin-right: -5%;
	margin-top: -5%;
	background: var(--Light_purple);
}

.gradient_bg_center::after {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	top: 50%;
	right: 45%;
	width: 322px;
	height: 308px;
	border-radius: 50%;
	filter: blur(150px);
	margin-right: -5%;
	margin-top: -5%;
	background: var(--Light_purple);
}
.gradient_bg_img img{
	z-index: 1;
	position: relative;
}
.gradient_bg_img ::before {
	content: "";
	position: absolute;
	bottom: 0;
	left: 0;
	width: 322px;
	height: 308px;
	border-radius: 50%;
	filter: blur(150px);
	margin-right: -5%;
	margin-top: -5%;
	background: var(--Light_purple);
}

.elpt-portfolio-filter .portfolio-filter-item {
	background: #050709;
}
.skill_hover:hover .elementor-image-box-title {
	color: var(--Light_purple) !important;
}
.skill_hover:hover .elementor-image-box-img img{
	filter:saturate( 100% ) !important;
}
#mobile-dropdown {
	background-color: var(--purple_bg) !important;
}
#mobile-dropdown ul li a {
	text-align: center !important;
}
a:hover, a:active, a:focus {
  outline: 0 !important;
}
.page-header {
	padding: 120px 0 36px 0;
	display: none;
}

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