How To Convert Figma To WordPress: A Step-by-Step Guide

Turning a Figma design into a WordPress website may sound complex, but it’s an important skill for web developers and designers. It’s a great tool for creating website layouts, while WordPress is one of the most popular platforms to build websites. Combining them lets you turn creative designs into fully functional websites that users can explore.

This process is important because it helps you maintain the original design while making the site easy to update and manage. Whether you’re a designer bringing your vision to life or a business owner creating a professional site, this tutorial is for you.

We show you why you should convert Figma to WordPress, the tools required, and how you can do it. By the end, you will know how to make your design work beautifully on the web.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Converting Figma to WordPress lets you convert creative layouts into fully functional websites.
• You can export all necessary assets, like images and icons, directly from your Figma design in high-quality formats.
• Organize Figma layers and use clear names to make the conversion process smoother and easy to follow.
• Write HTML and CSS code to match your Figma layout before integrating it into WordPress.
• Test your design for responsiveness to ensure it looks great on desktop, mobile, and tablet screens.
• Regularly review and adjust your WordPress site to match the original Figma design as closely as possible.
• Optimize your site for fast loading speeds by compressing images and cleaning up your code.

Why Convert Figma to WordPress?

Figma is a powerful tool for creating professional website designs. It lets you design with precision, offering features like grids, layers, and collaboration tools. This simplifies sharing your ideas with clients or team members while ensuring every detail is perfect.

Once your design is ready, WordPress is the best platform to bring it to life. It’s flexible, beginner-friendly, and offers numerous plugins to add features like contact forms, SEO tools, and more. Plus, WordPress simplifies updating your content, so your website stays fresh.

However, converting Figma to WordPress comes with challenges. You must ensure the design looks great on all devices and stays true to the original layout. You may also encounter technical steps like coding or setting up a custom theme. But with guidance, these challenges can be easily solved.

Prepare Your Figma Design for Conversion

Before you convert your Figma design to WordPress, it’s important to prepare everything correctly. This helps smooth the process and ensures your website looks great.

First, organize your Figma file. Group related layers together and name them clearly, like “Header”, “Footer”, or “Buttons”. This simplifies identifying parts of the design when you start converting. Use components for repeated elements, like icons or buttons, to update them fast if needed.

Next, check your design’s responsiveness. This means ensuring it works well on different screen sizes, like phones, tablets, and desktops. Figma’s responsive tools, like auto-layout, help you test how the design adapts.

Finally, export your design assets. Save images, icons, and other elements in the right formats, such as PNG for images and SVG for scalable icons. You will use these assets later when building the WordPress site. This also helps if any items are not imported while converting Figma to WordPress.

What You Need to Get Started

Before you turn Figma to WordPress, you’ll need a few essentials to make the process smooth and successful. They include:

Figma Account: Ensure you have a Figma account, and your finalized design is ready. This means all the design elements, like images, text, and buttons, are complete and well-organized.

Set up WordPress: To do this, either install it locally on your computer using tools like XAMPP, WAMP, or use a live WordPress hosting setup. A local setup is great for practice, while a live setup lets you publish your site directly. It’s also helpful to have a basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and WordPress. These skills will help you tweak the design and handle small adjustments.

Have Access to All Required Tools: Finally, gather the necessary tools. You’ll need a code editor (like VS Code, particularly important if you’re editing files locally), useful WordPress plugins for customizations, and possibly a framework like Bootstrap if your design is complex. Having the right tools makes the process faster and easier.

If you’re new to all this, we’ve got you covered. However, those with a Figma account and have their design ready can jump to Step 2 (we’ve numbered each step).

Step 1: Create Figma Account

Go to Figma’s official website. On the homepage, click Get started for free. It’s also available in the top-right corner.

Type in your email address and password. Then, click Create account. You can also sign up using your Google account for instant access.

Check your email inbox for a confirmation message from Figma. Click the verification link. After that, you’ll be taken to a page prompting you for your name. Fill that in and click Continue.

Now, you’ll be asked a few more questions, including:

• What kind of work do you do?
• Do any of these describe your work?
• What do you usually collaborate with?
• Have you used Figma products before?
• Want to invite some collaborators? Here, you can enter email addresses to send invites.

Figma asks these questions during account creation to personalize your experience and improve its platform. Choose what best describes you and keep clicking Continue on every step until you finish it.

After that, you’ll land on the following page where you will be asked to choose a Figma plan. Pick your required one and click Continue.

Now, you’ll see your Figma dashboard, where you can explore things.

Step 2: Design Your Page

Once on the Figma dashboard, click the Main menu dropdown in the top left corner and go to Files → New design file. This will open a blank canvas.

Press the F key on your keyboard or click the Frame tool from the toolbar.  A list of design frames will appear in the right column. Choose Desktop or any other frame that fits your design requirements.

To add a background, select the frame, go to Fill in the right panel, and choose a color that suits your brand identity.

If you want to add visuals, click on Shape tools (represented with v – a downward arrow) next to the square icon at the bottom and select Image. This opens your computer’s folder, allowing you to upload the desired image or video to the canvas. Alternatively, use the Rectangle (R) or other shapes to create buttons, headers, or layout sections.

Now, let’s add text above the image. To do that, press T or select the Text tool from the toolbar.

Now, click on the canvas and type your content. You can change font, size, color, spacing, and alignment in the right panel.

Enhance your design with tools like Pen and Pencil. You can find these under Creation tools. You can also create layers and add feedback questions for a more professional look. If you’re a developer, switch to Dev Mode using the toggle at the bottom to add CSS code. Note: this feature requires a Figma Professional Plan.

Remember, Figma automatically saves your progress, so you don’t have to save it. After finishing your design, click Play in the top-right corner to see how your design looks and behaves.

Step 3: Convert Figma to WordPress

Once you’ve finished customizing your Figma page, it’s time to transfer it to WordPress. Before proceeding, you must know 2 things:

1. What you’re converting from Figma design to WordPress – a particular block, a landing page, or a complete website.
2. Whether you wish to convert Figma to WordPress using a local environment or import it on a live website.

Considering the above two points will help you move to the next right step.

Step 3.1: Convert Figma Block/Landing Page to WordPress

Before starting, ensure your page is ready, and the frame is selected. This is essential because the conversion Figma to WordPress Block plugin requires the frame to be active for processing. Click the page to highlight the frame you wish to convert.

Then, in the Figma toolbar, click Actions. This will open a menu where you can navigate to Plugins & Widgets. Look for the Figma to WordPress Block plugin and select it. Since this is a built-in Figma plugin, you don’t need to install anything in WordPress beforehand.

A popup will show up. Click Run.

When the plugin opens, another popup will appear on your screen. Inside that, click Convert to WordPress to initiate the conversion process. The plugin will process your design and generate a preview showing how it will appear in WordPress. Review the design and ensure it matches your expectations.

Once you’re happy with the preview, click Copy to duplicate the converted design’s code or data, so it’s ready to be pasted into WordPress.

Now, sign into your WordPress Admin Dashboard and navigate to the post or page where you want to display your Figma design. Open the editor for that page or post and use the Paste option to insert the copied content into the WordPress Block Editor. Your Figma design will now appear in the editor.

After pasting the design, review the page to ensure everything looks correct. When satisfied, click Save Draft (or Save if editing an existing page) at the top to save your changes. You can also click Publish to make it live instantly. Now, visit your WordPress site and view your Figma design live and functional.

Step 3.2: How to Turn Figma into a Website?

Converting a Figma website design to a WordPress site using the Figma to WordPress plugin by Yotako is an efficient and straightforward way to bring your design to life. Below are step-by-step and detailed instructions:

Open your Figma design and go to Main menu → Plugins → Manage plugins.

Search for the Yotako Figma to WordPress plugin and click on it.

Then, click Run in the bottom-right corner.

Now, you’ll see a popup window asking you to fill in your email. Enter this, then click Start now.

Next, provide your Figma URL and click Create your website. You can get this link by clicking Share in the top right and then Copy link. Ensure anyone with a link can access this design.

Once the plugin is active, you’ll see the following screen prompting you to select a frame(s) as the main page:

In this tutorial, we chose the AboutMe_Details frame as the main page. To do this, select your frame and click Add Frame(s) as Main Page button.

Similarly, select the second frame and click Add another page. This way, you can add multiple frames, which helps you convert the Figma website to WordPress in one go.

Once you add all frames (we only add 2 in the example), click Continue.

The plugin will process your Figma design and convert it into code compatible with WordPress.  Once it’s done, click Preview.

Here, you have two options, depending on your Yotako plan. If you chose Yotako for free, click GET THIS THEME → Publish online to publish on Yotako’s hosting.

However, if you use a premium Figma to WordPress Yotako plugin, you can download this theme by navigating to GET THIS THEME → Download. Next, return to your WordPress Dashboard, go to Appearance → Themes, and click Add New Theme. Then, click Upload Theme to upload the theme you just downloaded.

Once uploaded, activate the theme to apply your Figma design to your WordPress site.

After activating the theme, go to Pages in your WordPress dashboard. You will see the pages automatically created based on your Figma design. Open these pages using the WordPress Block Editor to verify that all content has been transferred correctly. You can adjust text, images, or layout directly within the WordPress editor.

To ensure your Home page appears as the default landing page, go to Settings → Reading in your WordPress dashboard. Select A static page and pick Homepage from the dropdown menu.

To navigate, go to Appearance → Menus. Add your pages to the menu and set it as the primary navigation menu. After customizing, preview your site. Check everything works fine and displays correctly. Verify that the images, fonts, and alignment match your Figma design. Now it’s time to test responsiveness by viewing the site on mobile devices or resizing your browser window.

Once you’re satisfied with how everything looks, click Publish for each page. Your Figma design is now live as a WordPress website.

Important:

For better performance, consider optimizing your images using a plugin like Smush and installing a caching plugin like WP Super Cache. Regularly update your theme and plugins to ensure compatibility and security.

Step 3.3: Convert Figma to WordPress Local Environment

To convert a Figma design to WordPress locally, follow these detailed step-by-step instructions. This process involves setting up a local development environment, exporting your Figma design, and then importing the design into WordPress.

• Step 3.3.1: Set up Your Local Development Environment

Go to the XAMPP website and download the installer for your operating system. Double-click on the installer to run it, then follow the on-screen instructions to set up the software on your computer. Next, open the XAMPP control panel. Start Apache and MySQL modules by clicking Start next to each. Ensure both services show a green status, indicating they’re running.

• Step 3.3.2: Download WordPress

Visit the official WordPress website’s download page. Click Download WordPress x.x.x. This will download a .zip file. Once downloaded, extract it to a folder on your computer.

• Step 3.3.3: Create a Database for WordPress

To create a WordPress database, open your browser and go to the following link:

http://localhost/phpmyadmin

Click on Databases. Under Create database, enter a name for your database (e.g., wordpress_test), select collation as utf8mb4_general_ci, and click Create.

• Step 3.3.4: Move WordPress Files to XAMPP

Navigate to the htdocs folder of the XAMPP installation directory (commonly C:\xampp). Create a folder inside htdocs (e.g., wordpress). Copy the extracted WordPress files into this folder.

• Step 3.3.5: Configure WordPress

Open your browser and visit the following link:

http://localhost/wordpress (replace wordpress with your folder name if it’s different).

The WordPress setup wizard will appear. Select language, click Continue, and then Let’s go!

• Step 3.3.6: Connect to the Database

In the WordPress setup, fill in:

• Database Name: Write the name of the database you created earlier.
• Username: Enter root.
• Password: Leave it blank (default XAMPP setting).
• Database Host: Keep it as localhost.
• Table Prefix: Use wp_ or any preferred prefix.

Then, click Submit.

Now, click Run the Installation.

• Step 3.3.7: Complete WordPress Installation

Now, enter the following site information:

• Site Title: Choose a title for your local site.
• Username: Set a username for the admin account.
• Password: Create a strong password (refer to How To Password Protect A WordPress Site – The Ultimate Guide, to learn how to shield your site using a strong password).
• Your Email: Enter your email address.

Next, click Install WordPress.

Once installation is complete, you’ll see a success message. Click Log In. Use the admin credentials you set earlier to log in to the WordPress dashboard.

• Step 3.3.8: Prepare Your Figma Design

Once you reach here, ensure all elements, layouts, and assets are complete in Figma. Then, go to Main menu → Plugins → Manage plugins. Search for UiChemy and click the Figma to WordPress | UiChemy plugin to install it to export designs to WordPress.

After installation, click Proceed to Activate.

Click Get UiChemy Key.

Next, choose the UiChemy plan; in our example here, we choose a Free plan.

Log in to UiChemy account. If you don’t have it, enter your details and click Free Download. You can also sign up using your Facebook or Google accounts for quick access.

It’ll take you to the checkout page. Scroll down and click Copy to copy the key.

Return to where we activated the UiChemy plugin, paste your key, and click Activate.

Now, select your design’s top-level frame. Click Import Mode. Choose either Optimize & Convert or Express Convert based on your needs. If you’re doing this for the first time, we recommend selecting Optimize & Convert. Lastly, click Optimize & Convert to start the export process.

On the next screen, click Conversion Settings.

Enable Use Figma’s Exported Images, which means the images on your frame should be exported in the same scale. This will help you avoid unexpected issues while converting Figma to WordPress.

Then, go back and click Convert.

Next, click Live Import.

After that, click the Select Site dropdown menu, then + Add Site.

Fill in your URL and Token, then click Connect. If you need to check for these details, click HOW TO GET A TOKEN?

Choose Page from the Export to dropdown and select New from Select Method. When you do this, you export your chosen frame to a new page on your WordPress website. Click Next.

Lastly, click Import.

Now, go to the WordPress dashboard and click Pages to see if the Figma to WordPress conversion was successful. Remember, the imported pages would be in Drafts, allowing you to preview and adjust (if necessary) before going live.

Important:

We can also combine Step 3.2 and Step 3.3. How? Create a complete website design using Step 3.2 approach. Then, use the WordPress theme directory to install this theme to your website’s local environment, created in Step 3.3.

Tips & Tricks for Figma to WordPress Conversion

Organize Figma Layers

Keeping your Figma layers neat and properly named is essential for a smooth transition to WordPress. Organized layers make it easier to identify elements during the conversion process and ensure consistency in your design. This practice minimizes confusion and saves time when working with complex layouts.

Use Consistent Naming Conventions

Adopting a uniform naming convention for Figma layers, elements, and assets simplifies conversion. Clear and consistent names allow quicker identification and mapping of design elements when integrating them into WordPress. For instance, naming a layer “Header-Logo” instead of “Rectangle 1” helps maintain clarity.

Enroll in Professional Figma Courses

For beginners taking expert-led Figma courses can be incredibly valuable. These courses offer step-by-step guidance and practical tips, accelerating the learning process. By mastering Figma’s design tools and best practices, you’ll be better prepared to create designs easy to convert into WordPress.

Explore Community-Made Figma Designs

Figma’s community is a treasure trove of resources. Here, you can access pre-made designs crafted by other users. These designs are often free and provide insights into Figma’s essential structures and tools. Studying these designs helps you understand diverse scenarios and improve your workflow.

These tips simplify the Figma to WordPress conversion process and improve your design skills, making you more efficient and effective in your projects.

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