Published May 24, 2023, 4:20 p.m. by Violet Harris
Are you in the process of making a car rental website with wordpress? If so, then you've come to the right place! In this article, we will show you how to make a car rental website with wordpress in a simple and easy way.
First, you need to purchase a domain name and hosting for your website. We recommend using Bluehost because they are one of the largest and most popular web hosting companies in the world. Plus, they offer a free domain name and a free SSL certificate when you sign up for their hosting plans.
Once you have your domain name and hosting, the next step is to install wordpress. wordpress is a free and open source content management system (CMS) that you can use to create a website or blog.
After installing wordpress, the next step is to choose and install a wordpress theme for your car rental website. There are many great themes available for car rental websites. However, we recommend using the Rentalcars theme because it is specifically designed for car rental websites.
Once you have installed the Rentalcars theme, the next step is to install the following plugins:
WPForms – This plugin will allow you to create forms and surveys for your website.
Google Maps – This plugin will allow you to add maps to your website.
Contact Form 7 – This plugin will allow you to create contact forms for your website.
These are just some of the essential plugins that you will need to create a car rental website with wordpress.
After installing all the necessary plugins, the next step is to create your car rental website's pages. The pages that you will need to create include:
Homepage – This is the page where you will showcase your best car rental deals.
Rental Page – This is the page where your visitors can view all the available cars for rent.
Contact Page – This is the page where your visitors can contact you for more information.
Now that you have created all the necessary pages for your car rental website, the next step is to add content to your pages. For the homepage, we recommend adding a carousel of images with your best car rental deals.
For the rental page, we recommend adding a list of all the available cars for rent. Each car should have its own page with more information about the car, such as rates, features, and photos.
For the contact page, we recommend adding a contact form so that your visitors can get in touch with you.
Now that you have created your car rental website with wordpress, the next step is to promote your website. The best way to promote your car rental website is to use SEO (search engine optimization).
There are many factors that go into SEO, but the most important thing is to make sure that your website is properly optimized for the search engines. One of the best ways to do this is to install the Yoast SEO plugin.
Once you have installed the Yoast SEO plugin, the next step is to configure it properly. We have a complete guide on how to configure Yoast SEO for beginners.
After configuring Yoast SEO, the next step is to start promoting your car rental website on social media. The best way to do this is to create social media accounts for your website and share your content on a regular basis.
If you follow these steps, you will be well on your way to creating a successful car rental website with wordpress.
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hi guys today we are going to see how
you can create a car rental website
let's say you have a car Intel business
and you want to create a website where
your customers can book a car right from
your site you can do that easily by
watching this video so after watching
this video you'll be able to create a
website like this and if a visitor wants
to book a car they can select the pickup
location
now here we can select the date and time
when they want the car and they can
select the return date and time of the
car
now if they click fine
they'll get all the cards available on
the day they selected now if they like
any car they can click here and see all
the information of the car now if the
visitor wants to book the car they can
click pay now
then fill up these details
and make payment to book their car
once your customer books a car on your
site you'll receive an email
notification like this
where you can see all the details about
the customers booking
so you can directly connect with them
and provide details about the booking
okay next we'll also see how you can
provide extra add-ons to your customers
like this which they can select with
their car
finally we'll also see how you can
easily customize your site to any style
you want now the best part is your site
will be optimized for mobiles and
tablets so your site will look good on
any device
okay so creating a current website can
help you get more customers and it will
also help you to improve and build your
brand image so make sure you watch this
video till the end to learn how to do it
now this video is not sponsored but it
is supported by those of you who
purchased our courses and ready-made
website templates you can learn more
about these by clicking the links in the
description I am harshit from website
Runners and let's get started now to
create a car Intel website we are going
to do two parts the first part is to
launch your website
now this is where you get a new website
live on the internet
now we are going to launch our site
using maker WP maker WP is a platform
designed by website learners where
anyone can launch their dream site in
one click
so instead of spending hours and hours
setting up your website and getting it
to work the way you want you can simply
launch the ready-made website which is
designed by us every template is built
with WordPress and has all the
essentials installed and ready to go so
you launch the site add your content and
branding and you're good to go you can
put your website into action in no time
just click the link below this video
and it will take you to this page now
just scroll down
and here you'll find the car Intel
website template now to see how this
site looks just click demo
and here you can see the Complete Car
Rental website that we are going to
launch
so to get this car rental website just
click launch site
and then enter your details
and click next
and enter these details
now enter your payment details
and click order now
and now we have successfully purchased
the website
now to launch our site let's scroll down
and click launch new site
and now it will take you to this page
now here enter the website address that
you want I am going to enter rent your
rights now once you have entered your
url you can see your car rental website
has already been selected so now scroll
down
and click launch new website
and as you can see our brand new website
has been launched so now if you click
visit
you can see that we have got the exact
site that we saw on the website name
that we selected
okay
now this is just a temporary link for
your site you can easily change this to
your own.com domain we'll see how you
can do that later in this video
okay so once you have launched your site
next let's go to part two of this video
where we see how you can add your own
cards to this site
now if you go to our site and then go to
this page
you can see that we have the sample cars
here
now how do you add your own cards
so to add your own cards we are going to
do four steps the first step is to login
to the admin area of our website
so to log into the admin area all you
have to do is just go back to maker WP
and then click admin
and as you can see we are now logged
into WordPress this is the place where
you can control your entire website
OK once you've logged in next let's go
to step 2 which is to purchase the car
rental theme
now in make your WP you will get the car
Intel theme which has the entire website
setup and the hosting now to book a car
on our site and to make this site work
properly we need to get the theme
license separately only then you'll be
able to list your own cars and help your
customers book a car from your site at a
particular date and time so to purchase
the theme just click the link below this
video
and it will take you to this site this
is the theme that we are going to use on
our site to purchase it let's click add
to cart
and click go to checkout
now it will ask you to create an account
so let's fill up these details
and click create account
and your account will be created now
here enter the billing details
now click save and continue
select your payment method
I am going to select card
so let's enter the card details
and click pay
we have now successfully made the
payment and purchased the theme once you
have purchased the theme now you need to
activate the theme owner site
so let's go back to our dashboard and
here click Motors
and then click activate
now it will take you to this page click
login
and click approve
now here the license key will be
generated automatically
let's click activate
as you can see our car rental theme has
been activated
once you have activated the theme next
let's go to step 3 which is to delete
the sample cards
so to delete it go to products
now here you can see all the sample cars
and features which we have on our site
so to delete it just click here to
select all
and then click here and select move to
trash
now if you click apply
you can see that we have now deleted all
the sample cards
now if you go back to your site
you can see that we have these sample
cards
now click refresh
you can see that all the sample cards
have been deleted which means you can
now add your cards
once you have deleted all the sample
cards next let's go to the final step
which is to add your own cards so to add
your own cards let's go back to our
WordPress dashboard and click add new
now to add your cards all you have to do
is just enter the car name here
I am going to enter maruti Suzuki Swift
now scroll down
and here enter the stock quantity of the
car I am going to enter 2.
and then select what type of gear does
your car have I am going to select
automatic
now select the fuel type I am going to
select petrol
and here enter the number of seats and
the mileage of the car
then enter the price and description of
the car
now in the same way you can add the
other details you want once you have
entered all the details next let's see
how you can add the car image this is
the main image which will appear on your
site like this
so to add the image just click set
product image
now drag and drop an image from your
computer
as you can see the image has been added
now here by default the product category
will be created let's select it
once you have done
click publish
now if you go back to our site
and click refresh
you can see that we have got the car we
just added and now if you click here
you can see all the details which we
have entered
so we have now successfully added the
car to our site now in the same way you
can add multiple cars you want okay next
let's see how a customer can book a car
from your site so to check that just
like a customer would do let's go to our
site
now here they need to select the pickup
office address so just click here you
can see that we don't have any option to
select the pickup office address
okay now let's say you have many
branches for your business in different
locations and you want to add all the
office address on your site how can you
do that so next let's see how you can
add your office address to do that let's
go back to our WordPress dashboard
then go to offices
and click all offices
and then click add new
here enter the place where your office
is located
and enter your office address here
now here you need to enter the latitude
and longitude of your location
to get that let's open Google Maps here
enter your office address
and press enter
as you can see the office address has
been located on the Google Maps now just
right click here
you can see that we have got the
latitude and longitude just click on it
to copy
and it will be copied now let's open the
notepad and then paste it here
now this is the latitude and this is the
longitude
now let's go back to our site
so let's just paste it here
once you are done enter the phone number
and working hours
and click publish
OK in the same way you can add all the
other office addresses next we need to
assign the cars to the office address we
created so that when a customer books a
car they will be able to see which cars
are available for that particular office
address to do that let's go to products
and click all products
here you can see the car which we added
on our site now to add the car to our
office address click edit
and scroll down
here you can see the place where your
office is located so let's select it
and the office address will be added
once you have done click update
now let's go back to our site and click
refresh
now if you click here
you can see that the office address has
been added okay now let's continue to
book a car select the office location
next select the date and time to book
your car so that your customer can pick
the car on the date and time they
selected
then select the return date and time of
the car
now if you click find
here you can see all the cars data
available on the date you selected
select the car you want and click pay
now
scroll down
and click continue
now here fill up these details
once you have entered these details here
you can see that we have no payment
option
so in order to allow your customers to
pay for your service you need to set up
a payment method so next let's see how
you can add a payment method to your
site now we are going to use strike
which is a popular payment method so to
add stripe payment to your website you
need to create an account on stripe so
once you create an account you will be
able to receive payments directly to
your bank account when someone books a
card so to create your stripe account
let's go to Wordpress dashboard
and click WP payments
and then click connect
and it will take you to stripe.com now
to create an account on Skype enter your
email ID
and click continue
now enter your password
then click continue
and your account will be created
now in order to receive payments from
this account you need to enter these
details
so just click here
and select your business type I am going
to select individual
then click continue
now here enter your details
and click continue
then you need to enter your business
details first select your industry type
as my business is based on car Intel
website I am going to search for car
rental as you can see we have got the
option let's select it
now to receive payments through my
website I am going to select this option
now here you can enter the website link
let's go back to our site
now copy this link
and paste it here
then enter a description about your
product once you are done click continue
and here enter your bank details where
you want to receive your payments
so now when someone books a car on your
site and makes a payment that money will
be sent to this bank account
once you have entered these details
click continue
now here you can see a preview of all
the details you have entered have a look
at these details and click submit
foreign
submit it will take you to a WordPress
dashboard
now here click save
now go here and click on payments
and it will take you to this page
now here enable the payment options you
want on your website I am going to
enable these
and click save
and as soon as you click save your
stripe account will be connected with
your website so this means a payment
setup is now complete so now we have
successfully added our payment method to
check that now if you go back to our
site
and click refresh
then if you scroll down
you can see that the payment method has
been added okay now let's continue to
book a car so enter your card details
then click here
and now if they click place order
their order will be placed on our site
once the customer placed the order
now if they open their inbox
you can see that they have received a
mail now if you open it
you can see we have all the details
about the order
okay so this is how your customer can
book a car on your website now once the
customer books a car on your site how do
you know that you have received an order
as soon as your customer books a car on
your site if you go to your inbox
you can see that we have received an
email now if you open it
here you can see the details of the
booking Now using these details you can
directly contact your customer
you can also view the order details on
the admin dashboard to check that let's
go back to Wordpress dashboard then go
to woocommerce and click orders
now if you click here
you can see all the details about the
booking
so now you can go ahead and confirm the
booking using the order details
okay now let's say you want to add extra
feature to your car like navigation
system child c seat belt remainders Etc
how can we do that to do that let's go
to products
then click add new
now here enter the feature name you are
going to add as I am going to add child
seat
so let's enter that
now scroll down
then click here
and select car Option
then enter its price and description
now to add the image of the feature
click set product image
and then drag and drop the image you
want
as you can see the image has been added
once you have done click publish
now let's go back to our site and click
refresh
now if you click pay now
you can see that the feature has been
added in the same way you can add all
the other features you want on your car
and if the customer wants to add these
features to their booking they can just
click add
and it will be added along with their
price
okay now in the same way you can add
other features to your car next let's
see how you can update the stock
availability of your car so that when
someone books a car the other customers
won't be able to book their car on the
same date and time to do that let's go
back to our WordPress dashboard then go
to products
now click edit
scroll down
and here enter the stock quantity
then click update
now if there are no stocks and if
someone books on the same time they will
not be able to book the car
so to check that let's try to book a car
on our site
so let's go back to our site
now click here
and select the office
and if we select the same date which we
selected before
then click find a vehicle
as you can see that it says car is being
already booked which means another
customer won't be able to book a car on
the same date and time okay now if you
go to this page
you can see that we have the Pana option
now instead of this what if you want a
pay later option so that your customer
will be able to make payment after the
arrival of the car so next let's see how
you can add a pay later option to do
that first we need to enable the cash on
delivery option on our site so to enable
it let's go back to Wordpress dashboard
then go to woocommerce
and click settings
then click payments
now here you can see that we have the
cash on delivery option so just enable
it
and click save
once you've enabled it
next we need to enable pay later option
to all the cards we added earlier to do
that let's go to products
now here you can see all the products we
added click edit
scroll down
click here
and select variable product
then go to attributes
now click here
and select payment methods and then
click add
now to add the pay later option click
select all
and click here
and then click save
next you need to set the price for pay
now and pay later option
so click variations
and click here
and then select this
now click go
then click ok
now to set the price for pay later click
here
now here enter the price of the car for
each day
and click here
and select pay later
and then enter the description
now select the payment method I am going
to select cash on delivery
okay now in the same way you can set the
price and payment method for the painter
option
once you have done
click save
then click update
now if you go back to our site
and click refresh
you can see that pay later option has
been added
now if your customer clicks pay later
and clicks continue
and if they scroll down you can see that
we have got the cash on delivery option
so this is how you can set the pay later
option to your website
next let's see how you can edit the
contents of your website
so to edit any page of your site just
click WP Bakery page builder
and now you'll get this editing section
now let's say you want to change this
image to change the image all you have
to do is just go here
and then click the pencil icon
and then you'll get this tab now click
design options
then click this plus icon
now drag and drop the image you want
and click save
as you can see the image has been added
in the same way you can change any image
on your site
now to change any text on your site just
go here
and click this pencil icon
now select the text
and start typing anything you want
and click save
and the text will be changed in the same
way you can edit any text you want on
this page
once you have done all the changes click
update
now if you go back to our site
and click refresh
you can see that all our changes have
been applied
now if you want to change the logo for
your site
just go to your dashboard
then go to theme options
and click header
and then click logo and title
here you will see the logo option now to
add your logo just click replace
and then drag and drop your logo here
once you have done that click save
and the logo will be added
now if you go back to our site
and click refresh
you can see that we have now got our
logo okay so now you know how you can
edit any page on your site now here you
can see that our website address ends
with makerwp.com now instead of this
what if you want a simple address like
this which looks more professional you
can do that by getting a domain name for
your site so next let's see how you can
get a domain name so to get it just go
to the video you're watching right now
and click the link in the description
and this will take you to
appspacekit.com where you can buy your
domain name now here enter the name that
you want for your website
I am going to enter into your rights.com
now if you click search
you can see that this domain name is
available so once you find a name which
is available to get this name for your
website just click add to cart
then click continue
and now it will ask you to select the
hosting plan as we already have our
hosting on maker WP so let's click skip
here
and you will get this card page now here
you can see that we are getting our
domain name for one year
and after one year you need to renew to
keep using it so to get this domain
let's fill up these details
and enter your payment details
once you are done now click order now
and you can see that we have made our
payment
now let's click here
then click domains
you can see that we have got our domain
so once you've got your domain now how
do you connect this domain with your
website
so next let's see how you can connect
this domain to our website which we just
built
so to connect this domain we are going
to do two steps the first step is to add
this domain to your website so to add
the domain let's go to makerwp.com
and then go to domains
now here you need to enter the domain
name which you purchased so I am going
to enter into your rights.com once you
have entered your domain
let's go to the final step which is to
add this IP address to your domain so to
add it let's go to this tab
and then click manage DNS
now click here
now next to the a record here we need to
add our IP address which is shown here
so let's go back to this page
and then copy this IP address
then come back to our domain and paste
the IP address here
and we are done so let's click save
changes
now let's go back to make your WP
and click connect domain
and now we have successfully connected
our new domain to our website so let's
check it
now if you open a new tab
and type our new domain name which is
rent your rights.com and press enter
you can see that we have got our car
Intel website which we just created
and if you scroll down
you can see the car which we added so
now your visitors can just go to your
domain name to access your site and view
the cards
so this is how you can get a domain name
for your site so that's it guys now you
know how you can create a car rental
website now if you're ready to make your
website just click the link below this
video and it will take you to make your
WP where you can launch your site and
start building your car Intel website
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button to see more videos from us thanks
for watching I'll see you in the next
video till then take care bye bye
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