Template to Page

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  markgosling945fda7711 · Member · Jan 3, 2026 at 8:21 pm

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  I have a number of templates that I have been slowly customising for my website using Elementor. I can view them as pages while I’m logged in, and I have published them, but I can’t find where they are published. I would like to find the public URL for the home page, or some way of finding it and more to the point, I would really like to know how to turn the template file into a page. I see the same question was asked a few years ago, but the fix was not explained.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  markgosling945fda7711 · Member · Jan 3, 2026 at 8:29 pm

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  Just to be clear, the WordPress site is being built in the background of http://www.cardiffbsac.org at http://www.cardiffbsac.org/WordPress/ but the forum strips out the last part of the url.

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  filipmilicdev · Member · Jan 4, 2026 at 4:46 pm

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  In Elementor, templates and pages are different things.
  A template is just a design layout and does not have its own public URL, even if it is published.

  To make your template a real page:

  1. Go to Pages → Add New
  2. Click Edit with Elementor
  3. Click the folder icon
  4. Open My Templates
  5. Insert your template
  6. Publish the page

  That page will now have a public URL and can be used as the homepage.
  
  To use it as the homepage:
  Settings → Reading → A static page → select your page as Homepage → Save

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  markgosling945fda7711 · Member · Jan 4, 2026 at 6:10 pm

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  Thank You, That was the perfect solution and nicely explained!