We’re always adding new themes to WordPress.com, and with some of these designs, you can display custom homepage messages or “calls to action.” They’re great ways to introduce yourself to new readers on your blog or portfolio, or encourage potential clients or customers to take action on your website. Here are examples of welcome messages that can inspire your own.
Steve’s message is set as the tagline, but you can display homepage messaging with Lodestar via text on your static front page.
Notable photographer Steve McCurry uses Lodestar, a free theme that beautifully displays his thematic photo essays. His front-page message is a succinct yet sweeping one-sentence summary of his work and covers an incredibly wide range of subject matter. The URL to his main website is also displayed for reference.
Steve’s body of work spans conflicts, vanishing cultures, ancient traditions, and contemporary culture alike — yet always retains the human element.
In Fortune, this introductory text is set in your static front page, which you can access in Static Front Page → Front Page in the Customizer.
The Northern Ireland Foundation, based in Belfast, promotes a shared society and encourages local community activism. Using the premium Fortune theme, the nonprofit displays a can’t-miss welcome message, just underneath their logo and menu. This introduction quickly provides context about the organization to new visitors.
Welcome
The Northern Ireland Foundation promotes a shared future in Northern Ireland, local community activism, and the exchange of international best practices.
Our vision is a shared society, in a culture of respect among all individuals and identities.
Using Qua? Set the welcome message in your Customizer by going to Theme Options → Homepage Template.
Film and art enthusiast Heidl designs album covers for soundtracks and film scores and writes about the process at HQCovers. It all started when he got an iPod over a decade ago and realized that not all of his music had album art, so he began to design the missing covers himself!
He uses the minimalist Qua theme and sets a simple message at the top. The extra styling — italicized and bold text — adds a bit of visual texture.
Hello and Welcome to HQCovers, a personal blog dedicated to the beauty and awesomeness of original and customized soundtrack artworks.
With Melody, you can position your welcome message to the left, right, or in the center (like Laura and Tim). Set it in the Customizer under Theme Options → Intro Text.
World explorers Laura and Tim document their adventures at Takatoukiter using the clean and elegant Melody theme. They display their latest posts in a front-page grid and include a message at the top.
In English, Laura and Tim’s introductory message translates to: “If you think adventure is dangerous, try sticking to a routine — it’s lethal.” The message reads like an inspirational quote or statement that encapsulates their travel philosophy.
Si vous pensez que l’aventure est dangereuse, essayez la routine elle est mortelle.
Do you have a welcome message? Have you seen great examples on other sites?
I’ve personally never been a fan of welcome messages. Mainly the ones that overlay and you need to click off on them. The ones that just sit at the top of headers I don’t give much thought. I guess I just find them unnecessary.
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I believe what you post for your page is important. Mine shows mountains, and a person on a rock jumping for joy.
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Thanks for the idea!
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Those are great suggestions. I need to look more closely at how my site looks to others.
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Oh! Thanks a ton for sharing this! I didn’t know about this feature. Will definitely be a great help! 😊
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Good post…helpful. Thanks!
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I found this to be very helpful!! I will definitely be looking at my page soon to update themes and bring readers in!! Thanks again!!
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This is really helpful. I’m defintely going to have a play around and update mine.
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Very helpful! Thank you 😊
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Done… welcome message and contact form added to blog. I hope someone stops by 🙂🤞🏻🙏🏻😉
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Educational. Thank you.
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Before I read this article I had no intention for a welcome message. You just opened my eyes. Thanks a lot.
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My blog needs a major remodel. Haha! I will keep these tips in mind.
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This did actually help me and my publishing website!
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Thanks for these great suggestions 🙂
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Love the selections! Great post!
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Nice!
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Putting a welcome message on my page, riiiight nooow. Lol.
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Extremely do-able and turn-key content. Thanks for the motivation
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I always struggle with welcome messages. I think it is because I am terrible at introductions.
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Thanks for writing this. It has given me plenty to think about for my blog.
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this is fantastic – great idea to help people understand what you’re all about – if anyone has any tips for me, would really welcome any feedback you may have!! 🙂
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I’ve wondered about this. I really like Indy Burger Guy’s site (indyburgerguy.wordpress.com), and it really fits his content. I don’t know how to make a Welcome statement work for me, though. Anything I do feels awkward, so I just haven’t done it yet.
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Thanks for the Indy Burger Guy example!
No worries if it feels awkward to create one — maybe you just haven’t figured out the words that work best to encapsulate your site or your work. It sometimes takes a long time to condense your About page or longer bio, for example, into a one-liner or just a few sentences.
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This is good advice for some applications (like blogs) however for project portfolio sites like mine, I wonder if it might be more important to display the featured content first as the home page rather than just a minimalist greeting and call to action like these examples… After all, the main call to action on a portfolio site is just to view the content of the portfolio!
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Yes, good point! Ultimately, there are different ways to set up your homepage depending on your theme/design and your goals for your site. Thanks for reading!
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Thank you!
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I like it! Gives me food for thought on how to change my look periodically.
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Yes! I have one on my site and change it periodically — it’s an easy way to refresh my front page without changing my theme/design.
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Funny to hear from you so soon. Just when I was trying out how to do that! For now – I will just post, a challenge for me with 3 blogs. If you have any quick tips – please share 🙂 I looked in help – but it’s a little cumbersome to find.
thanks again.
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What a nice way to introduce oneself. Thank you for the advice
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I love the idea, it’s cool and it could work for many of us with different businesses.
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