Add to Home Screen & Progressive Web App vs Starter Templates

🌟 Captivate your mobile visitors with a beautiful, customizable prompt on iOS and Android, encouraging them to add your site to their home screen. 🚀 Your site instantly transforms into a fast, smooth Web App, delivering a native-like mobile experience without the cost of building an app. 🛠️ Works seamlessly on both single-site and multisite installations. Network-wide settings are available for consistent configuration across all subsites. Perfect for blogs, businesses, e-commerce, online courses and WordPress multisite networks. 📺 Watch the quick video introduction Why Choose This Plugin? Engage Mobile Users: Prompt visitors to save your site as an app-like icon on their phone, keeping them coming back. Cross-Platform Support: Works on Safari and Chrome for iOS, as well as Chrome for Android, ensuring maximum compatibility across mobile devices. Cost-Effective: Build an app-like experience with WordPress and Progressive Web App (PWA) standards—no need for native iOS or Android app development. Multisite Ready: Seamlessly applies PWA settings across all subsites in a WordPress multisite network. Free & Pro Options: Start with robust free features and unlock premium capabilities for advanced customization and analytics. 2025 Update: Enhanced performance, improved multisite support, and new Pro features to make your PWA shine! Fully compliant with WordPress standards and optimized for the latest devices. 2026 Update: Fully adapted to the new Safari iOS share sheet flow (iOS 16.4+), which requires additional steps to reach “Add to Home Screen”. Free Features Customizable Floating Balloon: Display a stylish prompt on iOS and Android with tailored messages, animations, and delays. PWA Basics: Enable core Progressive Web App functionality with a manifest for standalone app-like behavior. Multisite Support: Customize PWA settings, iOS floating balloon, and Android install button consistently across all subsites in a WordPress network. Touch Icon: Add a custom icon (192×192 or 512×512 PNG) for the home screen. Flexible Display Options: Show the balloon on all pages or just the homepage, with settings for returning visitors. Animations & Timing: Choose from drop, bubble, or fade animations, and set start delays and lifespans. Built-in Translations: Includes English, French, and German translations, with support for custom message translations via WPML, Polylang, Loco Translate, and more. Clean Uninstall: Safely remove the plugin with a proper data cleanup option to keep your site tidy. Lightweight & Fast: Built with performance in mind, using the proven Cubiq Add to Home Screen script. Premium Features (Pro Version) 🌟 Upgrade to the Pro version at tulipemedia.com for next-level PWA power: – Loading Spinner: Display a smooth, customizable loading spinner while your app content loads — fully integrated with your brand colors. – Pull to Refresh: Offer users a native-like refresh gesture on your Web App, just like on real mobile apps. – Bottom Navigation Bar: Enhance your PWA with a sleek, customizable bottom bar featuring Back, Forward, and Share buttons — for a smoother and more app-like mobile experience. – Dashboard PWA Support: Add the WordPress admin dashboard as a web app for quick mobile access — ideal for logged-in users or clients who need fast, app-like access to the WordPress backend. – Advanced Prompts: Fine-tune dashboard prompts for iOS and Android, with custom messages and icons. – Installation Tracking: Monitor how many users add your PWA to their home screens with detailed stats (GDPR-compliant, anonymized data). – Custom Colors & Spinner: Personalize the top bar and loading spinner color for a branded experience. – Custom Icons: Upload unique icons for frontend balloons and dashboard prompts. – Enhanced Multisite: Manage Pro settings at the network level for consistent PWA behavior across subsites, or customize per subsite for unique configurations. – Clean Uninstall: Safely remove the plugin (free and Pro) with a proper data cleanup option to keep your site tidy. Ready to elevate your PWA? Get Pro now at tulipemedia.com! 🌟 Demos Free Version: See it in action on tulipemedia.com (load on a mobile device for the full experience). Pro Version: Experience the Pro version on merco6.com (mobile view recommended). You’ll see the custom top bar color and loading spinner in action — both are fully customizable in the Pro version. Video Demo: Watch the demo video Who’s This For? Bloggers wanting to keep readers engaged on mobile. Businesses aiming for a native app-like experience without the cost. Online course creators & educators selling courses or training to engage learners on the go. Multisite network admins seeking a unified PWA solution. Content-Driven Businesses—coaches, trainers, content creators, researchers, journalists, educators, and consultants seeking to engage mobile audiences with a seamless Progressive Web App. Contribute 🌐 Translate: Help make the plugin accessible worldwide! Contribute translations at WordPress Translate. Donate: Support ongoing development with a coffee! ☕ Donate now. Rate Me: Love the plugin? Share a 5-star review on WordPress.org to help others discover it. Follow Me: Stay updated on Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, or YouTube. Credits Developed with ❤️ by Ziyad Bachalany. Uses the Cubiq Add to Home Screen script by Matteo Spinelli (MIT License). Support Need help? Visit our support page for documentation, FAQs, and contact options. Upgrade to the Pro version at tulipemedia.com. License This plugin is licensed under GPLv2 or later. The included Cubiq Add to Home Screen script is released under the MIT License: MIT License for Cubiq Script Copyright (c) 2013 Matteo Spinelli, https://github.com/cubiq/add-to-homescreen Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Website Templates, Page Templates and Block Patterns for WordPress Starter Templates is a growing library of 300+ ready-to-use website templates for WordPress. Import a complete website design, a single page template, or an individual section, in one click. Every template works with any WordPress theme, and with the page builder you already use: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Spectra, or the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). 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You can import at three levels: Full website templates: Every page, menu, and setting for a complete site Page templates: A single page design dropped into your existing site Sections and block patterns: Individual layouts added to any page Preview any template as a live demo before you import it, so you always know what you are getting. Realistic Templates for Every Business Starter Templates goes beyond stunning design. It delivers readymade website templates specifically crafted with your business in mind. Launching an eCommerce store? We have a diverse selection of store templates to get you selling in no time. Creating a business website? We have dozens of professional-quality designs ready for you to make your mark. No matter your industry or niche, we have a template that perfectly aligns with your vision. Free Elementor Templates A fan of Elementor? Look no further. Starter Templates offers a vast collection of professionally designed Elementor templates, with more than 300 Elementor templates available. Import entire websites built with Elementor, individual page templates, or specific blocks to enhance your site’s layout and design. Then just drag, drop, customize, and launch your website. WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg) Templates The WordPress block editor is changing the game for website creation, and building from scratch is still slow. Starter Templates offers a large library of readymade Gutenberg templates, block patterns and page layouts, all editable natively in the block editor. Hundreds of Sections and Block Patterns Every section is built for a specific use-case. A hero to open a landing page, a pricing table for a service business, a testimonial layout for social proof, a team grid for an about page. Drop one into any page and the layout, spacing and styling are already handled. Swap the text and images, and the section is done. Want to customize your website design to make it truly unique? Use sections, block patterns and layouts to add your personal style. Available sections include: Hero, Page Header, About, Services, Features, Contact, Why Choose Us, Call To Action, Portfolio, Gallery, Testimonials, Pricing, FAQ, Team, Statistics. Templates That Install the Plugins They Need Depending on the type of template you import, Starter Templates also installs the plugins that template needs to work. Import a booking template and the plugins that provide booking are set up for you. Import an online store template and the eCommerce plugins come with it. You do not need to go hunting for another plugin after importing a template, because the design arrives ready to run. AI-Integrated Adaptive Design Library Personalize blocks and patterns to match your website style with the power of AI. The design library within the Starter Templates plugin is integrated with AI and royalty-free image repositories. All elements come pre-populated with relevant text and images that you can easily customize to match your brand. Lightning Fast Websites Starter Templates prioritizes speed and efficiency without compromising quality. Pages created with Starter Templates have efficient, clean code and are free from unnecessary elements. This means faster load times and a smoother experience for visitors on any browser or device. AI Website Builder Alongside the template library, Starter Templates includes an AI website builder. Describe your business and the AI selects a design, generates professional copy, and curates visuals to match your brand, producing a complete website in under two minutes, which you then edit like any other template. Follow the steps below: Enter the name of your website and select the type of website you’re creating (portfolio, business site, landing page, or something else). Describe your business. Use AI to refine your description prompt if you need to. 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Training Videos We offer a range of comprehensive training videos designed to complement our templates. They provide the knowledge and skills necessary to build, launch, and maintain your website. Types of Websites You Can Create Starter Templates is perfect for building websites for: personal branding, restaurants, service providers, nonprofits and charities, events, startups, local businesses, wellness businesses, landing pages, lead generation websites, eCommerce stores, blogs, manufacturing businesses, and any other type of WordPress website. There’s no limit to what you can create. Please note: To access AI-generated templates and websites, you’ll need a ZipWP account. Signing up is quick, easy, and 100% free. Fun Facts About Starter Templates ✓ Over 5,000 websites are built with Starter Templates every day. ✓ The plugin has been installed on more than 2 million websites. ✓ Starter Templates has more than 4,500 five-star reviews. ✓ Our team of dedicated full-time WordPress experts help and support hundreds of users daily. ✓ A devoted team of full-time designers keeps the design library up to date. ✓ Our plugin offers more than 150 free Elementor templates. ✓ You can import a complete website, individual page, or section of a page in seconds.