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How Do I Export a Figma Design to WordPress?

Last updated on November 27, 2022 @ 6:48 pm

If you’re a web designer, chances are good that you’ve used Figma to design at least some of your projects. Figma is a great tool for designing websites and web applications, and it has become increasingly popular in recent years.

But what if you want to take your Figma designs and turn them into a WordPress site? Fortunately, there’s a way to do just that.

The first step is to export your Figma design as an HTML file. To do this, go to File > Export > HTML in the Figma app. You can then choose to export the whole design, or just selected parts of it.

Once you have your HTML file, open it in a text editor such as Sublime Text or Atom. You’ll see that the file contains a lot of code, but don’t worry – we’ll only be using a small part of it.

The next step is to find the section of code that corresponds to the element you want to style. For example, if you want to style the header element, you would look for the < header > tag in the code. Once you’ve found the section of code you want to style, add the following code snippet before it:

PRO TIP: When exporting a Figma design to WordPress, it is important to be aware that WordPress does not support some of Figma’s features, including certain layer types and certain effects. Additionally, WordPress will also scale your design to fit the width of the content area, so it is important to make sure your design is sized appropriately before exporting.
.element {  
  background: #fff;  
  color: #000;  
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;  
  font-size: 16px;  
  line-height: 1.5;  
} 

Replace .element with the class or id of the element you’re styling. You can then change the background color, text color, font family, and other CSS properties to match your design.

Once you’ve added the CSS code snippet, save the HTML file and upload it to your WordPress site. You can do this by going to Appearance > Editor in the WordPress admin dashboard.

In the editor, select the theme you’re using from the dropdown menu on the right, and then click on Theme Stylesheet (style.css) in the list of files on the left. Paste your CSS code into this file and save it.

That’s all there is to exporting a Figma design to WordPress! By following these simple steps, you can easily take your designs from Figma and turn them into a beautiful WordPress site.

Now that we know how easy it is to take our Figma designs and turn them into WordPress sites, there’s no excuse not to try it out!

Dale Leydon

Dale Leydon

Sysadmin turned Javascript developer. Owner of 20+ apps graveyard, and a couple of successful ones.