In This article, I’ll teach you how to convert your WordPress site to a Mobile App in 2 Methods, Both are great but the 2nd method is actually quite better.
Converting your WordPress site to mobile app will undoubtedly result in more profitability for your E-Commerce website or any blog, it can also serve as an extra source of revenue.
Most People opt-in to use WordPress Plugins to convert their site to an app, the free plugins just copy the look of your website and convert it to an .apk file, some versions just come with un-attractive templates that’ll make your app look boring.
The Premium plugins may require a Subscription to their parent website before you use their features or templates, either way let’s kick in to the content that lies ahead.
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3 Plugins that’ll Convert your WordPress Website to an app
- Androapp
- appful
- WPMobile.App
Androapp
Androapp will convert your WordPress website to a mobile app for free for 30 days, though they claim that they’ll create a stunning app, it’s entirely not true.
The app has themes that do not look attractive and your website most certainly look better than, the only feature I love about them is the Admob and Appnext monetization feature. Let’s take a look at more features:
- Unlimited Push Notifications
- Deep Links Support
- Save for Offline
- Caching
appful
appful let’s you convert your WordPress site to a mobile app using their WordPress App Builder. This plugin only let’s the parent website appful.io import and update your blog posts to your app.
Though the plugin is available for free, I don’t think that creating the app and launching it is, but you should try it out though.
Here are some of the notable features of the appful plugin:
- Unlimited Push Notifications
- Live Editing
- Ads Placement
- Auto YouTube video Import
- Offline Reading
WPMobile.App
This WordPress Plugin enables you to convert your WordPress Website into an app compatible for both iOS and Android, they allow you to publish your app on Google Playstore and that’ll get you more downloads.
While the WPMobile.App plugin is free, you have to create an account on the parent website and you then have to buy a license – it’s not a subscription, you only have to purchase a lifetime offer.
Some Notable Features apps created with WPMobile.App posses include:
- Automatic Updates
- Offline Content
- Unlimited Push Notifications
How to Convert your WordPress Website to an App Professionally
I remember when I started my first website, it was in the News and Entertainment Niche and most of my competitors (in my Country) had their apps on Playstore and were making extra revenue as well as reaching more people.
My Goal then was to create a professionally looking Mobile App, that’ll automatically update it’s content as I publish articles on my website – I surfed the entire internet but couldn’t find an easy way.
It later dawned on me that there was a misconception which was straying me away from my Goal, the misconception was that “I must know how to code before I use Android Studio”.
This came after I watched a YouTube Video on How to Convert your WordPress Website to an app using Android Studio and those guys were coding genius, to think that they were teaching someone like me who knows nothing in coding.
In Summary, I later found what was working for me and today I have around 7 apps on Playstore which were designed by me and remember that I don’t have any Coding Knowledge.
The Big-Time Game Changer for little me was CodeCanyon, I mean, you could literally download a pre-built app, then customize it with Android Studio.
For just $9, I secured my flutter app template for news sites then.. but that story is now over.
How then do you Convert your WordPress site to a Mobile app professionally
First of all, you either need Android Studio or Visual Studio Code Editor, these are the best 2 free Windows Software which people use to code. I personally recommend Android Studio because of it’s vast features.
Once you’ve downloaded Android Studio, you should now head over to CodeCanyon and purchase a suitable template for your site (Woocommerce, News, Marketing etc).
Here are my top Mobile App picks on Codecanyon:
- NewsPro – Flutter News App for WordPress.
- FluxNews – Flutter Mobile App for WordPress.
- WooStore Pro E-commerce – Full Flutter E-Commerce app.
- Ion Press – WordPress Native Ionic App.
- StoreX Pro – React Native E-Commerce Template.
Unzip the File you downloaded from CodeCanyon and you’ll get access to the template as well as the documentation.
The Documentation contains a step-by-step tutorial on how you should customize the app from importing the templated to exporting your app.
Bonus Tip
If you’re too busy to customize the application templates you downloaded, you might want to hire a freelancer on Fiverr.
You Just Head over to their homepage and search for ‘building mobile apps’, then contact the gig seller via inbox and tell him that you already have an app template which you want him to customize for you.
He might have to create a Gig for that if he hasn’t already and you then book the gig and deliver the details he may ask for which include: App Name, Logo, Description, Website Link, Website Categories etc.
Conclusion
I believe that after reading this article, your eyes must have been opened to exactly what you need to do in order to create a professional app for your WordPress Website.
If you have any questions, the comments section is always available for you and I’ll reply in a few minutes.
