How to create a website with AI

There’s no denying the huge impact that artificial intelligence (AI) has had in the last few years. Industries of various kinds have been struggling to keep up with the incredible new capabilities at their fingertips, and many of the new technologies are yet to be fully deployed, implemented, and realized.

This new wave of AI began with the introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, which was soon followed by similar Generative AI tools for both text and image creation. These include Microsoft’s Bing, Google’s Gemini, Stable Diffusion’s DALL-E, and Midjourney. 

Thanks to these new developments, AI tools are now readily available for a range of purposes — such as building websites. It’s now possible to create a website with AI much faster and more easily than before. 

AI can help in building professional and visually impressive websites, with many AI website creation tools available for purchase. Alternatively, hosting providers commonly offer AI tools as part of the website creation journey, so there’s no need to spend time and money on third-party services — and more time to focus on your core project.   
Read on to find out how to use AI to build websites that look great and take your online presence further.

Building websites has become increasingly simple and accessible in recent years, but AI has brought a new dimension to an already improved technology. 

You might be wondering — what is an AI website builder?  AI powered website creation lets you to quickly complete time-consuming tasks like content generation.

With Website Builder from Namecheap, which comes free with all Shared Hosting plans, users can make use of a drag-and-drop editor, as well as import functionality for extra speed and convenience. It’s a no brainer for anyone looking for web hosting with an AI site builder.  The intuitive drag-and-drop editor allows users to create websites just how they want them to look without special skills needed, while the import functionality means they can edit existing live websites in the Website Builder platform. 

You can use Web Builder’s AI Wizard to make the most of Shared Hosting with AI tools, and generate a professional-looking website in minutes. Here’s how:

1. Go to Website Builder in cPanel.
2. Type in your business name and industry.
3. Select the tone you prefer your website to have e.g., friendly, inspirational.
4. Provide any keywords you wish to include in the text.
5. Click ‘Generate’ and an AI will create a website layout in minutes. 
6. Further customize the layout with a drag-and-drop website builder and refine your messaging with an AI-powered text generator.

If you decide that you don’t wish to publish the AI-generated site, you can choose other templates and build it yourself from scratch. Once your site is live, you can enhance user experience with an integrated AI assistant that provides multilingual customer support.

Sitejet vs. AI builder

SiteJet Builder is a low-code website builder and editor included for free with your Namecheap Shared Hosting plan. It provides an alternative to Website Builder as a tool for AI powered website creation.

Unlike Website Builder’s AI Wizard, SiteJet Builder doesn’t allow you to generate a ready-to-go website with AI prompts. However, it does offer a drag-and-drop website builder,  access to free stock content, and an AI text generator for websites that grab attention and convert.

All in all, Website Builder’s AI Wizard is best for speed, simplicity and smart website setup. Whereas SiteJet builder, with a broad selection of sleek designer templates, is best for control and customization. 

AI for WordPress

WordPress is by far the largest content management system (CMS) with 62.7% of the market, and it offers various Wordpress AI tools, plugins, and tools for website creation. 

A question asked by many is — do I still need coding knowledge to create a website with AI? 

This is how WordPress AI tools can help. 

Namecheap’s AI tool for WordPress makes the web creation process simpler and more direct for the user. It’s native in WordPress with no additional code, compatible with any plugins or addons, and it doesn’t lock users into a fixed contract. 

Similar to Website Builder, users only need to provide the basic information about their project and what’s needed in a few simple steps, then the AI tool takes them directly to where they need to go. 

From your Namecheap account, you will find our WordPress AI tool by going to:

cPanel > Softaculous > Install WordPress

Extendify is added as a preselected addon during WordPress installation in Softaculous — only available with new installations/websites. 

1. After installing WordPress, go to Site Assistant and enter your website type, name, goals, design preferences, pages, and content requirements. Your website will then be created in just a few minutes.
2. Outline your objectives in the task list, access assistance from Help Center and guided tours, and get recommendations specific to your needs. 
3. Create new website pages and edit them using the Design Library. Can you use AI with your existing website? No, you will need to create new web pages in WordPress.
4. With AI Chatbot you can generate content, such as blog posts and product descriptions. Here you can also integrate tools for SEO and editing.
5. Available with the 1.14 plugin version, the AI Writing Assistant offers ideas and suggestions for content that are specific to your project and audience. 
6. The AI Image Generator (also available with the 1.14 plugin version) creates custom images that fit your website’s theme and style. You can either choose Get Personalized Image to generate images, or the Ask AI option that creates images based on your descriptions. 

And if you have any questions about how to use the AI WordPress tool, these should all be answered in the Help Center and Tours. The AI Chatbot  is also oriented towards assistance with WordPress questions and articles — this can be found under WordPress admin > Site assistant menu. 

If you’re still looking for some extra help, there is the option to choose AI Support, which uses AI to simplify any potential issues. This service comes at an extra cost.  

AI website creation best practices

We all need to reevaluate our working practices and look at things differently in the new era of AI web builders and AI webpage generators. So here are a few useful tips to help you take the right approach and make the most of your new tools.

Know the limitations

AI has many capabilities that are way beyond human capabilities. For example, AI tools can produce all the content you need in just seconds and provide you with data-driven insights that can help to advance your business. But AI will generally be behind in terms of human inventiveness, creativity, contextual understanding, and emotional intelligence. So the best approach is to be mindful of the limitations of both human and machine, then make the most of your shared skills. 

Testing and iterating

With AI, we have almost infinite possibilities in content generated, which means we need to be careful about how we refine our prompts and searches to deliver results that meet our specific requirements. With website creation tasks mainly handled by AI, we as humans are in the unique position to make the important decisions about design, layout, and content. But don’t forget this may involve testing and adjusting to get the best possible results.

Ethical considerations

Another point to keep in mind when it comes to using AI for website creation, is that this new technology comes with some controversial issues. In some cases, generative AI programs may tend towards certain biases. There are also discussions over the legal rights to generative art when AI programs have been trained on privately-owned artworks.   

As a business that makes use of AI, it’s important to check all of the generated content before you publish it, and to be completely transparent about the way you use AI. 

What’s next for AI website creation

There are many ways in which we can use AI to create websites. As machine learning and natural language processing are developing by the day, web creation software will become more intelligent and attuned to the user experience. 
This means the tools for designing websites using AI will be more flexible and easier to use, while increased personalization will mean generated templates and content, as well as smart recommendations, will deliver closer to objectives, faster.

In the future, we can also expect to see technologies such as voice, augmented/virtual reality, and blockchain integrated into the web-building process to make it more manageable and increase security. 

An intelligent future

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is changing website creation to reduce technical requirements, so content creators can now take on the role of quickly building professional websites. 

Of course, users need to become familiar with the tools and understand that some testing and experimentation is needed to arrive at the perfect website. But the advances in AI now mean that people with limited available time can now make quick decisions about the way they want their websites to look — with no call for any external assistance.

AI can be an extremely useful tool and assistant when put to good use. Using ΑΙ to create websites is one area where these new tools can make business practices a whole lot easier.

Find out how you can make the most of AI tools with Shared Hosting from Namecheap.