Clone a Website From a URL: The Fastest Way to Get a Clean, Editable Landing Page
If you’ve ever tried to “clone a website” by copying HTML from DevTools, you’ve seen the problem: it looks okay until you change the copy, swap images, or open it on mobile.
Cloning a website from a URL should produce an editable layout, not a fragile snapshot.
This guide shows a practical workflow to go from URL → preview → clean components you can actually ship.
What you want as the output
When you clone a website from a URL, you want:
- A responsive page structure (containers, grids, spacing)
- Reusable blocks (hero, features, testimonials, pricing)
- Consistent buttons and typography
- A preview link you can share
- An export you can maintain
If your “clone” is one giant div with fixed pixels, you didn’t clone — you took a screenshot in code.
The workflow
1) Clone the structure, then normalize
Good clones capture the structure quickly. Next, normalize:
- Replace fixed widths with max-width containers
- Convert repeated elements into components
- Standardize spacing and radius tokens
- Remove absolute positioning unless it’s essential
2) Run the content stress test
Change the copy before you polish. Try:
- 2× longer headline
- 3-line feature descriptions
- Fewer or more cards
If the page stays stable, it’s ready for styling.
3) Make it yours
Replace everything that makes it feel like someone else’s brand:
- Colors + font choices
- Images and icons
- Microcopy and section ordering
The goal is to borrow layout patterns, not identity.
4) Ship with SEO basics
If you want the clone to rank, you need:
- One H1 and sensible H2s
- Unique title/description
- Internal links to key pages
- A sitemap
These are small changes with big compounding effects.
If you want to do this in one sitting: start a preview from a URL, then ask the agent for specific edits like “tighten the hero”, “add a pricing section”, and “make it more premium”. Start here: Create an account.
Start cloning with Kloner
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