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The wizard does three things: install Elementor, import four demo pages, and wire up your reading settings and menu. Each can fail independently.

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Elementor will not install

A plugin conflict, or a nonce failure. Open the browser console and look for a JavaScript error. If you recently installed a plugin, deactivate it and retry.
Usually the host blocking outbound requests to downloads.wordpress.org, or a filesystem permission problem. Install it manually as a workaround, and ask your host about the restriction.
Almost always a PHP memory or version issue. Check Tools → Site Health → Info → Server.

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Install Elementor manually

The wizard’s automatic install is a convenience, not a requirement.
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Go to Plugins → Add New

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Search for Elementor

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Install, then Activate

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Reload the wizard

Appearance → Vara SaaS Setup. Step 1 now shows as complete.
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Run step 2

Click Import demo content.
Do not attempt the automatic install repeatedly. Each attempt calls WordPress’s plugin upgrader, which requires the install_plugins capability and a valid nonce. Repeated failures usually indicate a permissions or host-restriction problem that will not resolve itself.

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The import fails

Almost always a permissions problem. WordPress needs to write to the database and to wp-content/uploads/. Check that your host’s PHP has write access, and that file permissions are correct.
The import timed out mid-way. Re-run it — the theme reuses pages it already manages rather than creating duplicates.
Usually Elementor’s cache was not cleared, or the Elementor data failed to write. Re-run the import, then Elementor → Tools → Regenerate CSS & Data.
Elementor is not installed or not active. The import requires it.

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Pages render blank after a successful import

This is the most common “successful” import failure, and the fix is usually Elementor’s cache.
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Regenerate Elementor's CSS and data

Elementor → Tools → Regenerate CSS & Data.
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Open the page in Elementor

Pages → Home → Edit with Elementor. Confirm the content loads in the editor. If it does, the data is fine and it is a front-end cache issue.
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Clear every cache

Page cache, object cache, CDN, and your browser’s cache.
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Check your front page setting

Settings → Reading must show A static page with Home selected, or the homepage template will not render the Elementor layout.
If Settings → Reading → Your homepage displays is set to “Your latest posts”, your homepage renders the blog, not the Elementor layout. This is the single most common reason for “the import said it worked but my homepage is my blog”.

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The contact page form is empty

Expected, and not a bug.
The demo Contact page contains a Contact Form 7 shortcode with a hardcoded form ID that was valid only on the original author’s site. On your install no such form exists.
Fix:
  1. Install and activate Contact Form 7
  2. Create a form at Contact → Contact Forms
  3. Open the Contact page in Elementor
  4. Replace the Contact Form 7 widget with a new one and select your form
Full instructions: Contact Form 7.

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Pages were created but the menu is wrong

Check Appearance → Menus → Settings → Primary Menu and confirm a menu is assigned. See Header and menus.
You likely ran the import while a stale menu existed. Edit the menu and remove duplicates.

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Front page settings are wrong

Check Settings → Reading against this:

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Re-running the import

You can run it again at any time.
Re-running overwrites the Elementor content of Home, About, Services, and Contact, and it re-applies the reading settings and menu. Save your work first — ideally as an Elementor template.

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If nothing works

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Check Site Health

Tools → Site Health → Status — it names most permission and PHP issues directly.
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Check file permissions

wp-content/ and wp-content/uploads/ should be writable by your web server user.
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Check for a conflicting plugin

Deactivate all plugins except Elementor and try again.
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Try a clean test

On a scratch install, run the wizard. If it works there, the problem is specific to your site.
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Report it

WordPress.org support forum with your WordPress, PHP, and Elementor versions, plus what you saw.

Setup wizard

What the wizard does.

Demo content

What the import creates and changes.