Wordpress to Wix
- idelle
- Oct 9
- 3 min read
Yes, Wordpress websites can be moved to Wix – though it is a process, there is no direct import button that does all the magic. It's best to hire a Wix Web Designer for the transition, which will ensure all your pages are rebuilt into Wix, your blog posts are correctly imported and cleaned up, and – since you are moving the site, it's always nice to update your website with a fresh design in the process!
Wix does have a Wordpress Blog Import, however, importing Wordpress Blog posts to Wix is not always perfect.
A few issues I've encountered from importing Wordpress Blogs to Wix include:
Missing Featured Images from original Wordpress blog post.
HTML code inserted into the Excerpt (such as paragraph code <p> and code in place of em or en-dashes.
Missing Paragraph breaks (so paragraphs stack on top of eachother.)
General Spacing issues - text without any space under images, for example.
Importing of tables for some content, which are awkward and undesirable in Wix blog posts in my experience.
URLs may need to be redirected using URL Redirects (301 redirects) if the original Wordpress blog was in a subfolder, as Wix doesn't have subfolder site structure.
Note: Only blog posts from Wordpress get imported, not pages, which will have to be rebuilt manually. See more on this below.
These import issues are all easily fixable, but it does take time to go through all your posts – especially if you have a lot of them, so just be aware there may be some hours of work involved.
It is also important to note that migrating websites from Wordpress to Wix is not accomplished with just a click of a button. Pages have to be manually rebuilt, and migrating entire Wordpress websites to Wix is a process. It is necessary to take time and pay attention to details like SEO, page structure, and layout. While Wordpress blog posts can be imported, they often need adjustments after the import. Wordpress pages, on the other hand, are not able to be imported so they must be rebuilt and their design can be updated in the process. Here is more info on Wordpress to Wix Migration for details on some of the work involved.
I offer complete Wordpress to Wix migrations with expert attention to every detail including page URL structure, SEO (search engine optmization), blog details, and of course the overall design. I typically recommend redesigning the website in the process, or at least updating the design so that it is fresh and new in addition to having a new easier-to-use editor for making updates over time.
I have migrated many Wordpress websites to Wix over time for my clients, and they find the Wix platform so much easier to use, it's intuitive and even fun to design new pages or content, there are no plugin or software updates are needed, and it's more secure so it is not a target of hackers like Wordpress websites often are. While people are frequently afraid to edit their Wordpress websites as they find the editor confusing, they are relieve to be trained to edit their own websites on Wix which has a very simple editor where you can make edits directly on the page instead of in a backend environment.
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