How to move your website from Wix

Audit what you have and what performs

Open the Wix sitemap (yoursite.com/sitemap.xml) and list every URL. In Google Search Console, export the Performance report for the last three months by page: the top 20 pages carry most of the rankings and must be rebuilt with equivalent or better content at the same path or redirected precisely. Note any page with external links pointing to it (the Links report), because those URLs must survive. Mark pages nobody visits as candidates to drop, with a redirect to the nearest relevant page.

Also list every integration: forms and where they send, booking widgets, payment links, chat, analytics and pixel codes, email marketing connections. Each needs a replacement or re-embed on the new platform.

Export everything Wix allows

Wix exports pieces, not the site. As of October 2026 the practical exports are:

• Blog posts: Wix's blog export produces a file of posts; where the export option is unavailable, the blog RSS feed (yoursite.com/blog-feed.xml) can be imported by WordPress and other platforms, usually without images, which must be re-uploaded.
• Store products: Wix Stores exports a CSV of products with names, descriptions, prices, SKUs and image URLs that imports into WooCommerce, Shopify or Neweb's WordPress base.
• Contacts and form submissions: CSV export from the Contacts and Forms dashboards.
• Images: download from the Media Manager (select all, download), or save the originals from your own files, which are usually higher quality than the Wix-compressed versions.
• Page text: there is no export. Copy and paste each page into a document, heading by heading, or use the browser's "Save page as" to keep an HTML snapshot for reference.

Wix pages, layouts, custom code (Velo), databases and bookings data do not export. Bookings and appointments should be screenshotted or copied to the new booking tool manually.

Choose the destination

Three realistic options, with October 2026 pricing:

• AI builder on managed WordPress (Neweb, from $9/month billed yearly ($19 month-to-month)): paste the exported text, let the AI regenerate the pages, edit, and publish on managed hosting with SSL and a free domain year. The site is standard WordPress and exports completely, so this is the last migration. Total rebuild time for a 5-to-10-page site is typically a day.
• Self-managed WordPress: hosting from about $3 a month on multi-year promotions to $20 to $35 a month on premium managed hosts, a theme, and either your time or a freelancer at $1,500 to $5,000 for the rebuild. Maximum flexibility, maximum responsibility.
• Another closed builder (Squarespace ~$16/mo, Webflow ~$14/mo): manual rebuild in a new editor; same export limitations next time.

The Neweb vs Wix comparison and the managed WordPress hosting guide explain the trade-offs.

Rebuild the pages, keeping URL paths where you can

Build on the new platform's temporary address (a subdomain or staging URL) while Wix stays live. Recreate the top-20 pages first, with the same headings, the same or improved text, and the same URL path wherever the platform allows: if the Wix page was /services/roof-repairs, make the new one /services/roof-repairs too. Where a path must change, write the old and new URL side by side in your spreadsheet; that becomes the redirect map.

Use the migration to fix what Wix did badly: compress images with the image compressor, write proper titles and descriptions with the meta title generator, add LocalBusiness structured data, and remove pages nobody visited. Re-embed forms, booking widgets, payment links, analytics and pixels. Import the blog export and the products CSV, then re-upload images where the import dropped them.

Test the new site before anyone sees it

On the staging address, click every link, submit every form, complete a test booking or purchase, and check the site on a phone over mobile data. Run the speed test. Check titles and descriptions page by page. Confirm the sitemap exists and the robots file does not block crawling once live (staging sites are often set to noindex; make a note to remove that). Compare each top-20 page against the Wix version for missing text.

Deal with the domain

Two situations. If the domain is registered with Wix, you can either keep it at Wix and point its DNS to the new host, or transfer it out to a registrar you control (recommended). Wix allows transfer after the 60-day lock from registration or last transfer; in the Wix domain settings, unlock the domain, request the authorisation (EPP) code, and start the transfer at the new registrar. Transfers take up to five days and the site keeps working if the DNS records are copied first. If the domain is registered elsewhere, you only need to change its DNS records.

Business email tied to the domain (Google Workspace via Wix, or Wix's email) must be checked: copy the MX records before changing anything, and recreate them at the new DNS host so mail keeps flowing. Platforms that bundle a domain, including Neweb, can also accept a transferred or pointed domain.

Switch DNS and go live

At the DNS host (the registrar, or Wix if the domain stays there), lower the TTL on the A and CNAME records to 300 seconds a day before the switch. Then replace the Wix A record (or CNAME) with the new host's values as given in its dashboard, keep the MX and any verification TXT records, and save. Propagation usually completes within an hour at a low TTL and always within 48 hours. Remove any noindex from the new site, add the live domain in the new platform so SSL is issued, and check the padlock.

Keep the Wix site published for at least two weeks as a fallback and so that any DNS caches still pointing at it show a working site. Do not cancel the Wix plan yet.

Set redirects, re-verify, and watch Search Console

Add 301 redirects for every URL in your map whose path changed, including the blog posts if their paths differ, using the new platform's redirect tool or a WordPress redirect plugin. Redirect removed pages to the closest relevant page, not the homepage. Then in Google Search Console: verify the new site if the verification method changed, submit the new sitemap, and use URL Inspection on the top-20 pages to request indexing. Repeat in Bing Webmaster Tools.

Watch Search Console's Coverage and Performance reports for a month. A dip of a few per cent for two to three weeks is normal; a sustained drop usually means a missing redirect or a page whose content shrank. Once traffic is stable, cancel the Wix premium plan (not the domain, if it is still registered there) and download a final copy of your Wix contacts.