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Can You Migrate from Wix to WordPress?

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WDCT Senior Strategist Web Design Company Tampa · Editorial

Updated May 16, 2026

14 days kickoff → live $3K–$15K+ scope-tiered WCAG 2.1 AA baseline

The short answer

Yes. Wix-to-WordPress migration costs $4,500-$8,000 for Standard tier and ships in 14 days. We’ve done 15+ Wix migrations for Tampa mid-market in the last 18 months — 100% surpassed pre-migration organic traffic baseline within 10 weeks.

№ 01The longer answer

Wix migrations are the platform escape we see most often. The trigger is usually ‘we need to rank locally and Wix is fighting us’ — Wix’s URL structure, schema implementation, and plugin limitations cap SEO ceiling for mid-market businesses.

Content extraction is harder than other platforms because Wix offers no usable export. We HTML-scrape every public URL using Screaming Frog or a custom crawler, strip Wix-specific markup, and parse into Gutenberg blocks. Manual cleanup pass on every page; budget 2-3 days for content alone.

URL structure usually changes during migration. Wix URLs (/services/web-design on premium plans, ?page=12345 on legacy) rarely map cleanly to WordPress conventions. The 301 map is mandatory and substantial — every URL needs a new destination.

Performance and SEO impact: typical Wix sites run LCP at 2.8-3.6s. Custom WordPress builds land at 1.1-1.6s. The CWV improvement compounds with Google over 8-10 weeks post-migration. Across our 15+ migrations, 100% surpassed pre-migration organic baseline within 10 weeks.

№ 02Will my domain stay the same?

Yes. The domain stays in your name and points to WordPress hosting after migration. DNS is updated during launch; the domain itself doesn’t change.

№ 03What about my Wix email accounts?

Wix email accounts move to a third-party provider (we recommend Google Workspace) during migration. The email transition is a 1-day project that runs in parallel with the website migration.

№ 04Can I keep my Wix site live as a fallback?

Not recommended. Both sites indexed by Google causes duplicate-content confusion. Decommission Wix at launch; the 301 map is the safety net.

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