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A client who launched on Wix often comes back when the site cannot keep up: custom features stall, content feels locked in, or search work gets harder than it should. That is the moment a Wix to WordPress migration becomes a packaged agency offer rather than an awkward one-off rebuild. You sell the move under your brand, a WordPress partner can fulfill the technical work, and the client keeps a single relationship.
This playbook shows how agencies scope a Wix to WordPress migration, what actually transfers, how to protect search visibility, how to pitch the project, and how to brief fulfillment so margin stays intact.
What a Wix to WordPress migration actually involves
A Wix to WordPress migration is a planned rebuild plus a careful content and SEO move. It is not a single export file you unzip onto a new host. Wix is a closed, hosted builder. WordPress is software you or your hosting partner control. Design, apps, and most of the blog history do not travel as one neat package.
That distinction matters in sales. Clients who ask whether they can “just transfer” the site are hoping for a copy-and-paste. Set a clear expectation: the new site is rebuilt in WordPress, important pages and media are moved, URLs are mapped, and Wix stays live until the cutover is tested.
Why clients ask agencies to leave Wix
Wix is a reasonable way to get a first site live. The request to move usually appears after the business outgrows a closed environment, not because the original builder “failed.”
- Ownership and portability. WordPress content lives in a database you can back up, stage, and move between hosts.
- Custom functionality. Memberships, advanced stores, booking flows, and CRM connections are easier when you are not limited to a marketplace of apps.
- Search and URL control. Permalinks, redirects, schema, and technical SEO work are more straightforward on WordPress.
- Team workflow. Staging, roles, and reusable patterns matter once more than one person publishes content.
If the client also runs commerce on another closed platform, keep that scope separate. A store move is its own project, closer to a Shopify to WooCommerce migration than to a brochure-site rebuild.
What transfers and what must be rebuilt
WordPress.com’s Wix importer (last reviewed 22 October 2026) can bring over static pages, images, menus, and the site title. It also says there is limited compatibility between the platforms, and the chosen theme will not recreate the exact Wix design. Blog posts are the gap: WordPress.com notes that they cannot be exported from Wix to other platforms. The documented workaround is the site’s RSS feed plus an RSS importer. Wix’s help center, in its article on adding an RSS button to a Wix blog, says that feed can display up to 20 of the most recent posts. Older articles usually need a manual or tool-assisted move.
- Usually movable with work: page copy, blog text, images downloaded from Wix’s CDN, inventoried metadata, and navigation labels.
- Always rebuilt: layout, interactions, and visual design in a WordPress theme or builder.
- Replaced, not transferred: Wix apps for forms, bookings, pop-ups, members, and stores.
- Re-entered or remapped: titles, meta descriptions, alt text, canonicals, and structured data you want to keep or improve.
How to package a Wix to WordPress migration service
Clients searching for a Wix to WordPress migration service want a defined outcome, not an open-ended rebuild. Package the offer in tiers so sales and delivery quote the same work. Spell out page counts, post counts, apps to replace, and whether the design is matched or refreshed.
1. Content-faithful rebuild
- Full URL and content inventory of the live Wix site.
- WordPress staging build that recreates key templates and page content.
- Media downloaded, optimized, and reattached with alt text.
- Redirect map for every important URL, then a tested launch.
2. Migration plus design refresh
Same content move, but templates are improved rather than cloned. Use this when the client wants a better-looking site, not only a new platform. Treat visual upgrades as scoped design work, not a free extra inside the migration.
3. Migration plus store or membership rebuild
Wix Stores, bookings, and member areas become WordPress plugins or WooCommerce and need their own discovery. Pair that work with a dedicated WooCommerce development scope so commerce does not hide inside a brochure-site quote.
| Package | Best for | What you deliver |
|---|---|---|
| Faithful rebuild | Small brochure or brochure-plus-blog sites | Inventory, content move, matched templates, redirects, launch QA |
| Refresh migration | Clients who want a better site, not a clone | Everything in the faithful rebuild, plus scoped design improvements |
| Complex rebuild | Stores, bookings, or memberships | Platform replacements, extra QA, and a separate feature brief |
If delivery capacity is the bottleneck, Book a partner call and we can fulfill the WordPress rebuild under your name while you keep the client conversation.
How to protect SEO when you migrate from Wix to WordPress
“Will we lose our rankings?” is the question almost every client asks. A platform change with new URLs is a site move, and Google expects some temporary fluctuation while it recrawls.
Google’s site move documentation (updated 20 August 2026) is the standard you should brief against:
- Prepare and test the new site before you switch traffic.
- Map every important current URL to its new equivalent, including images and files that already attract visits or links.
- Use server-side permanent redirects (Google recommends HTTP 301 or 308) to the matching new page, not to a homepage catch-all.
- Avoid long redirect chains. Point directly to the final destination wherever you can.
- Submit the new sitemap in Search Console and monitor both old and new URLs after launch.
- Keep redirects in place as long as possible. Google suggests generally at least one year so signals can transfer.
Google also notes that permanent redirects do not cause a loss of PageRank. Do not promise that nothing will shift on day one. Promise a mapped cutover, a monitored launch, and a clear owner for post-launch fixes. Use the website launch checklist for agencies as the final gate for DNS, SSL, forms, indexing, and QA.
How to pitch a Wix to WordPress migration to clients
The strongest pitch is a walkthrough of their live site, not a generic “WordPress is better” deck. Show what is portable, what will be rebuilt, and what risk you are removing.
- Start with the business reason. Ask what they cannot do today: a custom form, a store rule, a landing-page workflow, better search pages, or a staging environment.
- Show the inventory. A crawl of URLs, titles, and templates turns a scary migration into a finite list.
- Explain the importer myth. Automated imports can help with pages and images. They do not replace design, older blog history, or app replacements.
- Separate design refresh from the move. “The same site, just on WordPress” and a redesign are different projects.
- Close on continuity. Wix stays live until staging is approved. Redirects, Search Console, and a launch window are part of the fee.
How to brief a white label partner and protect margin
Unclear briefs are where migrations lose money. The same discipline that prevents scope creep in web design applies here: the inventory is the statement of work.
- Page count, template count, and Wix apps that must be replaced.
- Blog volume beyond the 20 most recent RSS items, including authors, categories, and featured images.
- Design instruction: match, refresh, or full redesign.
- Who controls the domain, DNS, email, Search Console, and analytics.
- Launch window, revision rounds, and who reviews staging.
- What happens to old Wix URLs with no new equivalent: a planned 404 or 410, a consolidation redirect, or new content.
Sell the value of a safe cutover and a maintainable WordPress site. Extra posts found after the inventory, additional apps, rush launches, and late design upgrades are change requests. Keep client communication in-house. Your partner should never email the client directly or put their name on staging.
Common mistakes agencies make with Wix migrations
- Treating the importer as the whole job. Pages may come across. Design, older posts, and apps will not.
- Skipping the URL inventory. You cannot redirect what you never listed.
- Sending every old URL to the homepage. Google warns that irrelevant catch-all redirects can be treated like soft 404s.
- Leaving media on Wix’s CDN. Download full-resolution files so images stay under your control after Wix is cancelled.
- Cancelling Wix before verification. Keep the old site available until redirects, forms, and Search Console look healthy.
- Hiding a store rebuild inside a brochure quote. Commerce needs its own brief, products, and QA.
FAQ: Wix to WordPress migration
Can you transfer a website from Wix to WordPress?
You can move the content and rebuild the experience, but you cannot export a complete Wix site as a ready-made WordPress theme. An importer may help with pages, images, menus, and the site title. Blog posts, templates, and most apps need a planned rebuild.
Can I export my Wix site, including the blog?
Not as a full archive. WordPress.com states that blog posts cannot be exported from Wix to other platforms. Wix’s RSS feed is the documented alternative and includes only up to 20 of the most recent posts. Older posts should be inventoried and moved separately.
Will the client lose Google rankings after a Wix to WordPress migration?
Not if you treat it as a proper site move: map URLs, use permanent redirects to the matching new pages, update internal links, submit a new sitemap, and monitor Search Console. Google says some ranking fluctuation during recrawl is normal.
How long does a Wix to WordPress migration take?
The timeline follows the inventory. A small brochure site is a different project from a store, a booking system, or a long blog that sits outside the RSS feed. Quote from page counts, post counts, apps to replace, and whether the design is matched or refreshed.
Can an agency offer this without a full in-house rebuild team?
Yes. Keep discovery, pitching, reviews, and client communication in-house, and use a confidential white label WordPress partner for the rebuild, redirects, and QA. The client should see one agency from first call to launch training.
Next step for agencies ready to sell the move
A Wix to WordPress migration works when you sell a rebuild with a content-and-SEO plan, not a mythical one-click transfer. Inventory the site, package the service, protect URLs, and keep your brand on every client-facing artifact. If you need a fulfillment partner to rebuild WordPress under your name, Book a partner call. We deliver the migration behind your brand so you can say yes the next time a client is ready to leave Wix without leaving your agency.
