Export Wix to WordPress to HTML

Wix won't let you leave easily. That's by design. Your site lives on their proprietary platform, built with their proprietary code, and they'd prefer you keep paying $17 to $159 per month forever.

There's no export button. No "download my site" option. Search the Wix dashboard all you want, you won't find it. Your content is stuck unless you're willing to do some work.

The standard advice is brutal: rebuild from scratch. Copy your text manually, download images one by one, recreate your layout in WordPress. For a 20-page site, that's days of tedious work.

But there's a smarter approach. Export your Wix site to HTML first, using a tool like ours, and use that as your reference while building in WordPress. You get all your images in one folder. Your content is in files you can copy from. Your layout is preserved in a format you can open alongside your WordPress editor.

Here's the process: First, export your Wix site to static HTML. You'll get a ZIP with every page, every image, all your CSS. Open those HTML files in a browser while you work. Second, set up WordPress on your new host, SiteGround, Bluehost, whatver. Third, pick a theme that matches your style or use a page builder like Elementor. Fourth, recreate each page using your HTML export as the template.

The HTML export isn't a magic converter. WordPress themes work differently than Wix layouts. But having all your content organized and viewable makes the rebuild 10x faster than starting blind.

What about your domain? That part's easy. Point your DNS to your new WordPress host. Wix can't hold your domain hostage if you registered it through them, you can transfer it out or just update the nameservers.

One thing to consider: do you actually need WordPress? If your Wix site is mostly static content, pages, images, maybe a blog, static HTML might be enough. Host it on Netlify for free, skip WordPress entirely. No PHP, no database, no plugin updates. Just files on a server.

But if you need comments, forms, e-commerce, or a blog you update regularly, WordPress makes sense. Just go in knowing the migration takes effort.

The move is worth it. WordPress gives you real ownership. Thousands of themes, endless plugins, actual control over your site. And when you want to leave WordPress someday? There are export options. Unlike Wix.