# How to Safely Migrate My WordPress Site to Wix?

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**Created:** [July 16, 2024, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/how-to-safely-migrate-my-wordpress-site-to-wix/60926 "2024-07-16T10:14:16Z")\
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Hey @Majid_Nawaz!

I haven’t done a migration myself, but I’ll try to answer the questions I know the answer to and then provide resources for others.

First up, this article covers a lot of the questions - [https://www.davydovconsulting.com/post/switching-from-wordpress-to-wix](https://www.davydovconsulting.com/post/switching-from-wordpress-to-wix)

**Pre-migration**  
I haven’t used WordPress so don’t have an answer - hopefully someone else in the community might be able to contribute.

**Content Migration**  
You can import your blog posts from WordPress to Wix. Here’s an article with more info - [Wix Blog: Importing Blog Posts from WordPress to the Wix Blog | Help Center | Wix.com](https://support.wix.com/en/article/wix-blog-importing-blog-posts-from-wordpress-to-the-wix-blog)  
Most content will need manually moving, such as content on pages themselves (text, images etc). You’ll also need to rebuild the pages as needed.  
Wix also has a CMS for item based data that is often used to power repeaters, or dynamic pages. More info here - [CMS: Importing Content into a Collection | Help Center | Wix.com](https://support.wix.com/en/article/cms-formerly-content-manager-importing-content-into-a-collection)

**Design and Layout**  
Wix is drag and drop - you build almost anything you can imagine 🙂  
You can find Wix templates [here](https://www.wix.com/website/templates), and Wix Studio templates [here](https://www.wix.com/studio/templates).

**SEO and Redirects**  
I’m no SEO expert, but here’s an article with more info about setting up 301 redirects within Wix - [Setting Up a 301 Redirect for a Page on Your Site | Help Center | Wix.com](https://support.wix.com/en/article/setting-up-a-301-redirect-for-a-page-on-your-site)

**Functionality and Plugins**  
Wix has a lot of features and the [Wix App Market](https://www.wix.com/app-market) that provides additional functionality that can be added to your site.

It depends on the functionality you need on your site.

**Post-Migration Steps**  
Go ahead and publish the site and play around - from my POV, it’s one of the best ways to know if things are working.

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In general, it’s worth noting you’re not going to be able to import your site directly to Wix - you’ll need to rebuild pages, setup redirects etc.

That being said, I’m sure you’ll do a great job and will love it here 🙂

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