Wix / Squarespace to WordPress Migration
About This Service
Wix & Squarespace to WordPress Migration Service in the UAE
Website builders are great until you outgrow them. Wix and Squarespace lock your SEO inside their platform, cap what features you can add, and keep raising subscription fees — while a self-hosted WordPress site gives you full ownership of your content, your rankings and your roadmap. I handle the complete builder exit for UAE businesses: every page, blog post, image and form is rebuilt in WordPress using Elementor, Bricks or a clean lightweight theme, so the new site looks as good as (usually better than) the builder original instead of being a raw content dump.
The part most DIY migrations get wrong is SEO survival. I map every old Wix/Squarespace URL to its new WordPress equivalent and implement 301 redirects for the full list, transfer all media, re-wire contact forms, booking widgets and email/CRM integrations, and schedule the DNS cutover so visitors never see a dead site. After launch I monitor Google Search Console for crawl errors and 404s, fixing anything the move shook loose — so the Google rankings your Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Sharjah business spent years earning carry over to the new platform instead of resetting to zero.
This gig is deliberately narrower than my general Website Migration gig in this category: that one covers platform-to-platform and host-to-host moves of all kinds, while this one is the specific Wix/Squarespace-to-WordPress exit — including a proper design rebuild, which builder exports never give you. If you are leaving a website builder for WordPress, this is the purpose-built option.
What's included
- Design rebuild, not a dump — Pages recreated in Elementor, Bricks or a clean theme to match or improve your current design.
- Full URL map + 301 redirects — Every old builder URL redirected to its new WordPress page so accumulated rankings and backlinks keep working.
- Content & media transfer — All pages, blog posts, images and downloadable files moved over and organized in the WordPress media library.
- Forms & integrations re-wired — Contact forms, newsletter signups, booking tools and CRM/email connections rebuilt and tested on the new site.
- Zero-downtime DNS cutover — The WordPress site is built and approved on a staging URL first; DNS switches only when everything is verified.
- Post-launch Search Console checks — Crawl errors, 404s and indexing monitored after go-live, with fixes included.
How it works
- 1Site inventory & URL map
I crawl your Wix or Squarespace site, list every page, post and asset, and build the old-to-new URL mapping that the redirects will follow.
- 2Rebuild on staging
The WordPress site is built on a private staging URL — design recreated, content migrated, forms and integrations connected — while your current site stays live.
- 3Your review & cutover
You click through the staging site and approve it; then I implement the 301 redirects and switch DNS at an agreed quiet hour.
- 4Post-launch monitoring
I watch Search Console and the redirect log for two weeks of traffic, clearing any 404s or crawl issues that appear.
Why work with me
| With me | Typical agency | |
|---|---|---|
| Design recreated page-by-page | Auto-export, fix later | |
| Complete 301 redirect map before launch | ||
| Old site stays live until you approve staging | Sometimes | |
| Two weeks of post-launch SEO monitoring included | Billed extra |