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Wix Blog Importer

A WordPress plugin that migrates all your Wix blog posts into WordPress as drafts — including all images, categories, tags, and post dates.

by Hadi Khezrpour · github.com/hadikhezrpour/wix-blog-importer · website

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Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/hadikhezrpour/wix-blog-importer/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/hadikhezrpour/wix-blog-importer ↗

A WordPress plugin that migrates all your Wix blog posts into WordPress as drafts — including all images, categories, tags, and post dates.

Installation

  1. Copy the entire wix-importer folder into your WordPress plugins directory:
    /wp-content/plugins/wix-importer/
  2. Log in to WordPress Admin → Plugins → Activate Wix Blog Importer.

How to Use

  1. In WordPress Admin, go to Tools → Wix Blog Importer.
  2. Enter your Wix RSS feed URL. Common formats:
    • https://www.yourdomain.com/blog-feed.xml
    • https://www.yourdomain.com/feed.xml
    • https://yourusername.wixsite.com/yoursite/blog-feed.xml
  3. Click Test Feed to verify the URL and see a preview of posts.
  4. Choose your import options:
    • Post Status — Draft (recommended), Published, or Private
    • Download & Re-host Images — Downloads all post images into your WP Media Library and rewrites URLs
    • Set Featured Image — Uses the first image in each post as the featured image
    • Import Categories / Tags — Creates matching taxonomies in WordPress
    • Skip Already Imported Posts — Safe to re-run without creating duplicates
  5. Click Start Import and watch the real-time progress log.
  6. When complete, click View Imported Drafts to review and publish.

Finding Your Wix Feed URL

Option A — RSS Feed

Wix automatically generates an RSS feed. Try these URLs in your browser:

  • https://www.yoursite.com/blog-feed.xml
  • https://www.yoursite.com/blog/feed.xml
  • https://www.yoursite.com/rss.xml

Option B — Wix Blog Feed via API

If your Wix site is connected to a custom domain:

  1. Open your Wix blog in a browser
  2. In the URL add /blog-feed.xml to your domain root
  3. You should see raw XML — that's the feed URL to use

What Gets Imported

Field Imported?
Post title ✅
Post content (HTML) ✅
Post excerpt ✅
Post date ✅
All images ✅ (re-hosted locally)
Featured image ✅
Categories ✅
Tags ✅
Post slug/URL ✅

Notes

  • Posts are imported as Drafts by default so you can review before publishing.
  • Images are downloaded to your WordPress Media Library — Wix CDN links are replaced with your WordPress URLs.
  • The plugin processes posts in batches of 5 to avoid PHP timeouts.
  • Running the import a second time will skip already-imported posts (if "Skip Already Imported" is checked).
  • Feed data is cached for 30 minutes so batches don't re-fetch the full feed repeatedly.

Troubleshooting

Feed not found / XML parse error

  • Double-check the URL in your browser first. You should see raw XML.
  • Make sure your Wix site is published and publicly accessible.
  • Try removing www. or adding it.

Images not downloading

  • Your WordPress server needs outbound HTTP access (most do).
  • Check that allow_url_fopen is enabled in PHP, or that wp_remote_get works (it uses cURL as fallback).

Import times out

  • The batch size is 5 posts. If you have many high-res images, individual batches may be slow. The plugin will auto-resume.
  • Increase your PHP max_execution_time temporarily if needed (ask your host).

Plugin Version

1.0.0 — Initial release