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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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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/hadikhezrpour/wix-blog-importer/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
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