Website builders like Wix and Squarespace are easy to start with, but many people outgrow them and want the freedom, ownership, and lower long-term cost of WordPress. Moving over is very doable. This guide explains why people switch and how to make the move smoothly.
Why people switch to WordPress
- Ownership: your site and content are truly yours and portable.
- Flexibilidad: Miles de temas y complementos para casi cualquier función.
- Lower long-term cost: no ever-rising builder subscription.
- Control de SEO: deeper control over the details that help you rank.
- No lock-in: you can move hosts whenever you like.
What to know before you move
Builders like Wix and Squarespace do not let you export a ready-to-run WordPress site, so a move means rebuilding the structure and bringing your content across. The good news is this is also a chance to improve your design and clean up old content.
Step-by-step: the move
- 1. Get hosting and install WordPress (a one-click installer makes this quick).
- 2. Choose a theme that fits your brand.
- 3. Recreate your pages and rebuild the structure.
- 4. Bring your content across: copy text, and export and re-upload images. Blog posts can sometimes be imported via RSS.
- 5. Set up your menus and forms.
- 6. Enable SSL and test everything.
Do not forget SEO
To keep your search rankings, match your new page URLs to the old ones where possible, or set up redirects from the old paths to the new ones. Keep your titles and descriptions, and submit your new sitemap to search engines.
Point your domain over last
Build and test the WordPress site first, then point your domain to the new host once you are happy. That way visitors never see an unfinished site.
Make the switch with Disoh
Disoh makes landing on WordPress easy with one-click install, free SSL, a global CDN, and real support, at a price that never rises at renewal. If you would rather not rebuild yourself, our team can help. Explore Disoh WordPress hosting and own your site again.
