“Will I lose all my content?” That’s the first question we hear whenever someone considers moving from Squarespace to WordPress.
We understand these concerns, but after helping countless website owners with this exact transition, we can tell you it’s completely doable with the right approach.
Through our work at WPBeginner, we’ve refined the migration process to make it as painless as possible. We’ve tested different methods, documented common challenges, and created a foolproof system that works for any type of website.
Today, we’re sharing our complete guide to moving from Squarespace to WordPress the right way. You’ll learn exactly how to transfer your content, maintain your SEO rankings, and set up your new WordPress site for success, all without the usual headaches and technical confusion.
Here is a quick list of steps we will show you in the article:
- Why You Should Move From Squarespace to WordPress
- Step 0. Getting Started
- Step 1. Installing WordPress
- Step 2. Exporting Squarespace Content
- Step 3. Importing Content From Squarespace Into WordPress
- Step 4. Importing Images From Squarespace
- Step 5. Fixing Permalinks
- Step 6. Importing Other Content from Squarespace to WordPress
- Step 7. Getting to Know WordPress
Ready? Let’s begin.
Why You Should Move From Squarespace to WordPress
While we love Squarespace’s user-friendly templates and interface, we’ve found that most growing businesses eventually hit a ceiling with what they can achieve on the platform.
After helping thousands of users make the switch through WPBeginner, we’ve seen this pattern repeat consistently.
Here’s what we’ve learned about the limitations:
- Squarespace’s monthly costs add up quickly as you grow
- Custom functionality requires developer help (which gets expensive)
- SEO capabilities are basic compared to WordPress
- You’re locked into their ecosystem with limited export options
- Third-party integrations are restricted to their approved list
WordPress, on the other hand, powers over 43% of all websites for good reason. It gives you complete control over your site’s functionality, design, and growth potential. Plus, you own your entire platform – no restrictive terms of service or sudden price increases to worry about.
We’ve put together a detailed comparison in our Squarespace vs WordPress guide, where we break down the pros and cons of each platform based on real-world testing and feedback from our community of over 1.5 million users.
But if you’re ready to make the switch, let’s dive into the migration process.
Note: When we say WordPress, we mean a self-hosted WordPress.org site and not the WordPress.com blog hosting service. Check out our guide on the difference between WordPress.org vs WordPress.com for more information.
Step 0. Getting Started
Before we begin the migration, let’s set up your new WordPress home. Based on our experience helping beginners start with WordPress, we’ve found that getting these basics right makes the entire transition smoother.
To start with WordPress, you will need to sign up for a web hosting account and register a domain name.
Choosing Your WordPress Hosting Provider
After testing dozens of hosting providers with our WPBeginner users, we consistently recommend Bluehost.
They’ve been an official WordPress.org recommended host since 2005, and they offer everything new site owners need: one-click WordPress installation, 24/7 expert support, free SSL security certificates, automated backups, and a user-friendly control panel.
We’ve negotiated a special deal for our readers that includes a free domain name and reduced hosting costs (starting at $1.99/month).
Handling Your Domain Name
If you already have a custom domain with Squarespace, you have two options:
- First, you can transfer your domain completely to your new host. This approach keeps everything under one roof, often includes a free renewal for one year, and simplifies your overall website management.
- Alternatively, you can keep your domain at Squarespace but update your DNS nameservers to point to your new host. This option offers a faster setup process with no waiting period for transfer and maintains your existing domain billing relationship.
Don’t worry about immediate website disruption, your Squarespace site will automatically switch to their built-in subdomain (yoursite.squarespace.com) during the process, ensuring continuous availability.
Step 1. Installing WordPress
After signing up with a web host, the next step is to install WordPress.
As the most popular website builder in the world, WordPress is known for its famous 5-minute install.
If you are on Bluehost, then they will automatically install WordPress for you.
Most other top WordPress hosting companies also allow you to install WordPress with a single click from your hosting dashboard.
You can also follow our step-by-step WordPress installation guide for beginners for detailed instructions.
Once you have installed WordPress, you’ll be able to log in to your WordPress dashboard (admin area).
Step 2. Exporting Squarespace Content
After installing WordPress on your new web host, the next step is to export your content from Squarespace.
Squarespace offers limited export functionality. Depending on what content you have on your site, some of it will be exported.
The rest of the content will remain on your Squarespace built-in domain, and you will have to manually copy and paste it.
Here is the content that can be automatically exported:
- All your basic pages will be exported as WordPress pages.
- One blog page will be exported, and it will appear in the list of WordPress pages as ‘Blog.’
- All your blog posts under that one blog page will be exported as WordPress posts.
- Your Gallery pages will be exported.
- Text, Image, and Embed blocks will be exported.
The following content will not be exported:
- Product pages, Album pages, and Event pages will not be exported.
- Audio, Video, and Product blocks will not be exported.
- Style changes and custom CSS will not be included.
- Folders and index pages will be left out.
- If you have more than one blog page, then only one of them will be exported.
Note: During the import process, your Squarespace images will not be imported. We will show you how to import them later.
Now that you know how restricting Squarespace is, let’s go ahead and export the content so you can have a fresh start with WordPress and grow your website the right way.
Go to the Settings » Website under your Squarespace account and then click the ‘Import & Export Content’ tab.
This will bring you to the import/export settings.
Next, click on the ‘Export’ button to continue.
Squarespace will now show you a popup with a WordPress logo on it. Squarespace only exports content in a format suitable for WordPress.
Next, click on the WordPress logo to continue.
You will see the progress of the export process on the left under the import-export buttons.
Once the export is finished, you will see a button to download your export file.
Go ahead and download the export file to your computer.
You will need it in the next step when you import the content into your new WordPress website.
Step 3. Importing Content From Squarespace Into WordPress
The next step is to import the content you downloaded from Squarespace into your WordPress site.
Log in to your WordPress admin area and go to Tools » Import in the left-hand menu. You will see a list of platforms to choose from.
Squarespace will not be listed there because it exports content in a WordPress-compatible XML file format. All this means is that you need to click on the ‘Install now’ button below WordPress to continue.
WordPress will now fetch and install the importer for you.
Once finished, you need to click on the ‘Run importer’ link to continue.
On the next screen, click on the ‘Choose File’ button.
Select the file that you downloaded from Squarespace earlier and click the ‘Upload file and import’ button.
WordPress will now upload the file and examine its content to make sure that it is in a supported format.
If everything is in order, then WordPress will show you the import settings page.
On this page, you will need to choose an author name for the imported content.
WordPress can also import Squarespace users and add them to the Subscriber role in WordPress. You can also choose an existing admin user as the author or even create a new user.
There is also an option to import attachment images, but it will not work for this. Don’t worry, we will show you how to fix that later.
Go ahead and click on the ‘Submit’ button so WordPress can start importing content from your Squarespace export file.
When it’s done, you will see the success message. You can now visit the pages and posts in WordPress to review the imported content.
Step 4. Importing Images From Squarespace
Unfortunately, the WordPress importer cannot import images from your Squarespace website. You will have to manually import those images, but there is an automated way to do it.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Auto Upload Images plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to edit all posts and pages containing images. This will trigger the image import process when you save a post type.
Luckily, WordPress allows you to bulk update content, so you can do it with just a few clicks instead of manually doing it one-by-one.
Simply go to the Posts » All Posts page and then click on the Screen Options button at the top.
You need to increase the number to 999 in the ‘Number of items per page field’ field and click ‘Apply.’
WordPress will reload the page, and this time, it will show 999 posts at a time. Next, you need to select all your posts and then select ‘Edit’ under the bulk actions menu.
After that, you need to click the ‘Apply’ button.
WordPress will show you a quick edit box that lists all of the selected posts. You just need to click on the ‘Update’ button, and WordPress will update all your posts.
Remember you are not changing anything and just clicking the ‘Update’ button.
Doing this will trigger the Auto Upload Images plugin to import the external images from Squarespace and store them in your WordPress media library.
Depending on how many posts and images you have on your website, the plugin may not be able to trigger an import for all of them at once.
In that case, you can select and update the posts again.
The plugin will only import the images that are not imported and will skip the ones that it imported the last time.
For more details, see our tutorial on how to import external images in WordPress.
Step 5. Fixing Permalinks
We need to make sure that you don’t miss traffic coming through the links from your old Squarespace website.
WordPress uses an SEO-friendly URL structure, which allows you to customize the link structure in many different ways.
The goal here is to make your link structure similar to your Squarespace website. Squarespace uses year/month/day/post-name as the link format for blog posts.
It also uses a prefix like ‘blog’ or ‘blog-1’ in the post URLs.
A typical blog post URL using the default built-in Squarespace domain name may look like this:
https://example-website.squarespace.com/blog-1/2016/3/6/post-title
If you were using your own domain name with Squarespace, then a typical blog post URL may look like this:
https://www.yourdomain.com/blog-1/2016/3/6/post-title
In the WordPress admin area, you need to visit the Settings » Permalinks page.
There, you will see a list of URL structure options. The closest match to your old Squarespace URL is ‘Day and Name.’
Click on the ‘Day and Name’ option and then move down to ‘Custom Structure.’
You will see that the custom structure section will be automatically filled with year, month number, day, and post name tags.
You just need to add the ‘blog-1’ prefix before everything else. Like this:
/blog-1/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/
Click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store your settings.
This step will make sure that users visiting your website from search engines and other sources are redirected to the correct posts and pages on your WordPress site.
There is still a chance that some of your links may result in 404 errors in WordPress. Here is how to track 404 pages and redirect them in WordPress.
Step 6. Importing Other Content from Squarespace to WordPress
Squarespace only allows you to export limited content. If you were using their eCommerce features, events, or hosting audio video files, then you would have to import all of them manually to your WordPress site.
If you have an online store on Squarespace, you can download product data as a separate CSV file.
Go to the Settings » Selling » Products page under your Squarespace account and then click on the ‘Export All’ option.
To import products, you will need a WordPress eCommerce plugin, like WooCommerce.
After that, you can follow the instructions in our guide on importing WooCommerce products with Images
For your video files, we recommend that you host them on third-party video hosting services like YouTube and Vimeo. See our guide on why you should never upload videos to your WordPress site.
For other related content, check out these guides:
- How to add a contact form in WordPress
- How to install Google Analytics in WordPress
- How to add a portfolio to Your WordPress site
- How to start a podcast with WordPress
- How to sell online courses with WordPress
- How to optimize WordPress SEO
Step 7. Getting to Know WordPress
WordPress is a powerful platform with incredible flexibility. You can start familiarizing yourself by customizing your website.
There are thousands of professionally designed free and premium WordPress themes (website design templates) that you can use on your site. See our guide on how to select the perfect WordPress theme for your site.
The real power of WordPress comes from its thousands of plugins. These plugins add more features to your WordPress site. See our expert pick of the essential WordPress plugins that you should install.
WordPress is simpler and easier to use. However, from time to time you may come across new things to learn. This is where WPBeginner can help.
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- WPBeginner Blog – The central place for all our WordPress tutorials and guides.
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Dennis Muthomi
Thanks for this guide on moving from Squarespace to WordPress. The instructions are great, especially the image importing section (Step 4). As someone who just went through this with a client I can confirm using a staging site to test the migration before going live was important. Although the process takes some time, you’ll save yourself a lot of head aches and make the process much easier.
Thanks again for this guide:)
Richard
Hello, I managed to import a website in XML format in Wordpress (at least I got the “success message”) but I cannot find any added pages, posts or images in the Wordpress menu. Where are these files/pages that I imported?
WPBeginner Support
We would recommend checking our section of what is not included in the export to see if the types of pages you wanted to export are not included by Squarespace.
Admin
Mrteesurez
Thanks for your guidance. There is no doubt that Squarespace has many limitations that will sooner or later trigger the owner to switch away from depending of the adoption, users based and their demands, this post is very total guide that give clear road to migrate safely from Squarespace to Wordpress.
Please, the plugin you shared “Auto Upload Images, is it useful only for Squarespace ?
WPBeginner Comments
Auto Upload Images can be used in other cases as well, such as other types of imports and site transfers.
As long as you own the images, you could even use it for a simple import of images in a post when the images are hosted on another site.
Mrteesurez
Thank your answer ! That’s really helpful to know that the “Auto Upload Images” plugin isn’t limited to just Squarespace but can also be used in other scenarios like site transfers or when importing images hosted elsewhere. I hadn’t considered that before, and it’s good to have this option in mind for various situations where I might need to import images into WordPress. Thanks again for the insight.
Elodie
Hello,
I am going to migrate my site from Squarespace to Wordpress but I would like to do it without interrupting the activity of my current page. The name of the site should stay the same (URL) so is it possible to set up Wordpress site properly without making a Squarespace site under construction? And then switch smoothly to Wordpress when Wordpress site is ready (keeping the same URL address)? Can I start creating the site in Wordpress panel without mapping it to any domain at the beginning?
WPBeginner Support
You would want to check with your hosting prover of choice to see if they have a temporary domain option and that would let you set up the site before changing the domain’s nameservers
Admin
Bill
My SquareSpace export file is 13 mb, but the Wordpress importer limits the file size to 8 mb. Any suggestions on how to get around that?
WPBeginner Support
We would recommend using the tool from our article below to split your export file
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-split-large-xml-files-in-wordpress/
Admin
Sarah
Hello! These were great instructions and everything worked well! Can I ask why you advise to add “blog-1” to the permalink vs. just “blog”? My squarespace links are set up as domain.com/blog/postname. Is it ok if I just put “blog” or is there some reason to do “blog-1”? Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
Blog-1 was an example for this article, if your site uses blog then you would want to use blog
Admin
Kerri
This just saved me hours of work. Clear instructions and all worked exactly as stated. Thank you.
Ross
When I go to do Step 4, my Wordpress site times out every time after I press update. I’m transferring a website with a few hundred blog posts that each have their own image, and I’m fearing that I will have to upload them individually at some point. Specifically I get a 502 error, taking too long to complete. Any idea how to help with the auto upload images process?
Benjamin
I am trying to migrate my squarespace website to wordpress, but it seems like when i import the xml file to wordpress, it only contains 2 pages out of the 50 that i have on my squarespace.
Do you have a solution?
WPBeginner Support
You likely need to import the file again to ensure your import didn’t time out
Admin
Maria
My squarespace had two link structures. Domainname.com/blog/post-name for my recipes. The older ones also had the date in them. And I also have Domainname.com/tipsadvice/post-title for my lifestyle posts. How do I ensure that none of the links get broken in the move if I can only put one link structure in WP?
WPBeginner Support
You would want to pick one structure and for the others, redirect them to the correct location using the method from our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-track-404-pages-and-redirect-them-in-wordpress/
Admin
Alan Say
Can you also move across page & image metas from squarespace to WP?
WPBeginner Support
The importers try but there is no guarantee that all of the information will be transferred.
Admin
Saylani Cajayon
I’m finishing my 14-day trial with Squarespace. I like the design and I was able to do multiple blog pages. I’m having second thoughts for the flexibility which others recommend in using wordpress.org. However, if I choose WP managed hosting, will it be possible to have multiple blog pages?
WPBeginner Support
You can create separate category pages for your blog content for what it sounds like you’re wanting.
Admin
Danny Cube
I have currently my website with squarespace for 5 years now, I have a good positioning in google search, I dont want to loose it. If a move to wordpress I will loose it?
WPBeginner Support
No, when you change the platform your site is on you may have a temporary change in position but you shouldn’t see a long term change.
Admin
Chas
Thanks, this guide is very useful.
I found that for the import images function (using the Auto Upload Image plugin) I needed to do both All Posts and All Pages twice – the first time I got a server error… not sure whether that was the plugin’s fault (it hasn’t been updated in 9 months), or whether it was down to a dodgy internet connection (we’re being battered by a storm at the moment and it often affects our internet!)
Now I just need to choose a theme that looks something like the original website…
Thanks again!
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad you were able to transfer your content
Admin
Zack
Thank you so much for this guide. I plan to use it closely to move my Squarespace site to WordPress.
My site is image heavy, and it may take a few days for me to follow all the steps. I have my own domain (www.mywebsite.com) which I will be moving over. My concern is that once I start the process, my site will not work until I have it up on WordPress. I would want my domain to go to my squarespace site until I am ready to move over.
I’m sure this is extremely common, so it’s surely an easy fix. What should I do?
WPBeginner Support
For what it sounds like you’re wanting you would want to modify the hosts file which we explain how to do here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-to-a-new-host-or-server-with-no-downtime/#changehostfile
Admin
amily clarke
Do you think it is still worth migrating to Wordpress in 2019
WPBeginner Support
As a WordPress tutorial site, we are a bit biased but yes, we still prefer WordPress
Admin
Mike
Hi, Thank you so much for this guide.
Is there a way to import multiple blogs by re-exporting the XML from Squarespace and choosing a different blog each time? Will that put those posts in with the rest of your posts that were uploaded from a previous import to Wordpress?
WPBeginner Support
You can import multiple blogs into one WordPress site but the posts would not be separated based on the site imported from
Admin
Hillary
Thank you for this helpful article. I’m running into an issue when trying to upload my .xml file that I’ve exported from Squarespace. The error message is:
“This does not appear to be a WXR file, missing/invalid WXR version number
Try another file or contact support.”
I’ve googled extensively and followed the advice I’ve found, such as editing the .xml file from version 1.2 to 1.1 but so far my wordpress flatly refuses to import my Squarespace file.
Do you know how to fix this?
WPBeginner Support
You likely would need to check with Squarespace to ensure there hasn’t been a change with how they create the export file.
Admin
Kate
Wow. Thank you so much for this article! It was extremely helpful and straightforward.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, glad our guide could help
Admin
rachel
Hey there!
We are in the process of rebranding our event planning company. Currently, the site is using Squarespace, but we found a wordpress theme that is to die for!!
Is there any way to be working on the new WordPress theme until our Squarespace subscription expires in August without the Squarespace site going down?
Essentially, we want the Wordpress site ready to launch as soon as the Squarespace site expires.
I do have my personal blog on Wordpress already, so is there maybe a way to download the theme to my blog site, be editing it through there (without messing with my blog’s theme) and then export the theme and reimport it when we are ready to switch hosting platforms??
WPBeginner Support
Some hosts have a staging environment that you can use to set up a site before replacing the active site. Another option would be to create a local installation for testing and then transfer the local site to the hosting environment once it is ready: https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/#installlocal
Admin
Lucy
I’ve been following the steps and managed to download Wordpress through SiteGround. I have been given the link to my wordpress admin page, but when I click on it I get the error: 404 Not Found.
Have I done something wrong? I’ve tried talking with SiteGround too, but not having much luck with this process at all.
WPBeginner Support
You may want to ensure your domain’s nameservers are pointed to the correct nameservers and you’ve cleared your browser cache as those tend to be common reasons.
Admin
Robert Spivack
Is this process still compatible now that WP 5.x has the new Guttenberg block editor?
Ideally, I would like to end up using native WP editing and themes as much as possible.
I had someone try to do a conversion and they used a plug-in called WPBaker/Visual Composer. I’m not excited about that – is my worry justified that isn’t the best approach?
WPBeginner Support
The transfer process should still work with the most recent WordPress. The Visual Composer plugin is for customizing the style of your site and is not required.
Admin
Jena
Is there a way to export / import one page from Squarespace (and not the entire website)? I am trying to export just the blog section of an old website and import it to the new website I have created on Wordpress? Can anyone advise?
Bri
The auto upload images plugin isn’t compatible with the latest version of WP. What other plugin can we use to transfer images?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Bri,
It hasn’t been tested but it does work as of now. Please give it a try and let us know if it doesn’t work for you.
Admin
André
I installed the Classic Editor plugin to disable Gutenberg and then it works for me
Chrsitine Calabrese
I did not make a website on SquareSpace but I bought the domain, NOW I can’t figure out how to point that domain to WordPress, I’m using Hostgator, I have the WP yet, I keep getting the Squarespace site when I put in my domain. HELP!
Mana Parker
So I followed all the steps to import my squarespace website to Wordpress and when it was finished importing I received an email with a random link that didn’t lead to my site. How do I access my new theme on my Wordpress site? Or did I do something wrong?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Mana,
Your WordPress login URL is usually like this:
example.com/wp-login.php
Replace example.com with your own domain name. After that you will be able to login using the username and password you entered during installation.
Admin
Edward
I followed your instructions to transfer from squarespace to Bluehost and use WordPress but lost almost everything. Now, I have no idea how to proceed.
Edward
I followed your instructions to the letter and still got messed up. Now I have no website and cannot afford for it to be down. Any suggestions.
WPBeginner Support
Hey Edward,
At which point you noticed that it got messed up, were you able to import the content into WordPress?
Admin
Edward
I seem to have lost the homepage which was at the beginning of the Website and had the pages with dropdown boxess to take people through the website.
Edward
Is there a way I can unto this and go back to using sqauarespace until I figure this out?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Edward,
Yes you can point your domain back to your Squarespace site.
You can also try to figure out what’s going on. For example, you can go to Appearance » Customize page in WordPress admin area to set up your WordPress theme.
WPBeginner Support
You can add them by visiting Appearance > Menu page in WordPress admin area. Check out our beginners guide on how to add navigation menu in WordPress
Trinity
Hello (again) — quick questions
1. I can work within my “temp” url until I update the DNS server so my domain name can switch from squarespace to wordpress — do I do this within Squarespace? currently my imported work is within the temp URL but i also have a http://www.mysite.wordpress.com url as well. I’m assuming once I update the dns server, http://www.mysite.com will be activated. I bought the premium plan so not sure why I have “.wordpress.com”.
2. Do I need to buy a wordpress.com plan since I already have a domain name?? It seems to be a bit redundant to me..
Thanks so much!
WPBeginner Support
Hi Trinity,
Actually, this guide is about moving your Squarespace site to self-hosted WordPress.org website and not WordPress.com. Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
Admin
Trinity
I did read the other post but I guess something got lost in translation lol seems that I did all I was supposed to do and more.
I’ll cancel my wordpress.com plan since it makes no sense.
Thanks so much!! ::)
Trinity
Thank you!!! This was soo soo soo easy and such a godsend! You guys are great
Yechiel
I only want to import my Blog into Wordpress, is there a way to do that? If I understood correctly it will import my entire site which I don’t want.
Thanks;
WPBeginner Support
Hello Yechiel,
Once you have imported content you can easily delete content that you don’t want to keep.
Admin
Scott
I assume this works with Wix, as well. I actually have already moved my site from cks Wix to WordPress. However, I named the URL for my WordPress site a different name than my Wix site, so I could keep my original site while making the transfer. I now need to make my WordPress site the same URL as the one I was using for my Wix site. How do I do that?
John Bratincevic
Howdy. What if you have a custom domain e-mail address through your squarespace registration? Is there a way to get that moved over too? The e-mail is through Google…
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
Yes, you can simply update your Domain’s name servers and point them to your new WordPress host.
Admin
Elise
I am banging my head against the wall trying to make this work. I followed all of these steps exactly. But every time I try to import the XML file to Wordpress, it gives me a “Page Not Found” error. Any idea what went wrong or what I’m doing wrong?
Elise
Sorry. Just now seeing that there’s a file size limit. So what do I do if my Squarespace XML file is too big? Can I manually break it down? I don’t know anything about this kind of file.
WPBeginner Support
Yes you can split it. Please see our guide on how to split large xml files in WordPress.
Admin
Helena
Anyone facing issues with the import where a lot of useless tags are imported into each Wordpress post? I got to manually delete a lot of items and was wondering how I could avoid it.
Aaron
In your step 3, if your domain is pointed to Squarespace, you can’t log-in to wordpress… Any thoughts on the workaround?
WPBeginner Support
When you sign up with one of the recommended web hosts, they will tell you how to point your domain to their servers. You can do that after exporting your content from Squarespace.
Admin
Aaron
Yes, however I was wondering about getting your new WP site set-up and perfect while still keeping your Squarespace site live. Is that an option?
WPBeginner Support
Yes it is possible. You can ask your web hosting service provider. Some of them offer a temporary subdomain, which you can use until you are ready to point your Squarespace domain to their servers.
Isabel Saez
Hello,
I have to do something similar.
I have a website in a url let’s say http://www.example.com and its build and hosted with squarespace and In an other side I built a website on wordpress in a subdomain that my hosting (domain.com) has done it for me http://www.example.domain.com.
I would like to move the content and the whole site built on that subdomain with wordpress to the url http://www.example.com.
So not longer I will use the squarespace platform. I just would like to use the url that squarespace is using into my new wordpress site.
Do you know anything about this?
Thanks,
Isabel
Mitchell
Hello WPBeginner:
Thank you for timely help. I have no Squarespace experience, but I will be moving a Squarespace site to self-hosted WordPress next week.
Big Squarespace problem is that images are displayed using non-standard “data-src.” Images from the site I am moving do not appear in Google image search.
Best wishes,
Mitchell