¿Quieres cambiar de Weebly a WordPress?
Sí, es posible migrar todo tu contenido de Weebly a WordPress sin contratar a un desarrollador o saber cómo codificar. Hemos creado una herramienta gratuita de importación de Weebly a WordPress que lo hace todo por ti.
En este artículo, le mostraremos cómo pasar correctamente de Weebly a WordPress (paso a paso).
¿Por qué migrar de Weebly a WordPress?
Elegir WordPress en lugar de Weebly se reduce realmente a la flexibilidad y el control.
WordPress es el tipo de plataforma web “para todo”. Es de código abierto, lo que significa que una enorme comunidad de desarrolladores mejora constantemente sus capacidades.
Tendrás acceso a miles de temas y plugins que te permitirán personalizar tu sitio a tu gusto. Tanto si quieres establecer un blog sencillo como un sitio de comercio electrónico complejo, WordPress puede con todo.
Weebly es fácil de usar y perfecto si quieres crear un sitio web rápidamente y sin complicaciones. Sin embargo, sus características de personalización son limitadas y no tiene todas las capacidades SEO que ofrece WordPress.
Según nuestra experiencia, la mayoría de la gente no elige la mejor plataforma de blogs cuando empieza. Lo más probable es que opten por una de las muchas soluciones de alojamiento, como Weebly, porque han oído hablar de su facilidad y gratuidad.
Desgraciadamente, WordPress a veces tiene mala reputación y existen muchos mitos acerca de él que simplemente no son ciertos.
Una vez que te metes más en el blog y aprendes acerca de SEO, monetización, personalización, etc, entonces tienes ese momento de ¡Vaya! porque te das cuenta de que tomaste la decisión equivocada.
Descubrirá que WordPress es el mejor sistema de gestión de contenidos que existe.
Y es entonces cuando te entra el pánico porque no quieres que tu duro trabajo se eche a perder.
No te preocupes, no lo hará. Hemos ayudado a cientos de personas a cambiar de Weebly a WordPress. No, no tienes que saber nada de código. Si puedes seguir las instrucciones y apuntar y hacer clic, entonces puedes mover tu sitio Weebly a WordPress.
Sí, te llevará aproximadamente una hora migrar correctamente de Weebly a WordPress, pero merece completamente la pena.
Oferta adicional gratuita: Ya que muchos de ustedes nos lo pidieron, ahora estamos ofreciendo un servicio gratuito de migración de Weebly a WordPress como parte de nuestro servicio gratuito de instalación de blogs en WordPress. Esto significa que uno de los miembros de nuestro equipo de expertos hará toda la migración para usted (100% gratis). Sí, puedes cambiar literalmente de Weebly a WordPress sin ningún riesgo.
Sin embargo, si te gusta aprender y hacer las cosas por ti mismo, puedes seguir nuestro tutorial paso a paso a continuación.
¿Preparados? Primeros pasos.
Tutorial en vídeo de Weebly a WordPress
Si no te gustan los tutoriales en vídeo o quieres avanzar a tu propio ritmo, sigue leyendo las instrucciones a continuación.
Paso 1: Primeros pasos
Para crear un blog en WordPress, necesitas dos cosas:
- Un nombre de dominio (el nombre de su blog, por ejemplo, wpbeginner.com).
- Una cuenta de alojamiento web (aquí es donde su sitio web vive en Internet).
Aunque WordPress en sí es gratuito, tanto el dominio como el alojamiento web tienen un coste (14,99 $ / año para el dominio y 7,99 $ / mes para el alojamiento web).
Afortunadamente, Bluehost, un proveedor de alojamiento oficial recomendado por WordPress, ha accedido a ofrecer a nuestros usuarios un nombre de dominio gratuito y más de un 73% de descuento en alojamiento web.
Si, por alguna razón, desea otras opciones, puede consultar nuestro anuncio / catálogo / ficha de las mejores empresas de alojamiento de WordPress.
Una vez que hayas establecido tu dominio y alojamiento, el siguiente paso es instalar WordPress. Tenemos una guía paso a paso sobre cómo instalar WordPress.
Cuando hayas terminado de instalar WordPress, estarás listo para pasar al siguiente paso, que es trasladar tu contenido de Weebly a WordPress.
Paso 2: Exporta el contenido de tu sitio web Weebly
En el pasado, era muy difícil para los usuarios pasar de Weebly a WordPress porque no era fácil exportar datos desde Weebly.
Decidimos resolver este problema y desarrollamos un importador gratuito de Weebly a WordPress.
Es una herramienta online gratuita que importa tu contenido de Weebly y lo convierte en un formato de importación compatible con WordPress. No realiza ningún cambio en tu sitio Weebly existente, por lo que su uso es perfectamente seguro.
Dirígete al sitio web del Importador de Weebly a WordPress e introduce la URL de tu sitio web Weebly.
Se le pedirá que indique su nombre y dirección de correo electrónico y que seleccione un formato de exportación.
La opción por defecto es el formato WXR, y no debería cambiarlo a menos que se encuentre con un problema / conflicto / incidencia más adelante.
A continuación, tienes que elegir si quieres incluir páginas en tu archivo de exportación. La opción por defecto es ‘Sí’, y tampoco necesitas cambiarla a menos que realmente no quieras exportar páginas de Weebly.
Después, tienes que hacer clic en el botón ‘Exportar mi sitio web Weebly’.
El Importador de Weebly a WordPress recuperará el contenido de tu sitio web Weebly y lo convertirá en un archivo de exportación compatible con WordPress.
Verás un botón para descargar tu archivo de exportación de Weebly. Tienes que hacer clic con el botón derecho y seleccionar ‘Guardar enlace como’ en el menú.
Esto descargará el archivo export.xml en su ordenador.
Paso 3: Importar contenido de Weebly a WordPress
Ahora que tienes tu contenido de Weebly en un formato compatible con WordPress, es el momento de importarlo a WordPress.
Acceda a su área de administrador y diríjase a la página Herramientas ” Importar.
Verás un anuncio / catálogo / ficha de importadores disponibles para diferentes plataformas. Debes desplazarte hasta WordPress y enlazar el enlace “Instalar ahora”.
WordPress buscará ahora el plugin importador y lo instalará en su sitio WordPress sin recargar la página.
Una vez instalado, haga clic en “Ejecutar importador” para iniciarlo.
Esto te llevará a la página del importador de WordPress. Siga adelante y haga clic en el botón “Elegir archivo” para seleccionar el archivo export.xml que descargó anteriormente.
A continuación, haga clic en el botón “Subir archivo e importar” para continuar.
El importador de WordPress subirá y analizará su archivo de exportación. En la siguiente pantalla, le pedirá que asigne autores.
Puedes importar un autor desde tu sitio web Weebly, crear un nuevo autor o asignar todo el contenido a tu usuario WordPress existente.
No olvides marcar la casilla siguiente a la opción “Descargar e importar archivos adjuntos”. Esta opción cargará las imágenes de tu sitio web Weebly en la biblioteca de medios de WordPress para que puedas utilizarlas más tarde.
Ahora puede hacer clic en el botón “Enviar” para ejecutar el importador. WordPress importará el contenido del archivo de exportación a tu base de datos de WordPress. También intentará recuperar las imágenes enlazadas a las entradas y páginas de tu blog Weebly.
Al finalizar, verá un mensaje de correcto.
Enhorabuena, has importado correctamente el contenido de tu blog Weebly a WordPress. Ahora puedes ir a entradas, páginas y categorías en el área de administrador de WordPress para ver si todo tu contenido está allí. Además, marca / comprueba la biblioteca de medios para ver las imágenes importadas desde tu sitio Weebly.
Si el proceso de importación falla a medio camino, siempre puede volver a ejecutarlo. El importador es lo suficientemente inteligente como para detectar contenido duplicado y omitirlo. Solo importará el contenido que no se importó correctamente en el intento anterior.
Paso 4: Establecer redireccionamientos
Si estabas usando un dominio personalizado en tu sitio Weebly (como yoursite.com), entonces necesitas apuntarlo a tu proveedor de alojamiento WordPress.
En primer lugar, debes acceder a tu cuenta Weebly e ir a la página Dominios. Haz clic en el nombre de dominio que quieras editar y, a continuación, en la página de ajustes de dominio, haz clic en el botón “Cambiar” situado junto a la opción Servidores de nombres.
En la siguiente pantalla, debe introducir los servidores de nombres de su nuevo alojamiento de WordPress. En el caso de Bluehost, son ns1.bluehost.com y ns2.bluehost.com.
Haz clic en el botón “Guardar” para establecer los ajustes.
Los cambios de servidor de nombres pueden tardar un poco en propagarse por Internet. Una vez que los cambios surtan efecto, los visitantes empezarán a ver su sitio de WordPress.
Si estuviera usando una URL de subdominio en su sitio Weebly (como http://example.weebly.com), entonces así es como configuraría la redirección.
Accede / accede a tu Escritorio Weebly y edita tu sitio web. A continuación, tienes que hacer clic en Ajustes y luego en la pestaña SEO.
Ahora, desplácese hasta la opción de código de cabecera y añada esta línea de código:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;url=http://www.yourdomain.com/">
Sustituya sudominio.com por el nombre de dominio de su nuevo sitio WordPress.
No olvides hacer clic en los botones “Guardar” y “Publicar” para guardar los cambios.
Ahora puedes visitar tu sitio web Weebly, y se actualizará y redirigirá a tu sitio web WordPress.
Paso 5: Establecer Enlaces permanentes
Su sitio web Weebly puede tener una estructura de URL diferente para entradas de blog y páginas. Por lo general, es algo como esto:
Para entradas de blog: http://example.com/blog/your-post-title/
Para páginas: http://example.com/page-title.html
Si estabas usando un dominio personalizado en tu sitio Weebly, entonces los usuarios que visiten una entrada de tu antiguo blog Weebly verán un error 404.
A continuación se explica cómo asegurarse de que los usuarios son redirigidos a la entrada correcta.
Deberá visitar la página Ajustes ” Enlaces permanentes. Desplácese hacia abajo y seleccione la opción “Estructura personalizada” y, a continuación, añada /blog/%postname% en el campo de texto situado a su lado.
No olvide hacer clic en el botón “Guardar cambios” para actualizar sus enlaces permanentes.
Ahora, debe añadir .html al final de las URL de sus páginas de WordPress.
Tendrás que instalar y activar el plugin Add Any Extension to Pages. Para más detalles, consulta nuestra guía paso a paso sobre cómo instalar un plugin de WordPress.
Una vez activado, debe visitar Ajustes ” Añadir cualquier extensión a las páginas. Simplemente introduzca .html en los ajustes del plugin y haga clic en el botón “Actualizar ajustes”.
Ahora, debe visitar la página Ajustes ” Enlaces permanentes y hacer clic en el botón guardar cambios para actualizar su estructura de enlaces permanentes.
Paso 6: Diagnosticar problemas
Aquí tienes algunas cosas que puedes necesitar después de transferir tu sitio de Weebly a WordPress.
1. Importar o sustituir imágenes
WordPress intentará importar las imágenes de tu sitio web Weebly a WordPress durante la importación. Sin embargo, si tus imágenes no se descargan en la biblioteca de medios, tendrás que importarlas. Consulte nuestra guía sobre cómo importar imágenes externas en WordPress para obtener instrucciones detalladas paso a paso.
2. Corrección de errores en WordPress
Si aparecen errores en su sitio de WordPress después de la transferencia, consulte nuestra guía definitiva sobre los errores más comunes de WordPress y cómo corregirlos.
3. Qué hacer después de instalar WordPress
Si todo va bien, ya estará listo para personalizar su nuevo sitio web y aprovechar la enorme flexibilidad de WordPress. Consulte nuestra lista de cosas importantes que debe hacer después de instalar WordPress.
Esperamos que este artículo te haya ayudado a migrar de Weebly a WordPress. También puedes consultar nuestra lista de plugins de WordPress imprescindibles para sitios web empresariales y nuestra guía WordPress vs. Weebly.
If you liked this article, then please subscribe to our YouTube Channel for WordPress video tutorials. You can also find us on Twitter and Facebook.
Sarah
Any tips on exporting pages that are visible only to certain members or member groups in Weebly? There are about 100 I need to move over to WordPress but they are not visible unless viewed by a logged in member who has access to those pages.
WPBeginner Support
The export file should include any hidden pages unless Weebly has changed their export rules.
Administrador
herve
Hi,
I’ve recently needed to export several weebly’s websites but I think they’re too big. Every time I request an export, I get a 504 – Gateway Timeout.
Is there another solution or alternative?
Thanks,
Rv
WPBeginner Support
Please reach out to our team using our contact form below for us to take a look at the exports.
https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Sarah Jayne
I just want to clarify something – does this move a full website or just the blog? I have my website and blog on Weebly and I want to move it to Wordpress.
WPBeginner Support
The export you include pages so it is for an entire site not just your blog
Administrador
shlomo
Hi, when I run the importer I get this message:
Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL?
If I enter my domain name directly into my web browser it does take me to my website. I would appreciate any help in how can I resolve this?
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
For troubles with the Weebly exporter, please reach out to us using our contact form below and include the URL of your site for us to take a look at possible issues.
https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Kay Gill
Hi, Can you tell me what theme is used when the import into Wordpress takes place please?
WPBeginner Support
No specific theme needs to be used on WordPress to import your content, the theme used is based on personal preference.
Administrador
Lindsey
Helpful. If I’m transfering my domain from Weebly to create a new WP site through BlueHost, do I need to wait for the domain transfer to complete fully (could take 3-10 days) before completing the steps provided? TIA.
WPBeginner Support
You can create a site on a temporary domain on BlueHost and once your domain is transferred you can update the domain. That would allow you to start working on it before the transfer is complete.
Administrador
Palitha
This is not working, no any type of export happening
WPBeginner Support
Please reach out to us using our contact form and include the URL of the Weebly site that is not exporting and we will certainly take a look!
https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Adam Lee Rosenfeld
Hi I have a client with a Weebly site that has an eccomerce setup (products, a shopping cart, etc.). Would this solution work for a site like that?
WPBeginner Support
Sadly, at the moment we do not have a recommended method for easily transferring e-commerce data from Weebly
Administrador
Jordan Eagle
I’m pretty much the novice blogger verbatim who started on Weebly and wants to move over to Wordpress. This blog was super helpful in transferring media, text, and most content from blog posts and pages on my Weebly blog. I, too, received the error from their exporter:
“Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL? Go Back”
I was able to get one complete export.xml file in a handful of failed attempts on the exporter. However, I contact WPBeginner support and within 12 hours they had done the export themselves and set along the export file.
Would definitely recommend using this for an easy transfer.
ZP
I am helping a non profit migrate their site, but we are not sure if the blog posts will transfer along with all the other site content. Does anyone know? Thanks.
WPBeginner Support
Blog posts should transfer.
Administrador
Zhivko G.
Hi,
I am also trying to migrate my Weebly site to WP, and I keep getting the message “Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL?”. I disabled the SSL, but it is of no use: I tried several times, waited for minutes, but still no effect. Can something be done? Thanks.
WPBeginner Support
For issues with the exporter, please reach out to us using the contact form below for us to assist:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Mark Bolmida
I’d like to move a well established (12 years) Weebly site to Wordpress. It ranks well for my industry and I don’t want the move to affect my SEO in a negative way. Will it? I’m hoping with the more tools available in Wordpress I can make my site better and make ranking even better.
WPBeginner Support
There should not be a major change in your SEO if you move the site and set up your redirect properly.
Administrador
Bjorn Yourey
Hi, Before I do this just curious to know will my contact forms, background images get transferred as well or its just strictly content which gets transferred from weebly to wordpress?
WPBeginner Support
It would depend on how the images are added but it would be best to expect only the content will be transferred.
Administrador
Bjorn Yourey
thank you so much for your reply, should i follow the same methods to get it migrated from weebly to the weebly in siteground? I just signed up on their site and just about to migrate from weebly to wordpress for 1 site, but also wanted to know if i should follow the same instructions for weebly to weebly platform in siteground, thanks again for your help.
WPBeginner Support
At the moment we do not have a guide for moving a Weebly site, if you reach out to SiteGround they should be able to help with that.
Megan
THANK YOU so much for posting this!!! I was getting so frustrated and this actually helped!
WPBeginner Support
Glad our guide was helpful
Administrador
JOE
When I try to export the weebly site I only get this error message,
Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL? Go Back
I have done everything, still it display the same message. I’m using the domain fro weebly by the way.
please help.
WPBeginner Support
If you run into that issue please reach out to us using our contact form.
Administrador
Alison Bigg
When I try to export the weebly site I only get this error message,
Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL? Go Back
Thanks for any help. Alison
WPBeginner Support
You would want to reach out to us using our contact form for us to be able to assist with that issue.
Administrador
Charles
Will this work for transferring a Weebly eComm site to a WordPress site integrated with WooCommerce?
WPBeginner Support
It should work for transferring your site content but you would need to recreate your product pages.
Administrador
Clint Holden
Would I be better to wait to export from weebly until I have beaver builder installed or does it matter
WPBeginner Support
You can export from Weebly at any point and adding your content would give you something to style on your new site as well
Administrador
Ian Dunn
I also got the “Could not find any content …” error, but it was because I had a custom domain setup.
To get it to work, I had to add a “{site-name}.weebly.com” subdomain, and then enter that address into the tool.
WPBeginner Support
Thank you for letting us know about that issue, we’ll be sure to look into possible reasons why it could have happened
Administrador
Danielle
Hello! I’ve been trying to use your plugin to convert my weebly site to WordPress, but it times out every time. What can I do to fix this? I have high speed internet, but I’m wondering if my site is too big…?
WPBeginner Support
Should our exporter run into this issue, please reach out to us using our contact form and let us know your site URL here: https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Linda
Hello. I finally took the plunge and transferred my weebly site to wordpress. I put it off because I thought it would be a nightmare and complicated. Decided the time was now as my site looked very outdated and was losing ranking. I couldn’t believe how easy it was! I needed to turn off SSL (and then back on again) for it to work.
Thank you all so much for offering this free service!
Happy New Year and I wish you all the very best.
WPBeginner Support
You’re welcome, Happy New Year to you as well
Administrador
Misao
Hello, the importer is not working. After filling out the fields, it shows Wordpress Error
WPBeginner Support
Please reach out to us using our contact form with the site and error you are seeing for us to take a look: https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Administrador
Zara
The Weebly to WordPress Importer. is not working. I’ve tried 3 times. It does not collect any daga.
WPBeginner Support
Please reach out to us using our contact us page at the bottom of the page to elaborate on your issue.
Administrador
Kelly
Hi I am just beginning this process and understand I transfer the nameservers as the final step, but I can’t seem to find on my weebly
‘Click on the domain name that you want to edit and then on domain settings page click on the change button next to nameservers option’
I go into the weebly site I want to move over, click on settings and within those no options for nameservers, am I looking in the right place?
WPBeginner Support
Did you purchase your domain name from another location? That could be why the option is not in Weebly
Administrador
Noelle
Hi, I am wanting to transfer my weebly posts to Wordpress. I am interested in following this information to transfer my weebly site to Wordpress but I am lacking tech and coding skills. If I go through with the import do I then crest more content through weebly or Wordpress? Does it completely get rid of weebly. I purchased my domain through weebly I believe
WPBeginner Support
If you wanted to transfer the site then you would create your new content on the new WordPress site after following the tutorial. This guide will redirect users to your new site using WordPress but you will still have access to the Weebly content from your admin end.
Administrador
Susan
Hi, this may be a basic question but I like the look of my website on Weebly. Does the transfer keep the framework and look of the website? Or does it mean I have to find a new wordpress template to display the content.
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
You would need to find a new theme for your site as it does not transfer the look of your site. There are page builder plugins you can use to recreate your current design if you wanted.
Administrador
Chris
Hi, great article. Do you have a tool like this but for migrations other than Weebly? I built a landing page on a third-party service, but would now like to duplicate it in my wordpress site. It’s just one page. Ideas?
WPBeginner Support
It would depend on the specific service for what is available.
Administrador
Chris
It’s on Agile CRM.
WPBeginner Support
Sadly, we do not have a recommended exporter at the moment.
Sakthi
I need to import my website which has nearly 400 blog post. Your tools is loading and throwing an error at the end as technical difficulties.
Please, i need the wxr file for all my blog post.
WPBeginner Support
For larger sites please reach out to us using our contact form for us to be able to assist.
Administrador
admin
We used your tool to export blog data from Weebly and then import into Wordpress. It seemed to work fine but with one major exception: the blog titles did not import.
Do you have advice on a fix? Should we try to import again (over existing blog data) or manually enter all the titles to each blog post (about 120 blog posts)?
WPBeginner Support
You may want to try recreating the export file to ensure it didn’t have a hiccup and then reimporting.
Administrador
Bill
So, what if the Weebly site is one of the ones that are offered through HostGator and the WordPress I want to use is also on HostGator. Will the tool work in that instance?
WPBeginner Support
If you’re using the same host then you could set up a staging site to set up the new site while the old site is active: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/
Administrador
Chris
I read through the article, and noticed you hadn’t addressed comments. Do the comments also get imported, through the Weebly default comment box. Or is that one of the things the importer doesn’t do?
It’s important for me to know, as I recently signed up with Weebly and didn’t realise how lame their comments section for blogs were. I’m deciding whether I should use Disqus instead of the default – as it seems to have more options, as far as commenting goes. But I wouldn’t switch, if I knew the WP importer, could only import my default comments. If at all???
WPBeginner Support
The exporter should include your comments on your site, if you wanted to test it you can create a local installation using:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/#installlocal
Administrador
Sam Morgan
Hi there. I first want to say that I used this guide successfully to move from weebly to wordpress (after disabling ssl to export weebly data), so thanks!
I have a domain related question.
I told bluehost that I own my domian ieltstutors.org, though Im building my wordpress site on a temp domain given by bluehost.
Am I right in saying that after I have finish building my WP site, all I need to do is change my weebly nameservers to bluehost? Do I then just go to bluehost and press “transfer to bluehost”?
Is there a way to do this so that the site doesn’t go down?
Thanks for all your help!
WPBeginner Support
When you are ready you would want to change the domain’s nameservers to BlueHost and then update your site’s url to the correct domain and use a tool like the one from our article here:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-update-urls-when-moving-your-wordpress-site/
You should also be able to reach out to BlueHost to help you update your domain if you wanted.
Administrador
Kate
Thank you for leaving your comment! I was struggling to export my weebly site with the weeblytowp application until I turned off SSL.
Thank you!
Carlos
I’m having issues downloading the WXR version of my Weebly site. I’m getting the “Could not find any content in your Weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL?” Message.
Am I missing something? It’s a full website I want to migrate, no blog attached to it. Could that be the reason I’m getting an error? I’m looking to move a few sites any insight would great.
Carlos
WPBeginner Support
That message can happen when you attempt to export a very large site but if you run into that error please reach out to us using our contact form for us to take a look
Administrador
Carlos
Will do doing that now I think I came across your contact page somewhere on the thread. thanks!
WPBeginner Support
If not in the comments, we have the link in our footer
Denise
If I already have a Weebly site with a domain through Bluehost, is switching it to WordPress easier? At one point my website was giving a large error and the site was unaccesible because both Weebly and WordPress were trying to work on the website at the same time. We changed to Weebly for simplicity, but now I would really like to move us to Wordpress so that we have the ability to customize far more than what we have right now.
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
The difficulty would be due to wanting to install WordPress in the same location as your current site. You can create an installation on your local computer: https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/#installlocal
and once you set up your site there, you can overwrite the site on your host using: https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-wordpress-from-local-server-to-live-site/
Administrador
Emilia Amaro
Hi there! Thanks for the informative post!
I’m trying to use the weeblytowp for my client’s site but the result keeps saying “there is no content on this website”.
I’m confused because there is over 4 years of blog posts I’m trying to transfer over.
Can you help?
WPBeginner Support
More than likely the exporter is having an error due to how much content is on the site. If you reach out using our contact form we should be able to help.
Administrador
Emilia Amaro
Thanks for the reply!
Where is your contact form? I’ve tried looking through the site quickly and couldn’t identify it. Could you send a link?
Thanks!
WPBeginner Support
A link to our contact page is in our footer or you can use: https://www.wpbeginner.com/contact/
Sophie
Hi there! What if I have bought my domain through Weebly and I want to keep this same domain with my new wordpress site? I’m not whether or not to tell bluehost I “have a domain” already or not, because I no longer want to be affiliated with Weebly at all, but I want my same domain name and it’s through them. Completely lost at how I should go about this. Thanks for the help!
WPBeginner Support
You would let BlueHost know you already have a domain and then you would transfer your domain to BlueHost once you are ready
Administrador
jenn
Is it completely necessary to add the .html for redirects? It is not on the original wix urls.
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
It would be for if you have pages, posts to not end in .html but any pages you had on Weebly would need the .html added to prevent errors with redirection.
Administrador
Jacky
Thank you for this great tutorial. When I click on Domains, I don’t see the screen Edit Nameservers. Is it because my domain is with GoDaddy? In that case, would I have to edit that on GoDaddy? Thank you so much!
WPBeginner Support
Hi Jacky,
Correct, if you purchased your domain through another registrar such as GoDaddy then you would need to edit the nameservers through them rather than Weebly
Administrador
Jacky
Thank you! I have my blog with weebly using my .com domain. When you say transfer files, does that deactivate the weebly site or is it just just a copy of the files? I mean I want to copy the weebly files to wp, but i want to leave my weebly site live while i build the new wp. Once i finish building it, then i’ll move my domain to wp.
WPBeginner Support
It creates copies of your content, it does not remove your content
Alice Ford
When I tried to export my site it said it couldn’t find any data.
WPBeginner Support
We will certainly take a look for any errors that could be causing this with the exporter.
Administrador
jose
How long it takes to transfer and unluck a domain form weebly to another host.
WPBeginner Support
With any domain registrar, you would need to wait 60 days from when it is first purchased. After that, you would need to reach out to Weebly for their specifics
Administrador
Jessica
This did nothing for me. After importing to wordpress, nothing has changed on it. Stock site still in effect.
WPBeginner Support
Hi Jessica,
When you are logged into WordPress admin dashboard, can you see your imported content under posts or pages? If you cannot then this mean that importer didn’t run or it didn’t find any content to import.
Administrador
Carissa
After clicking the ‘Export my Weebly Website’ button, it changes to ‘Generating Export File’. On the bottom left side of my screen ways it says, ‘Waiting for weeblytowp.com’. After a few minutes, I get a message that says ‘504 Gateway Time-Out’. Is this because my Weebly site is too large? Or do you think this could be a technical difficulty?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Carissa,
This could be due to a large site. You can try again in a few mins. If it still doesn’t work then try to save some of your Weebly content as Drafts and then try to export.
Administrador
Carissa
That’s what I was afraid you were going to say. Unfortunately, the bulk of the content are pages which you can’t put into draft mode on Weebly (that I’m aware of). Do you have a link that I can pay someone to do this for me? I don’t care about making it pretty (I can do that), I just need to download the Weebly site. I hope this question makes sense?
WPBeginner Support
While we don’t have a recommended location for hiring for that, you could take a look at some of the recommendations in this article: https://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/best-places-to-hire-wordpress-developers/
Ashley
Thanks for the guide and tool. I’m trying to export a Weebly blog and am getting the ‘no content’ error message. I’ve disabled SSL in the Weebly editor which seems to have taken a while to take place, but I am now able to access the site via http only. However still no luck exporting the site. Any suggestions would be gratefully received!
LR
I spoke with Weebly today and asked them if it was possible to transfer a site to WP, just in case we wanted to switch down the road….. They said no
haha
Rachel
I have a domain that I purchased through Weebly, and I have designed a new site with wordpress.org.. and now I can’t figure out how to use my weebly domain for my wordpress site. The Weebly people said I need the DNS… I don’t know what that is
WPBeginner Support
Hi Rachel,
Your new host where you are hosting WordPress.org will provide you DNS server details. They usually look like this:
ns1.yourhost.com
ns2.yourhost.com
Once you know what DNS servers are used by your host, you can edit your domain settings in Weebly and point it to your new host.
Administrador
David McKinney
Hello,
I have been trying to transfer my Weebly blog to WordPress. I keep getting the error message “Could not find any content in your weebly blog to export. Did you enter the correct URL?” I have retried the transfer at least 100 times in the past day and a half. Still no luck. Any suggestions?
WPBeginner Support
Hi David,
We are aware of the issue and our team is working on it. Meanwhile, you can try tips mentioned by other users. Some users disabled SSL and that worked for them.
Administrador
David McKinney
Thank you.
Disabling the SSL really worked.
WPBeginner Support
Hey David,
Glad to hear that
David McKinney
Okay.
Now how do I turn the SSL back on for Weebly? Turning it off was easy. Turning it back on, not so,much. I do not want to leave it unprotected.
Thanks.
WPBeginner Support
Hi David,
You’d find instructions on Weebly’s website or reach out to their support.
Emily S.
I am trying to follow the video, but my Bluehost dashboard doesn’t look anything like the one pictured. I can’t figure out how to install Wordpress! Do you have any suggestions? I can’t seem to go any further because I can’t figure out how to do that step.
WPBeginner Support
Hi Emily,
Once you have logged into your Bluehost account you will see a link to log into your WordPress admin area.
Administrador
Lerissa Patrick
WOW! I was dreading the prospect of recreating my Weebly website in WordPress … and now I don’t have to do it! Thank you so much for this nifty little tool. After a couple of false starts, it ripped right through its tasks, and I’m done! So very cool …
Jo
Hey, so I built my site, free in Weebly, and have my bluehost account. I tried using your importer but the URL Weebly provided is HTTPS not HTTP…. is that because I didn’t purchase anything from Weebly? When I run the importer tool it says that it can’t find any content on the weebly URL.
So appreciate your advice on this!
Karin
Hi, I am extracting my weebly site from ipage, which seemed to work, then imported it to wordpress following the instructions, but I can’t see it to see what it looks like. The home button at the top of the dashboard says ss_site_title when I click on it, it goes to the weebly site, how do I see what the wordpress looks like before I make it live?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Karin,
We are not sure what you mean. If you have successfully imported your Weebly content in WordPress, you will see it under ‘Posts’. It is possible that your domain name is still pointing to your Weebly website. In that case, you will need to change your domain name settings from your Weebly account and point it to your iPage hosting account by changing the DNS server settings.
Administrador