This is the 2024 review of Wix website builder. It is one of the popular website builders. We will approach the review from the perspective of a small business owner or a website manager. And without adding any plugins and on basic plans.
video version: https://youtu.be/6yCThew6Yw4Introduction
Wix is a popular website builder. It is a public company and trades on NASDAQ.
They have lots of features.
Min $ per month for a single page, multiple page website, ssl, custom domain
$16 per month for website
Basic $ ecommerce - list products and payments
CAD 27 for basic ecommerce
Latest version and End of life (EOL)
Features reach end of life - https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/articles/what-s-new/end-of-life-notices Website itself does not reach end of life.
Support for markdown, rst format
No markdown support while writing.
Tables, code blocks, images, links, accordion, tabs, and other components
Lots of different components, but takes time to find it. Apparently tables and code blocks are present but was not easy to implement for me.
Images
Great image editing options. You can import from shutterstock, unsplash, and other sources. Plus you can use AI to generate images, and it is quick.
Editing CSS, JS, and HTML
You are able to edit CSS for individual components. But could not find it easily.
Install marketing scripts
Needs to update to premium plan for adding Google Tag Manager, same for Google Analytics. In built tracking present.
Don't know which premium plan you need to upgrade to for adding Google Tag Manager.
Default SEO and Analytics
- They do have the checklist in the site.