Understanding Image Import from Wix

When you export your Wix blog with Blog Porter, we back up your blog post content. The image URLs are preserved as references to Wix, so images will still load from your Wix account.

This ensures your posts look correct right after import, but it’s not a full backup of the image files yet. If you want your images hosted directly in WordPress (instead of pointing back to Wix), you’ll need to re-upload them or use a WordPress plugin to download them automatically and store them locally.

Recommended plugin

"Auto Upload Images" by Ali Irani

The plugin scans your posts, downloads external images from Wix, saves them to your media library, and updates all links automatically.

How to install the plugin?

Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
In the Sidebar navigate to Plugins → Add Plugin
On the search box look for "Auto Upload Images" by Ali Irani
Click "Install Now" and then "Activate"
You will be redirected to the plugins page, it is installed!

Need help importing your blog posts?

We have a video and a tutorial to help you import your blog posts into WordPress, including how to install the Auto Upload Images plugin.

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