PSA: Wix is absolutely terrible and I'm losing my mind

★★ signal-medium r/smallbusiness · ↑ 74 · 💬 64 · 2025-08-24 · kw: alternative to · open on reddit ↗

Tool

Wix, Squarespace, WordPress, Divi, Bricks Builder

Issue

Logo crops inconsistently on each login; UI elements shift unexpectedly; text reverts to months-old versions; editor lacks logical organization, causing 1 week+ of frustration to achieve basic website appearance.

Cost

unstated

Recommendation

WordPress with Divi theme (disputed); Bricks Builder on WordPress (disputed); Squarespace as alternative (disputed); hire professional web designer (consensus in comments)

Date context

mid 2025 reference in comments; post dated 2025-08-24

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anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 · 2026-05-08

Body

Okay so... I genuinely hate Wix so much. Like, I know I haven't used many website editors and I get that this is supposed to be for beginners but holy shit this has been the most frustrating thing I've ever had to do. I genuinely wish I never started this. Like if I had to make a website builder, this would literally be my perfect example of what NOT to do. Nothing is consistent!! It'll constantly make random changes - like cropping my logo differently every single time for no reason?? And stuff just isn't where it would make logical sense to put it. The editor is just... it's so poor. And then - AND THEN - all they do is try to get you to use their premium bullshit. I'm trying to do something simple and they're constantly trying to sell me these "premium services" that their website can supposedly provide. It's absolutely mind-boggling. Look, I haven't used any other website builders, but if I hadn't already spent so much time trying to push through this nightmare, I would tell everyone: DO NOT use Wix. Do literally anything else. I genuinely just came here to post this because I've spent the last WEEK trying to get this website to look halfway decent and I'm just losing my mind. Like why is everything so inconsistent?? Why does it keep changing things I already set up??? Anyway... needed to vent. If anyone has better alternatives please let me know because I'm about ready to throw my computer out the window.

Top comments (7)

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[score=36] CyramSuron

Sounds like I need to start offering web site services.

[score=16] saltiesailor

Just wait till you try to leave.

[score=7] No-Chapter-9654

Are you using Studio or Editor? Are you starting with a template or going from blank? Is the logo changing on the different breakpoints or the same one each time you log in or move from one page to another (that would be weird - haven’t experienced that)? For a DIYer, Squarespace is much easier … but…. you can get a MUCH nicer website out of Wix while still being on the user-friendly side (which is why I happen to use it for clients - with SOPs for them of course!). Wordpress is always a great choice but I find the Wix dashboard gives a lot of included benefit for my small business and solopreneur clients. Sorry it’s going rough. Reach out if you have specific questions I can help with though.

[score=16] CharcoalWalls

Assuming your small business is not a web design business .. this is great example of why you need to hire a professional. It still boggles my mind that in mid 2025, people are trying to cheap out on a website and do it themselves, when your website can very easily be the most useful and profitable assets you ever have. It's open 24/7 to the entire world. This is like me being a chef and wanting to open a restaurant, so instead of buying or renting a building and applicances, I decide to pickup an axe and start chopping down trees to build the place myself. Focus on what YOU do. Hire a pro to focus on what THEY do. Spend some money to save alot of time and headaches (and a shitty outcome)

[score=12] Citrous_Oyster

I run a web agency in the US. Wix is the worst. Everytime I see a client site 99% of the time I can tell immediately if it’s a Wix site or not. They just have that same blandness to them, and the same visual inconsistencies and issues they all have. I used to make Wix sites in the beginning of my career. But I got so frustrated with them that I taught myself to code out of spite so I can do the things I wanted. Can’t imagine how regular people deal with it anymore. My suggestion is if you want to keep making it yourself, use bricks builder on Wordpress. It’s one of the better ones. I don’t use it myself. By people say it’s one of the best. Or find someone who you can pay to do it for you so you don’t have to think about these things ever again.

[score=10] inthemarginsllc

It is. I made the switch back to WordPress at the end of 2023 and haven't looked back. I found that the Divi theme (you have to pay for it) mimics the ease of the WIX builder, but I didn't have any wonky glitches happening, I didn't have text reverting back to what it had been months before, etc.