Wix Integration

Connect your Wix site once, and every article SEOLadders writes goes straight into your Wix blog: the title, the full article with its images, the cover image, a short summary and the text Google shows in search. You create one key in your Wix account, copy your site's ID, and paste both into SEOLadders. Setup takes about 5 minutes.

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Before you start

Make sure you have these three things:

  • You own the Wix account the site is in (or are a co-owner). Only owners can create API keys.
  • Your site has a blog. If not, open your site's dashboard in Wix, click Add Apps, search for Wix Blog and add it.
  • Your site is published, so new articles have somewhere to appear.

1. Copy your site ID

  1. Go to manage.wix.com and open your site's dashboard.
  2. Look at the address bar. It reads like manage.wix.com/dashboard/1a2b3c4d-…/home. The long code after /dashboard/ is your site ID.
  3. Copy the whole address. SEOLadders finds the ID in it for you. If your browser shows only manage.wix.com, click in the address bar to see all of it.

2. Create an API key in Wix

The API key lets SEOLadders add blog posts to your site. You choose exactly what it can do and which site it can reach.

  1. Go to manage.wix.com/account/api-keys (or Account Settings → API Keys).
  2. Click Generate API Key and name it SEOLadders, so you always know what it is for.
  3. Under Sites, choose Specific sites and pick the site you are connecting.
  4. Under Permissions, do not tick “All permissions”. Click See all next to All site permissions, then tick only these (your browser's find, ⌘F or Ctrl+F, helps in the long list):
    • Wix Blog
    • Manage Site Media
    • Ricos Documents
    • Manage Members
    • Manage SEO Settings (lets the site audit fix titles, descriptions and other SEO tags when you press Apply)
    • Wix Stores, if you sell products on Wix (lets buying guides name your products, prices and what is in stock)
  5. Click Generate Key, then copy the key straight away.

Wix only shows the key once

If you close the window before copying it, no problem: generate a new one and use that instead. Keep the key private, like a password.

3. Connect Wix in SEOLadders

  1. In SEOLadders, open Content → CMS Integration and click the Wix card.
  2. Paste the key into API Key and the address from step 1 into Site ID.
  3. Leave Publish live immediately switched on if you want articles to appear on your site straight away. Switch it off to have them wait in Wix as drafts.
  4. Click Test connection. It should say Connected.
  5. Click Save configuration. You are connected.

Auto-publish is on by default

Once Wix is connected, every finished article from your content calendar is sent to your blog automatically. If you would rather check each article first, turn on review mode in Content → Auto Blog.

4. Publish your first article

  1. In SEOLadders, open Content → Content History and click any finished article.
  2. Click Publish at the top right. Wix takes a little longer than other platforms, because each image is copied into your site first.
  3. In Wix, open your site's dashboard and go to Blog → Posts. The article is under Published. Click its ⋯ menu, then View Post, to see it on your site.

Articles arrive spaced, with the cover image at the top and tables bordered. Your site's design decides the fonts and colours, so they match the rest of your site. If text looks heavier than you expect, that is your template's font, which you can change in the Wix editor.

What gets sent to Wix

Wix fieldWhat goes in it
TitleThe article title
Post contentThe full article: headings, text, images, tables and links. Images are copied into your Wix Media Manager
Cover imageThe article's cover image
ExcerptA short summary of the article, shown on your blog page
SEO settingsThe page title, meta description and URL slug Google sees

Publishing the same article again updates the same Wix post, so you never get duplicates and the web address stays the same.

If something goes wrong

  • “Paste your Wix site ID”: the Site ID box does not contain the code from your dashboard address. Copy the address again (step 1).
  • “Wix did not accept the API key”: copy it again, or generate a new one (step 2). The key must come from the account that owns the site.
  • “The API key is missing a permission”: edit the key in the API Keys Manager, tick the four permissions in step 2 and make sure your site is under its Sites.
  • “This Wix site has no blog yet”: add the Wix Blog app to your site, then test again.
  • “Wix needs a post author”: add the Members area to your site in Wix and sign up once as yourself. That member becomes the author of your articles.
  • The article is in Wix but not on your site: Publish live immediately is off, so it arrived as a draft. Publish it in Wix, or switch the option on and publish again.

Still stuck? Contact us from your avatar menu → Support and we will set it up with you. Not on Wix? See all destinations.