Migrate from Squarespace to WordPress — The Right Way
Squarespace raised prices in 2023. Plans now start at $16/month — and you still can’t fully export your site. Here’s how to move to infrastructure you actually own.
Why Businesses Are Leaving Squarespace
Price Hikes, No Exit Ramp
Squarespace eliminated legacy pricing in 2023. Monthly costs jumped with no equivalent increase in capability. You pay more — and you still can’t export your design.
Vendor Lock-In by Design
Squarespace templates and design systems are proprietary. When you leave, your layout doesn’t come with you. Migration without a plan means rebuilding from scratch.
Plugin Ceiling at 30
Squarespace offers roughly 30 integrations. WordPress has 59,000+ plugins. Every time you’ve hit a feature wall on Squarespace, that gap is why.
SEO Control Is Limited
Squarespace handles basic SEO but locks you out of structured data, technical redirects, and granular plugin-level control. WordPress gives you full access to every SEO parameter.
From Squarespace to 45Squared: How It Works
Every migration sprint follows the same three-phase process. Fixed scope, fixed price, no surprises.
Step 01
Scoping Call
We review your Squarespace site, document every URL, and map the migration architecture — content, redirects, DNS — before any work begins. 30 minutes. No commitment.
Step 02
Build & Migrate
45Squared provisions your WordPress site on AWS, migrates your content, configures all 301 redirects to protect your SEO, sets up SSL and CloudFront CDN, and activates monitoring.
Step 03
Go Live — You Own It
DNS is updated, your site goes live on AWS, and the updated sitemap is submitted to Google Search Console. Full documentation and code handoff. 30 days of post-launch support included.
Squarespace vs. 45Squared: Side-by-Side
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I export my Squarespace website content?
Yes. Squarespace exports blog posts and pages as XML, and products as CSV. Your design does not transfer — it must be rebuilt. 45Squared handles the content import and reconstructs the design on WordPress as part of the migration sprint.
Will I lose my Google rankings when I migrate from Squarespace?
Not if the migration is done correctly. Proper 301 redirects map every old URL to its new equivalent before the DNS switch. 45Squared configures all redirects and resubmits your sitemap to Google Search Console as a standard part of every migration.
How much does migrating from Squarespace cost?
45Squared’s Migration Sprint starts at $1,500 for a standard small business site. This includes content migration, WordPress setup on AWS, SSL, CDN, redirect configuration, and 30 days of post-launch support. A final price is scoped on a 30-minute call.
Can I keep my domain when I leave Squarespace?
Yes. Your domain is independent of your hosting. If your domain is registered at Squarespace, we walk you through transferring it to a standard registrar. If it’s already registered elsewhere, we update the DNS records to point to your new server.
Is WordPress harder to manage than Squarespace?
Modern WordPress with a properly configured theme is as straightforward as Squarespace for day-to-day edits. The difference: you own the platform outright. No price surprises, no feature walls, no lock-in.
Ready to Leave Squarespace?
Start with a fully managed WordPress site on AWS — or book a migration sprint and we’ll handle everything. Fixed price, 2-week delivery, 30-day support included.
Or book a Migration Sprint — we handle the full migration from Squarespace to WordPress. From $1,500, 2-week delivery.