Wix forum replacement: what to use now that the Wix Forum app is gone
By Kayabyte
Wix closed its Forum app and points site owners to Wix Groups, which is built by Wix and is the first thing to try. If you need a topic list, search that covers replies and threads Google can find, a forum app or an outside forum is the better fit.
What happened to the Wix Forum app?
Wix’s own pages give these dates.
- 15 April 2025: the Forum app was no longer available in the App Market (Adding Wix Forum).
- 15 October 2025: posting in Wix Forum was switched off (Wix Forum: Moving your forum to Wix Groups).
- 1 March 2026: Wix Forum was discontinued. Wix says forums and all their data are deleted after this date (Wix developer docs).
Wix set the October and March dates after site owners complained about the first schedule (Wix Studio forum thread). The Forum APIs were deprecated on 15 October 2025, so there is no live Forum app to add back.
Is Wix Groups a good Wix forum replacement?
Wix Groups is made by Wix. It lets you create groups around a shared interest, public or private. Members see new content in a feed, post and comment, and you can ask people questions when they ask to join (Wix Groups: An Overview, Creating a New Group).
For a small club, a class or a neighbourhood group that wants a social feed, this is a good fit. I could not find a Wix page that states the cost of Groups, so check your own dashboard and plan.
What does Wix Groups lack compared to a forum?
These points come from site owners in the Wix Studio forum thread, not from our own tests. Check each one on your site.
- No unique address for each post.
- Search covers posts but not comments.
- No locking, closing comments, moving threads or pinning several posts.
- Email only when a post is created, not when someone replies.
- The group page fills the screen and hides your site’s header and menu.
- No approval of posts before they show.
If your forum was a place for support questions, or for answers that new visitors should find on Google, these gaps matter more.
Which Wix forum alternative fits my site?
| You run | Try first |
|---|---|
| A small club or class with a few dozen members | Wix Groups |
| A support forum or a Q&A board for your product | A forum app, or an outside forum |
| A very large community with its own moderators | A hosted forum such as Discourse, linked from your menu |
| A shop where buyers ask about products | A forum app with product Q&A |
More detail in how to add a forum to a Wix site. To see what Google needs from a forum, read Wix forum SEO.
How do I move my old Wix forum to Wix Groups?
Wix’s own article (Moving your forum to Wix Groups) lists these steps. Wix deleted forum data after 1 March 2026, so check your dashboard first to see whether anything is left.
- In your site dashboard, go to Forum and click Move Forum to Wix Groups in the banner.
- Click Move Now. A progress bar shows the move.
- Open Groups to set each group’s preferences, then open the Editor, adjust your group pages and publish.
- Back in Forum, click Add Members next to “Add forum members to your groups.”
- Tell your members they can start using groups.
- Set up 301 redirects from your old forum URLs to the new group pages. URLs do not carry over by themselves.
- Delete Wix Forum when the move is done.
Wix says each category becomes a group, and posts, comments and reactions are copied. Analytics, SEO settings, moderation settings and email settings are not. You can move only once, and later posts are not copied. Wix’s page is unclear on subcategories, so convert them to ordinary categories before you move.
Where the app fits
Full disclosure: Kayabyte makes Community Forum & Q&A, so I describe it in more detail than the other options. Other forum apps exist in the Wix App Market.
It is a forum with categories, search that includes replies, Q&A mode with accepted answers, reply emails, and a moderation queue with lock, pin, move and merge. Each thread gets its own page with all approved replies written out, which gives Google something to read. Data lives in your own site’s CMS.
Plans
Free: a full forum with unlimited members and replies, up to 100 threads and 3 categories, and a small “Powered by” link. Pro is $6.99 per month, or $5.59 per month billed yearly, with a 14-day free trial. It adds unlimited threads and categories, no “Powered by” link, private categories, advanced moderation, product Q&A and CSV import and export. Billed by Wix. Full plan table.
Get Community Forum & Q&A on the Wix App Market.
FAQ
Can I still add the old Wix Forum? No. It left the App Market on 15 April 2025 and was discontinued on 1 March 2026.
Is Wix Groups a forum? It is a group feed with posts and comments. It has some forum features and lacks others. See the list above.
Will my old forum posts move over automatically? Only if you ran Wix’s move to Groups before the deadline. Wix says posts, comments and reactions were copied, but not URLs or SEO settings.
Do I need to redirect the old forum URLs? Yes. Wix says URLs are not carried over, so set up 301 redirects.
Is a forum app better than Wix Groups? It depends. Groups is simpler. A forum app gives you topics, search in replies and a page for each thread.
Wix help checked on 7 November 2026. Wix changes its tools often, so check the pages linked above. Nothing here guarantees a ranking on Google.