Wix: Wix Website Builder Performance Issues
Users are experiencing significant performance issues with the Wix website builder, describing it as slow, laggy, and prone to freezing. This leads to frustration, especially for those paying for premium plans, as the app often requires multiple refreshes to function properly.
17 different people have complained about this since 12 Feb 2024, most recently on 28 Sept 2026.
- “I always refresh and check for updates but it’s getting really frustrating just lately!”
- “The app is extremely necessary for full integration to Wix using the POS system, but the fact the app completely freezes the second you even try to start a transaction makes it useless.”
- “Horrible, Moves slow, can’t do anything on here always states “need a desktop,” if I need a desktop for everything then what is the point of the app?”
17 people in 17 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 2 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 17 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 17 people using Wix - Website Builder
- What goes wrong
- App freezes and fails to load6 people · 35%
- Since
- 12 Feb 2024 → 28 Sept 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Wix - Website Builder
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 0% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“Horrible, Moves slow, can’t do anything on here always states “need a desktop,” if I need a desktop for everything then what is the point of the app?”
“I can’t believe I pay for the priciest Wix plan and their app is still this slow.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint17100%
Sources
17 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Wix - Website Builder — I hate wix — Super slow, inefficient, terrible. It crashes constantly, and somehow every update is worse and more time consuming than the next. I’m so frustrated with the apps for this site that I'm paying someone to help me move my business to a different platform, and on top of that, felt a…
Strong complaintFrustrated…voices or create quotations?? Even relying or reading inbox messages! I always refresh and check for updates but it’s getting really frustrating just lately! Please sort it out!
Frustrated…. Everything either takes ages to load or completely freezes the app. The app is extremely necessary for full integration to Wix using the POS system, but the fact the app completely freezes the second you even try to start a transaction makes it useless.
Wix - Website Builder — Horrible Horrible, Moves slow, can’t do anything on here always states “need a desktop,” if I need a desktop for everything then what is the point of the app? Moves very slow.
Looking for a toolWix - Website Builder — Very slow & un-responsive. Crashes often What a terrible app. I found it totally exhausting trying to use this app on iPad. Very slow & freezes often. Crashes a lot. Better off just doing it via a browser. Don’t waste your time. Not very impressed that a company that specialises in creating…
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Score unchanged at 22.6 · 13 Nov 2026, 03:00 → 04:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Wix Website Builder Performance Issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 17 different people described it independently, in 17 mentions, the earliest from 12 Feb 2024 and the most recent from 28 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: steady — no change the counts can show. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 2 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Wix's website builder seems to be causing a lot of frustration, especially when it lags and requires multiple refreshes to work properly. We've heard from 10 people who are dealing with these issues, even those on premium plans. How long did it take you to resolve these performance problems, and what finally made a difference?