Weebly Shuts Down. Why and What to Do to Save Your Website

After Weebly was bought by Square in 2018, the platform gradually became more restrictive and less flexible. Now in 2026, Weebly users from 67 countries risk losing access to their website forever.

Here is the history of Weebly's development and acquisition, and how you can move your website from Weebly to a safe place.

Brief History of Weebly

Weebly was founded in 2006 at Penn State University. David Rusenko, Chris Fanini, and Dan Veltri built it because students struggled to create personal websites and publish resumes online. An invitation-only beta launched later that year.

The public launch came in March 2007 with the drag-and-drop editor that became Weebly's signature. It made website building accessible to people who could not code.

Between 2007 and 2015, Weebly grew fast. It added paid plans, blogging, HTML and CSS editing, mobile apps, multilingual support, and ecommerce. Early on, it was one of the best-known drag-and-drop builders on the market.

In 2018, Square (now called Block) agreed to buy Weebly for roughly $365 million. At the time, Weebly had millions of users and more than 625,000 paid subscribers. Square wanted website building and payments under one roof.

How Square Killed Weebly

The acquisition did not work out the way Weebly's users hoped.

Square launched Square Online in 2019 — a separate ecommerce product built with Weebly's technology underneath. New development shifted to Square Online. The classic Weebly editor got maintenance, security patches, and compatibility fixes — but nothing more.

A Square Community moderator said in February 2025 that the company did not plan further updates to the classic Weebly builder. No new editor. No modern templates. No AI builder. The classic platform was effectively frozen.

The Weebly mobile app stopped receiving updates too . Users had to link their Weebly login to a Square account, and account management moved to the Square Dashboard. But the products were never fully merged — a legacy Weebly site still opens in the old editor, and you cannot convert it to the new Square editor without rebuilding from scratch.

In 2025, a support page briefly said Weebly support would end in July 2025. Square removed the date and clarified they were not shutting Weebly down. But the confusion signaled where things were heading.

What Caused the Restrictions?

Weebly has blocked traffic from certain countries since at least 2019 — shortly after Square completed the acquisition.

Russian users reported their sites becoming inaccessible around April 2019. Ukrainian users reported the same reported the same. A Square moderator said Ghana traffic was blocked for security reasons. Users across the Middle East, West Africa, and Central Africa reported similar blocks.

Weebly never published an official list of which countries were restricted or why. The stated reason for the 2026 shutdown: "changes in regulation and simplifying global operations".

Here is what that means:

Weebly advised customers to download their website data and transfer domains before account access ends. Domain transfers take time — starting now is the only option.

The affected countries are:

This is not exactly a worldwide shutdown — Weebly still operates outside the affected list. But for millions of users, the platform is ending forever.

So, what should you do, if your country is oon the list?

3 Ways to Save Your Website

You have three main options. Each has its pros and cons.

Use Site.pro's website import

Site.pro offers an automated import tool that pulls content from your Weebly site and converts it into the Site.pro format. The process handles pages, text, images, and structural elements.

After the website is imported, you can start using the AI assistant to help you to polish it where needed.

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Export a Weebly zip archive

Weebly lets you download your data through Account Settings > My Data > Download My Data. You get a zip file with pages, images, and content.

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Rebuild your website from scratch

Pick a new platform and build the site again page by page.

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How to Import your Website from Weebly to Site.pro

The process is straightforward:

Full instructions are on our FAQ page.

The difference between losing your website and saving it comes down to what you do this month. September 27 is the hard deadline for unpublishing. December 26 is the hard deadline for account access. Start the export now, pick your migration route, and move before the window closes.