How to Make a Wix Website Look More Professional

Nine changes that make the biggest visual difference.

Last checked August 2026. Wix changes its interface often — if something looks different, the underlying steps usually still apply.

Most amateur-looking websites share the same handful of problems. Fix these and yours will look considerably more expensive than it was.

Replace stock photography with real photos of your work, your team and your premises.
Use consistent spacing between sections instead of eyeballing each one.
Cut your homepage text in half, then cut it again.
Use one accent colour for buttons and nothing else.
Align everything to a grid — nothing slightly off-centre.
Use two fonts maximum.
Add real testimonials with names.
Compress your images so pages load quickly.
Make your call to action obvious on every screen.

Nothing else you change will matter as much. Even phone photos of real work beat generic stock images.

Set one vertical gap between sections and apply it everywhere.

Read every sentence and delete the ones that say nothing specific.

Add social icons that open in a new tab and actually work.

Set a colour palette once and apply it everywhere.

Change fonts everywhere at once instead of one text box at a time.

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