In this guide, I’ll break down:
- What Showit actually is (in plain English!)
- Straight answers to burning questions—pricing, SEO, e-commerce, accessibility…
- Brand-new 2025 upgrades
What is Showit?
Showit is a platform where you can design, develop and host your website. It is a visual website builder that makes crafting your dream website a breeze with an intuitive drag-and-drop feature, eliminating the need for coding or technical skills to get started! You can easily move images and shapes, introduce custom fonts, apply stunning animations, tailor everything and move any element anywhere on the page! At its core, Showit is a visual website platform where you design on Showit, and you blog on WordPress.
Here are 5 reasons why Showit is the ultimate choice for unleashing your creativity, showcasing your work and building a stunning online presence.
| Feature | What It Means for You |
|---|---|
| Fully customizable drag-and-drop website | Place text, photos, or video exactly where you want. There are no rigid blocks, and no code needed! |
| Pixel-perfect branding | Upload any Google or custom fonts, animate buttons, and match brand colours perfectly. |
| Side-by-side mobile editor | Design a separate mobile view so 64 % of mobile visitors get the optimal visitor experience. |
| WordPress Integration for blogging | WordPress is the number one platform that Bloggers use. And Showit integrates seamlessly with WordPress for blogging. Since you are creating your blog on WordPress but designing in Showit, you gain the best of both worlds. |
| Built-in SEO fields | A beautiful website is not enough if it doesn’t rank well on search engines, and Showit allow you to optimize every aspect of your site. Set titles, meta descriptions, and alt-text in the sidebar, without any extra code or plugin. |
| Cloud hosting and SSL included | Because hosting is bundled, Showit’s dev team handles SSL certificates, caching, uptime, and its cloud hosting ensures your site loads quickly. Showit takes care of the technicalities for you. |
| Live-chat humans | Have a question? Showit touts the highest-rated chat support in the website-builder world, which is super handy when a launch eve freak-out strikes at 9 p.m. |
Questions you’re probably Googling about Showit:
“Is Showit bad for SEO?”
Short answer: nope. SEO consultant Sara Dunn notes that Showit “includes all the necessary SEO features… and can absolutely rank on Google” when set up right. Pair Showit’s meta fields with RankMath or Yoast, and you’re golden.
Accessibility checklist
Showit’s help docs outline alt-text, colour-contrast, and keyboard-nav best practices to help you shoot for WCAG 2.1 AA.
Quick wins:
- Keep body text ≥ 16 px
- Add descriptive alt-text to every image
- Check contrast with a free tool like WebAIM
Integrations that play nice
- Email – Flodesk, Mailchimp, ConvertKit via simple embed.
- E-commerce (lite) – Paste a Shopify Lite Buy Button or WooCommerce embed for up to ~20 SKUs.
- Courses & memberships – MemberPress, ThriveCart, Podia via iframes.
- Analytics – GA4, Meta Pixel, GTM native in Site Settings.
Thinking of switching?
Showit’s concierge team migrates WordPress or Squarespace blogs (posts, images, comments) in four days—free on the Advanced plan.
- Start free trial – create a blank site.
- Request blog migration (Advanced plan) – Showit moves posts for you.
- Point your domain – a DNS wizard walks you through the clicks.
Done.
Fresh in 2025: the latest upgrades that matter
Showit’s dev team shipped a flurry of quality-of-life features this year:
1. Page Folders
Finally corral those 50 landing pages into tidy folders!
2. Multi-select styling
Change fonts or colours on dozens of text boxes at once.
3. Direct Meta Pixel & GTM integrations
Add tracking in Site Settings, no custom code needed.
4. Global custom code areas
Drop one snippet and it populates site-wide
5. Resizable mobile/desktop split view
See the whole design on any monitor.
Why you care: less fiddling, more clarity, better data—all without touching a single line of CSS!
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