Weebly shut down in 67 countries rather than worldwide. Square unpublished every Weebly site in those markets on 27 September 2026, and the accounts behind them close on 26 December 2026. Weebly told affected users the wind-down follows “changes in regulation” and a decision to simplify its global operations.
The Three Dates That Took Weebly Offline
Weebly’s wind-down ran to a published schedule announced on 20 June 2026, and it removed the service in stages rather than at once.
| Date | What Changed in the 67 Countries |
|---|---|
| 29 June 2026 | Users could no longer publish new pages |
| 27 September 2026 | Existing sites were unpublished and went offline |
| 26 December 2026 | Last day to log in to an affected account |
Two of the three dates have already passed. As of 22 October 2026, the only one left is 26 December 2026, which is the cut-off for pulling content out of an account and moving a domain elsewhere.
One date in wide circulation does not match the rest. Several guides give 20 September 2026 as the shutdown day, but the notice Weebly emailed users, reported by Khaleej Times in July 2026 and summarised the same month by the trade outlet Nigeria Communications Week, gives 27 September. A Network Solutions support page tells its own customers that Weebly platforms end on 2 January 2027, a date no other source confirms.
Which 67 Countries Lost Weebly?
The wind-down covers 67 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. Weebly listed them in full in the email it sent affected users.
The complete list is Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, French Polynesia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Iceland, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Suriname, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and most of Western Europe are not on it. Iceland and Andorra are the only European entries, which leaves Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy unaffected. Weebly has not explained how it decides which country an account belongs to, so users with a mixed or relocated billing address have no published rule to go by.
Is Weebly Still Running Anywhere?
Yes. Weebly still operates in the countries left off the list, and it is still selling subscriptions in them.
Weebly’s own pricing page listed four plans on 21 October 2026: a free tier, Personal at $13 a month billed annually, Professional at $15 a month billed annually and Performance at $32 a month billed annually. Paid month to month, those three plans cost $16, $20 and $36. A reviewer who checked the site on 5 October 2026 found the same plans and live sign-up buttons, which contradicts claims elsewhere that Square stopped taking new Weebly customers months ago.
Scale is a different matter. Weebly powered about 0.4% of all websites and 0.6% of sites running a recognised content management system, according to W3Techs figures published in October 2026.
What has stopped is development. Review sites that track the builder reported no new feature for more than a year as of early 2026, and Weebly’s mobile apps are no longer available to download, with only installations made before mid-December 2025 still working. Everyone else manages a Weebly site from a desktop browser.
Why Did Weebly Wind Down in Those Countries?
Weebly gave a single reason: the company said it was winding down services “due to changes in regulation and to simplify our global operations.”
The notice did not name the regulations involved, and Square has not published a fuller explanation since. That leaves the commercial reading to users, many of whom pointed out that Square has spent years steering people towards Square Online, its own free store builder, rather than the builder it bought.
Square’s position had also changed. An earlier Weebly support update recommended Square Online to new users while stating that the company “has no plans to discontinue the Weebly website builder” — a line that predates the June 2026 notice.
What Affected Users Can Still Do Before 26 December 2026
Logging in is the only thing an affected user can still do, and that ends on 26 December 2026.
- Download your data: open Account Settings, go to the My Data tab and choose Download My Data.
- Take the site archive too: in Edit Site, open Settings, then General, then Archive, which produces a .zip copy of the site.
- Know what the export leaves out: blog posts and store pages are not part of the standard site export, and some Weebly features do not work outside the Weebly editor.
- Unlock the domain: in the dashboard go to Websites, then Domains, then Manage Domain, disable the registrar lock and copy the EPP authorisation code.
- Set privacy protection again: disabling the registrar lock also switches privacy protection off, so it has to be re-enabled at the new registrar.
- Leave the registrant details alone: changing the registrant email, phone number or name triggers a 60-day registrar lock that blocks any transfer.
Two limits catch people out. The archive cannot be imported back into Weebly or uploaded to another host and run as it is, so it serves as a record and a starting point for a rebuild rather than a portable website. A domain can also only be moved 60 days after it was registered, and country-specific domains need a request to Weebly support.
How Weebly Went From 2006 Startup to a Block Side Product
Weebly was founded in 2006 by David Rusenko, Chris Fanini and Dan Veltri, and it became one of the best-known drag-and-drop website builders of the following decade.
Square announced on 26 April 2018 that it would buy Weebly for about $365 million in cash and stock. Square’s own press release put Weebly at millions of customers and more than 625,000 paid subscribers at the time. Square renamed itself Block in December 2021, and Weebly has been a smaller product inside a payments company ever since.
The pattern is familiar to anyone who has lost a site this way. Google wound down its registrar business and moved Google Domains registrations to Squarespace in 2023, and in March 2024 it switched off the free websites built from Google Business Profiles. Each time, the deciding factor for users was how much of their content they could get out before the lights went off, which is worth weighing when choosing a website builder next.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Weebly Shut Down Completely?
No. The closure applies to 67 named countries. Weebly continues to run, and to sell plans, everywhere else.
Is Weebly Affected in the United States?
No. The United States is not among the 67 countries, and nothing in Weebly’s notice sets an end date for American accounts.
Can You Still Sign Up for Weebly?
Yes, outside the affected countries. Weebly’s pricing page was still offering a free plan and three paid plans from $13 a month on 21 October 2026.
What Happens to an Affected Account After 26 December 2026?
Login access ends. Anything not downloaded before that date, and any domain not already unlocked and transferred, becomes unreachable through Weebly.
Can a Weebly Site Be Moved to Another Builder as It Is?
Not directly. The .zip archive Weebly produces is a backup, not a site that can be uploaded elsewhere and run, so a move means rebuilding the pages on the new platform.
