Wix Studio Two vs the Studio Editor: what actually changes

Wix Studio Two (you'll also see it called Studio 2) is a new editor, not an update to the one you know. Wix released it in November 2026, to Wix Partners and a small group of users first, with everyone else following gradually. Wix says existing Wix Studio sites stay supported. What changes is how you design, how content gets onto pages, and how you write code.

We've worked through Wix's Help Center and developer docs for Studio Two. This is our plain-English summary of what's actually different, and what it means whether you run a site or build them.

How do you tell the Studio Editor and Studio Two apart?

Look at the colours first. The Studio Two Editor is dark and the Studio Editor is light. Studio Two also has an Aria avatar at the bottom left, a Draw Element tool in the left rail, and a Design and Code toggle in the top bar. Select something and an action bar appears at the bottom of the screen, where the Studio Editor shows a small toolbar.

Wix keeps its help articles apart by title. Articles for the new editor start with "Studio Two Editor:". Articles starting "Studio Editor:" are about the older one, and their instructions don't always carry across, so check which one you're reading.

What's different about designing in Studio Two?

The layout tools will feel familiar, but the defaults are new:

• Two breakpoints, set for the whole site. A new site starts with desktop (1024px and up) and mobile (320 to 1023px). You can add wide screen, tablet or custom breakpoints, and every change applies to every page.
• Auto Mobile. It rearranges the mobile layout when you change desktop. It's on by default.
• Draw Element. Click and drag on the canvas to draw text, containers, images, buttons, shapes or videos.
• A three-tab Inspector. Design, Motion and Settings. Data connections, accessibility and event handlers sit under Settings.
• Zoom that leaves the breakpoint alone. You can zoom from 10% to 600% and you're still editing the same screen size.

What is Aria, and what can it do?

Aria is the AI assistant built into Studio Two. You open it from the bottom left, and anything you select on the canvas is tagged in the chat. Aria can build pages and sections, set brand colours and fonts, write text, add apps and write custom code. It can also create a whole site from a brief.

Two limits matter. Aria designs the desktop layout only, so mobile comes from Auto Mobile and your own adjustments. And it can't change dashboard settings. It points you to the dashboard instead.

For day-to-day work, this is the biggest change. The Studio Editor has nothing like it.

How does dynamic content work without datasets?

Datasets are gone. In Studio Two you connect elements to data sources. A source can be a CMS collection, a Wix app such as Wix Blog or Wix Stores, or custom code. Elements connected to data show a pink label on the canvas, and static ones show blue.

Dynamic pages are replaced by item pages: one template that shows each collection item at its own URL. There's no separate list page type. You list items with a repeater on any page, or add a page with a repeater.

One catch to know early: CMS data sources only display data. If a custom form needs to save to a collection, that takes code and Wix's Data API.

What happens to Velo and custom code?

Velo isn't the coding model in Studio Two. There's no $w API and no page code. Instead, the Design and Code toggle opens a code workspace: Visual Studio Code in the browser, with TypeScript, React, npm packages and the Wix SDK. Setup takes about a minute the first time.

Custom work is built as extensions. Wix recommends Editor React Components for custom elements. Data sources, function libraries, embedded scripts, site plugins, backend events and dashboard pages cover most of the rest.

Some Velo features have no equivalent yet. Wix's developer comparison lists routers, web modules, scheduled jobs, data hooks and HTTP functions that outside services can call as not in this release. If your current site leans on any of those, check before you plan a move.

What doesn't Studio Two have yet?

As of November 2026, these are the gaps we'd flag first:

• Site comments. The Studio Editor has them. Studio Two doesn't.
• Inbound webhooks. HTTP endpoints only serve the site's own frontend.
• Local IDE and Git integration. Wix points to code export, which is in Beta, for working outside the browser.
• Exporting sites with item pages or pages with repeaters. That rules out a lot of CMS-driven sites for now.

Wix's Studio Two product page also marks some features as coming soon, including Site Styles and Ani-Mate, even though the Help Center already documents them. Our reading is that it's down to the gradual rollout, so a feature might be on one account and not another. We check in the editor before we promise anything to a client.

Should you move your site to Studio Two?

Our take: there's no rush for a working Wix Studio site. Wix says existing Studio sites stay supported, and as of early November 2026 we haven't found an official Wix article on moving an existing Studio Editor site into Studio Two. For a new build, Studio Two is worth a serious look if you want Aria, React components and a modern code setup, and you don't need anything from the list above.

Want the background? Read Wix Studio 2: what we saw, what's changed and whether to wait, or talk to us about Wix Studio 2 projects.

Questions people ask

Is Wix Studio Two available to everyone?

Not yet. As of November 2026 it's going to Wix Partners and a small number of users first, then gradually to everyone else.

Is Studio Two the same as Wix Harmony?

No. Harmony is Wix's AI editor for people building their own site, and it doesn't support custom code. Studio Two is the professional editor, with Aria and a full code workspace.

Can I use Velo code in Studio Two?

No. There's no $w API or page code. Code is written in TypeScript and React, using the Wix SDK and extensions.

Does Studio Two use datasets?

No. Data sources replace datasets, and item pages replace dynamic pages.