Where does the old year usually hide?

In the footer. It gets typed once during setup and almost never touched again after that.

Do I need to delete old pages?

Not necessarily. What matters is that any page still reachable doesn't state something incorrect.

How do I stop the footer year from going stale?

Update it once a year as part of a January checklist, since Wix's footer text field doesn't update on its own.

What about template leftovers?

Worth a one-time sweep through every page in the page list, since placeholder content rarely gets caught otherwise.

Finding outdated content in Wix

In Wix, outdated text usually sits in repeated sections used across pages, in the header or footer with a fixed year, in pop-ups advertising old promotions, and in blog posts still displayed as recent news. The footer year is the single most common find of all.

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1Check header and footer. Both appear on every page — this is where the old year shows up most often.
2Review pop-ups. Open every configured pop-up and turn off any expired promotion.
3Compare with the menu. Match the page list against the navigation menu; removed pages often stay live.
4Check from outside. Look at the address with DustOff.

The usual suspects

In a drag-and-drop builder, old details cluster in a few predictable spots:

The footer with a year typed in during setup and never revisited
Opening hours inside the business info section
An announcement banner set up once and left running
Blog posts still displaying as current news
Pages removed from the menu but still reachable by direct link

Leftovers from the starting template

Sites built from a template often keep sample content behind the scenes: placeholder text on a secondary page, a stock photo nobody replaced, a placeholder name in a testimonial. None of it stands out because nobody opens those pages — but they're just as reachable as any other page on the site. A pass through the full page list clears this up in about fifteen minutes.

The spots Wix sites age in first

Wix makes it easy to put a promotion strip across every page, and just as easy to forget it exists. Because it is part of the site layout rather than a page, it never appears in the page list you scroll through when tidying up.

The same goes for pop-ups and welcome overlays: they are managed in a separate area, so a campaign banner can keep greeting visitors months after the campaign closed.

Why the editor makes this easy to miss

Wix makes editing genuinely simple, and that's exactly why sites accumulate so many small sections nobody systematically revisits — each one took thirty seconds to add and feels too small to bother auditing on its own.

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Where does the old year usually hide?: In the footer. It gets typed once during setup and almost never touched again after that.
Do I need to delete old pages?: Not necessarily. What matters is that any page still reachable doesn't state something incorrect.
How do I stop the footer year from going stale?: Update it once a year as part of a January checklist, since Wix's footer text field doesn't update on its own.
What about template leftovers?: Worth a one-time sweep through every page in the page list, since placeholder content rarely gets caught otherwise.