SPF for Wix: How to Set Up Your SPF Record

If your website is on Wix and you're sending email from your domain, you need an SPF record to make sure those emails actually reach people's inboxes. Without one, receiving mail servers have no way to verify that emails from your domain are legitimate—and they're more likely to treat them as spam.

For a comprehensive overview of SPF, see our complete SPF guide. This guide walks you through setting up SPF on Wix, whether you're using Wix's built-in email, Google Workspace, or another email provider.

Understanding Your Wix Email Setup

Before adding an SPF record, you need to know how email works with your Wix site. There are a few common scenarios:

Wix-hosted email — If you're using an email service that Wix provides or partners with (like the Google Workspace integration through Wix), your email is handled through that provider's servers.

External email provider with Wix DNS — You registered your domain through Wix (or pointed your nameservers to Wix) and use an external email service like Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or Zoho Mail.

External DNS with Wix website — Your domain's DNS is managed elsewhere (like GoDaddy, Cloudflare, or Namecheap), and Wix only hosts your website. In this case, you'd add SPF records at your DNS provider, not in Wix.

Adding an SPF Record in Wix

If Wix manages your domain's DNS, follow these steps to add your SPF record.

Which SPF Record to Use

The exact SPF record you need depends on which email services send mail from your domain.

Google Workspace only:

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all

Microsoft 365 only:

v=spf1 include:spf.protection.outlook.com ~all

Google Workspace + a marketing tool (e.g., Mailchimp):

v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:servers.mcsv.net ~all

Not sure which services send email for your domain? Think about every tool that sends email as you—your email platform, marketing tools, CRM, support desk, and any other service. Each one needs to be included in your SPF record using the include mechanism. For guidance on combining providers, see SPF for multiple ESPs.

If you need help building the right record, SPF Creator lets you select your services and generates the correct syntax automatically.

Using Google Workspace with Wix

Many Wix users set up Google Workspace for professional email. Wix even offers a Google Workspace integration directly from their dashboard. If that's your setup, here's what you need to know:

1. Google Workspace requires include:_spf.google.com in your SPF record
2. Wix may have already added MX records for Google, but SPF records are not always added automatically
3. You should also set up DKIM through the Google Admin console for complete authentication

Check our detailed guide on SPF for Google Workspace for more specifics on the Google side.

Common Wix-Specific Issues

The record isn't showing up after saving

Wix's DNS panel can sometimes take a moment to display newly added records. If you've saved the record but it doesn't appear in the list, try refreshing the page. If it's still not showing after a few minutes, try adding it again.

Also confirm you're looking at the right domain. If you have multiple domains connected to your Wix site, make sure you added the SPF record to the one you're sending email from.

Record format issues

Wix's DNS editor expects you to enter the SPF record as plain text in the Value field. Don't wrap it in quotes—Wix adds those automatically where needed. If you include your own quotes, you might end up with doubled quotes in the published record, which will break things.

# Enter this in the Value field:
v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all

# NOT this:
"v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com ~all"

Multiple SPF records

If you already have an SPF record and need to add another service, edit the existing record instead of creating a new one. You can only have one SPF record per domain. Having two causes all SPF checks to fail. Run an SPF record audit to catch this and other common issues.

Record length limitations

Very long SPF records can sometimes cause issues with DNS providers. If your SPF record includes many services, check that the full record was saved without being cut off. Wix supports standard TXT record lengths, but if you're running into problems, consider whether you can reduce the number of includes. See our guide on the SPF 10 DNS lookup limit for optimization tips.

Verifying Your Setup

After adding or updating your SPF record, it's important to verify that everything is working correctly.

Step 1: Check the record is published. Use the lookup tool above to confirm your SPF record appears and has valid syntax.

Step 2: Send a test email. Send an email from your domain to a Gmail account. Open the email in Gmail, click the three dots, and select "Show original." Look for the SPF result line:

spf=pass

If you see spf=pass, your configuration is working correctly.

Step 3: Check the full picture. SPF is just one part of email authentication. For the best deliverability, you should also have DKIM and DMARC configured. Together, these three protocols protect your domain from spoofing and help your emails land in the inbox.

Beyond SPF: Complete Email Authentication

Setting up SPF is a great first step, but modern email authentication works best when all three protocols—SPF, DKIM, and DMARC—are in place. Each serves a different purpose:

• SPF verifies which servers can send email for your domain — understand softfail vs hardfail to choose the right enforcement
• DKIM adds a digital signature to prove the email wasn't tampered with
• DMARC ties SPF and DKIM together and tells receiving servers what to do with failures

You can check all three at once with the Email Deliverability Suite.

References

• RFC 7208: Sender Policy Framework (SPF) — The current SPF specification
• Wix Support: Adding DNS Records — Official Wix DNS records guide