I recently read that WordPress Core team is working on an initiative to allow any person to be able to migrate their websites into the format of other platforms and vice versa.
So I think, eventually let’s say someone is using the Wix Platform. They will be able to export that to WordPress and start using the WordPress platform. Or Vice versa.
My question is if they are already working on such an initiative, why in the world haven’t they made it possible to map out objects where you can seamlessly transfer your site from let’s say Elementor, to any other Page builder platform, or vice versa ??
I know of so many people first starting out, that will experiment with different page builders such as Avada, wpbakery, Divi, beaver, Brizi, Colibri page builder and theme, etc etc etc
So How will they be able to implement their solution ? If we still don’t have our own solution within WordPress.
I understand that you will not always be able to do a 1-1 mapping of each block. But honestly the person who implements such a tool will be a very very rich man or woman.
Honestly, If I had the time and the bandwidth, I would have tackled this problem a long time ago.
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I cannot imagine how this could work for anything other than basic websites.
This would not make anyone rich, but it would drive them mad trying.
Because to make a tool that could handle all the page builders would require an immense amount of work and maintenance.
Take for example, a carousel. Most shortcode-based builders, like WPBakery, will use code like `[vc_carousel foo=”bag” foo=”bag” foo=”bag”][vc_slide image=”” ][/vc_slide][vc_carousel]`. But they are all completely different.
You would need to parse that code, and create a carousel, in the Gutenberg format – and do it for each page builder. And page builders update and add new features all the time, so you’d need to constantly update the code.
Sure, you might make some money out of it, but I would think that the workload would not be worth the effort.
I am thinking that it is doable for the content part including metadata and within open-source CMSs, like Drupal, TYPO3 or Joomla.
But if you also add layouts and designs done in numerous page builders, the difficulty level rises very significantly and would require cooperation from the developers of those tools. Extremely difficult.
And if you want to add proprietary platforms, like Wix or Squarespace, then I am not sure if it will ever be possible, as they might not even like the idea.