migrate-wpbakery-to-gutenberg

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Use when the user says 'migrate wpbakery to gutenberg', 'remove wpbakery', 'get rid of visual composer', or 'decommission wpbakery'. Parses WPBakery shortcodes, maps elements to core blocks, and creates draft duplicates for review.

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# Migrate WPBakery to Gutenberg **Version:** 2.0.0 **Updated:** 2026-06-30 **Freshly updated:** v2.0.0 weaves in the current Respira safety and precision flow — `respira_find_builder_targets` to inventory and scope the WPBakery source pages up front, a `respira_get_snapshot` checkpoint before any write, and surgical fixes via `respira_find_element` + `respira_update_element` (and `respira_batch_update` for multi-block or multi-page corrections) instead of rewriting whole pages. Rollback is now explicit (restore the snapshot, delete the draft duplicates). Reflects the current 16 supported builders. Converts WPBakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) pages to native Gutenberg blocks. Parses WPBakery's shortcode-based content from post_content, maps each element to its closest core block equivalent, generates a migration plan for approval, and writes clean block markup to the target pages. Use this skill whenever someone wants to move from WPBakery to Gutenberg, eliminate the WPBakery dependency, switch to native blocks, or modernize an older WordPress site still running WPBakery. ## What This Skill Does WPBakery is one of the oldest and most widely-installed WordPress page builders — millions of sites still run it. It stores content as shortcodes in `post_content` using the `[vc_*]` prefix. The good news: WPBakery's shortcode structure is relatively straightforward compared to Divi's encoding complexities. The challenge: many WPBakery sites are older and may use depre...

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Author
respira-press
Repository
respira-press/agent-skills-wordpress
Created
4 months ago
Last Updated
today
Language
JavaScript
License
MIT

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