Locked vs Liberated data

[adamziel]

The Data Liberation project imagines a more open web where users can seamlessly switch between platforms of their choosing, eradicating the concept of being locked into a system and keeping openness at the forefront. Moving to and within WordPress should be a single-click process, whether moving from social networks, from a page builder to core blocks, or from the classic editor to the block editor.

With your data in WordPress, you have the freedom to stay in WordPress or migrate to another platform. Because of its open nature, many other platforms offer importing from it.

Locked vs. Liberated Data

Many people don't realize what they are getting into when joining a website or web service. At first, it might be easy to get up and running. But from then on, if you are in a non-open system, your data is locked inside it, and it's hard to get out.

WordPress's plugin system gives you many choices. You can decide whether to use a page builder or core blocks, the classic or block editor, join the social web, or maintain a standalone website.

	Locked	Liberated / Open
Export everything	❌	✅
Switch between vendors	❌	✅
Ecosystem	Some	✅
Open Source	❌	✅
API	not available / restricted / paid	✅
Import from WordPress	✅ (many)	✅
Examples	Wix, Squarespace, Facebook, Instagram	WordPress

Props to @akirk for this writeup