Conflict-safe
It does not steal the shortcode.
If another provider already owns the sp_faq shortcode or the spfaq/sp-faq block, FAQ Rescue does not remove or overwrite that registration.
FAQ Rescue
by Plugin Lifeboat
Your FAQ content survived. Your old plugin didn’t have to.
Restore your surviving legacy FAQ content without migrating or rewriting the underlying data.
The continuity problem
The plugin may be gone while your FAQ data remains.
WordPress can still contain the FAQ entries, categories, and shortcode references created by the discontinued plugin. Reactivating an old plugin is not required for FAQ Rescue to read the supported surviving data.
Still seeing [sp_faq] on your site and wondering what happened? Read the recovery guide.What Rescue does
A focused, read-only compatibility layer
Detect
Find supported surviving FAQ entries, categories, and shortcode references.
Interpret
Read supported configuration from the researched legacy data contract.
Restore
Render the historical [sp_faq] shortcode and block with a maintained accordion view.
Leave untouched
Do not migrate, copy, rewrite, repair, or delete the original data.
Data preservation
Your legacy FAQ data stays where it is.
FAQ Rescue reads supported records in place and introduces no competing data set.
- No migration
- No copy
- No writeback
- No deletion
Modern presentation
An accessible accordion without the historical frontend dependency
The renderer is dependency-free and local, and preserves supported questions, answers, and category groupings from the legacy sp_faq content type.
- Responsive layout
- Semantic HTML
- Keyboard-accessible accordion
- Reduced-motion aware
- RTL support
- No external frontend dependency
Tools → FAQ Rescue
Read-only diagnostics
The dashboard helps administrators understand what remains and what may need attention without editing legacy records.
Discovery is intentionally bounded and may not find shortcode references stored outside conventional WordPress content.
- Surviving entries
- Category relationships
- Eligibility problems
- Metadata issues
- Shortcode references
- Block references
- Ownership conflicts
Version 1.0 scope
Focused on the researched legacy contract
FAQ Rescue targets the legacy sp_faq content type, faq_cat taxonomy, [sp_faq] shortcode, and spfaq/sp-faq block. It does not add new authoring tools beyond what compatibility requires.
Local by design
No service relationship required
Normal plugin operation stays inside WordPress and does not depend on an external runtime service.
- No telemetry
- No analytics
- No account
- No cloud
- No external runtime service
Security boundary
Compatibility is not security remediation.
FAQ Rescue is not malware cleanup, vulnerability remediation, a security scanner, or proof that a site is uncompromised. If a site was compromised, complete security remediation first; do not reactivate a historical vulnerable plugin for this rescue.
Independent project
Clear non-affiliation
FAQ Rescue is an independent Plugin Lifeboat project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original plugin developer or vendor, WordPress.org, or the WordPress project.
Released · v1.0.0
Released. Available on WordPress.org.
FAQ Rescue 1.0.0 is available in the official WordPress Plugin Directory.