About this plugin
Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue is a compatibility and recovery plugin for sites that still have surviving content from a discontinued legacy FAQ plugin that used the sp_faq custom post type, the faq_cat taxonomy, the [sp_faq] shortcode, and the spfaq/sp-faq dynamic block.
If that original plugin has been removed or deactivated, Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue is for site owners who still have sp_faq posts sitting in their database and want their existing [sp_faq] shortcodes and spfaq/sp-faq blocks to render again — without reinstalling the original plugin and without migrating, rewriting, or converting the legacy content into a new format.
Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue reads legacy data in place. It registers compatible support for the legacy CPT and taxonomy, recognizes and restores the [sp_faq] shortcode, and recognizes and restores existing spfaq/sp-faq dynamic blocks. Legacy FAQ categories, published FAQ records, and featured images (where present on a legacy record) are all supported by the rendering path.
The frontend accordion is accessible and dependency-free — no jQuery or external JavaScript library is loaded, and FAQ content remains readable in the page HTML even without JavaScript. A read-only diagnostics screen under Tools → Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue reports on detected legacy data and plugin status.
Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue does not migrate, copy, rewrite, or take ownership of legacy content, and does not offer an FAQ authoring or content-editing interface of its own. It does not phone home, does not use any external or cloud service, and does not collect telemetry.
Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue is an independent compatibility project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original plugin developer.
Security boundary. Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue is a compatibility and recovery tool, not a malware scanner and not a compromised-site cleanup tool. It does not scan for, detect, or remove malicious code, and it makes no claim about the security state of your site or its content.
If you believe your site may have been compromised, complete a full security review and remediation using a dedicated security plugin or professional service before relying on Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue for content recovery.
Features
- Reads surviving sp_faq legacy FAQ content in place — no content is copied, rewritten, or migrated
- Restores rendering of existing [sp_faq] shortcodes
- Restores rendering of existing spfaq/sp-faq dynamic blocks
- Supports legacy FAQ categories ( faq_cat taxonomy)
- Supports published FAQ records
- Supports featured images where present on a legacy FAQ record
- Accessible, dependency-free frontend accordion (no jQuery, no external JS library)
- Single-open and multiple-open accordion behavior
- FAQ content remains readable in the page HTML without JavaScript
- Read-only diagnostics screen (Tools → Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue)
- Conservative ownership and conflict handling if another active plugin already owns the same identifiers
- No migration or writeback of legacy data
- No telemetry and no external service calls
Privacy
Lifeboat – FAQ Rescue does not create a user account, does not send telemetry or usage data anywhere, and does not require or connect to any cloud service. It never sends your legacy FAQ content to Plugin Lifeboat or to any third party. All reading and rendering of legacy FAQ data uses only your local WordPress installation.