How to store data for posts/pages built with drag-n-drop builder?

The only reasonably portable option is to store content in post content.

Anything else (be it shortcodes, post meta, or options) will need a custom code to access and display it, either yours or some other if site parts way with your plugin.

The reasonable approach for data portability I’ve seen is storing a certain amount of generated HTML together with content (which would keep content available and visible by itself) and progressively enhancing it when “builder” code is active and running for full effect.

Related Posts:

  1. Post meta vs separate database tables
  2. Is it mandatory to use $wpdb->prefix in custom tables
  3. Update Option Stored in Multi-Dimensional Array
  4. Default table collation on plugin activation?
  5. Using a database view = evil incarnate?
  6. Writing a plugin that notify my friends of new post that mentions(@) them
  7. Getting wrong relationship value in $args in wp_Query?
  8. WordPress and multithreading
  9. Not sure the best way to save custom plugin data
  10. The ideal place for storing persistent PHP objects
  11. What is the correct way for plugins to create tables with special charset/collation considerations?
  12. What is the added “complexity” of custom tables?
  13. Plugin development with unit tests
  14. How is the data stored in the database?
  15. Formatting of curly brackets array from WP database to get more readable output
  16. How to modify post content before writing to database?
  17. Actions or filters fired when data is saved in a custom table
  18. Hello dolly type plugin that allows people to add their own
  19. Sample — test — data for large WordPress install
  20. Custom Plugin Database relations
  21. Database for development
  22. Is there a naming convention for database tables created by a plugin?
  23. Activation hook not creating table
  24. Is the usage of ON DELETE CASCADE wrong or not allowed on wordpress?
  25. Version upgrade: can my plugin filter the SQL statements issued during a database upgrade?
  26. What for the tables ending with the meta used in database of wordpress?
  27. Creating table with plugin is not working
  28. dbDelta() Error – Incorrect index name ” for query ALTER TABLE
  29. Get a custom table to an array
  30. Update/insert only a column of database table
  31. How to Create database table when Plugin installed/activated, and delete database when Plugin deleted
  32. Subscribe to author?
  33. I’m designing a plugin to create database indexes. Suggestions?
  34. WordPress database error for query INSERT INTO
  35. How to connect to AWS RDS external database (not for the core WordPress db)
  36. How should I store a log for my plugin
  37. How to create database table, add data, update and delete using wpdb via plugins?
  38. Are there any scripts, classes, and/or functions built-in to WP for a plugin to export/import its saved data from wp_options?
  39. Strange issue saving custom field data for a WooCommerce order
  40. How to perform a heavy and long process in cron jobs?
  41. Form doesnt save to database
  42. Updating Woocommerce Settings API when WordPress Settings API saved and vise versa
  43. Is using custom table to suit business needs instead of transients a big hit to page load speed?
  44. Plugin Development for registered users
  45. Optimising a big WordPress site
  46. dbDelta not installing database
  47. Is it necessary to do validation again when retrieving data from database?
  48. What is the best way to store a few fields?
  49. Adding columns to core tables
  50. How to query custom db table?
  51. Delete data from database using row action
  52. Show dynamic list of products from custom api of another database under same host
  53. How do I have now a duplicated user entry if this is not allowed (and I cannot replicate it)?
  54. Alternative functions for mysql_free_result and mysql_ping in wordpress functions
  55. Make Database query only when option is updated
  56. Can we intercept user_login and user_pass from a wp_login_form?
  57. How best to handle database version dependence (from $wp_db_version)
  58. WP: Search and replace in DB programmatically
  59. Using AND and bracket grouping in SQL not working
  60. Two different wordpress sites – same server and IP address. Gaining Access to database 1 of 2
  61. Plugin Development: Storing and Manipulating Data That Fits JSON in Database
  62. What might be the reason of Couldn’t fetch mysqli_result on another domain?
  63. How do I debug an error that a plugin is causing?
  64. Save temporary registration data
  65. Update plugin settings option_name for big plugin update
  66. $wpdb->update Issue
  67. dbdelta failing with error: “WordPress database error Table ‘wp_2_myPlugin’ already exists
  68. WordPress database error: [Query was empty] – using $wpdb->prepare()
  69. Error code when migrate
  70. Why User_login key doesn’t work with wp_update_user()
  71. How to get inserted row IDs for bulk/batch insert with wpdb query?
  72. WordPress how do I echo SUM from a column of a MySQL table by user id AND type_operation
  73. WordPress Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function dbDelta()
  74. Use admin-post to submit form data to external database
  75. Save in my custom admin page and redirect to the saved object
  76. Relational / Associate tables using native WordPress functionality
  77. WordPress doesn’t create table on plugin activation
  78. Insert Data into Database
  79. Update database record in plugin
  80. How to store in the database directly the translation?
  81. How and when would I implement some code which would take data from one part of the Db and put it in another?
  82. pull data from wordpress database
  83. Ajax not working to insert, query and result data
  84. Why Worpdress doesn’t create table in database?
  85. Form and database, plugin development
  86. How to filter get_adjacent_post()?
  87. Associating special meaning with user id 0
  88. What method should I use to store my plugin data (multi level menus with options on each item)
  89. How to add additional field in a table row after creating a table?
  90. WordPress plugin tables become corrupt
  91. Post data in wp-admin to external database
  92. How can I get a plugin to hook ‘dbdelta_queries’ — a filter used during version update?
  93. Running one-off cron jobs when WP_DISABLE_CRON is true: can I hit /wp-cron.php?
  94. How to create a database table in WordPress using PHP
  95. Leveraging Core Functionality in Icon Upload Plugin [closed]
  96. Can I log the searches that are returning 404 in the DB?
  97. Programmatically creating posts based on external JSON feed (asynchronously)
  98. WordPress database error: [Table ‘bitnami_wordpress.questions’ doesn’t exist]
  99. Making a user platform reachable by a qr code on a pin-back-button [closed]
  100. multiple record insert creating many duplicate records