Questions, answered

Yes. The PageCore plugin and the PageCore FSE theme are free on WordPress.org. No sign-up, no card.

No. Pick a starter site, import it, and change the words and photos in the normal WordPress editor.

A current WordPress site. The exact WordPress and PHP versions are listed on the PageCore page on WordPress.org.

Yes, for the starter sites and the Style Library: every starter site is designed for it. It is free on WordPress.org, and PageCore installs and activates it for you. Your pages stay standard WordPress blocks.

Most imports take a few minutes. A progress bar shows each stage, and you can stop at any time.

Yes. The import switches the site to the free PageCore FSE theme, adds the starter site’s pages, images and menus, and sets its front page and site title. The wizard lists every change before you start, and content you made is never deleted.

Yes. Every page is made of normal WordPress blocks, so text, photos, colours and layout change like any other page.

A site holds one starter site at a time, so the new one replaces the first. Before anything happens, the wizard lists exactly what goes: its pages, posts, images, templates, menus and contact forms, with the comments and messages that belong to them. The import starts only after you tick “I agree”.

Not with one click. Importing another starter site replaces it: what the old one created is deleted and what it changed is put back. To remove it with nothing in its place, delete PageCore with Remove Data on Delete switched on. If an import is stopped or fails, the wizard offers “Remove what was imported”. Content you made is never deleted.

Your pages stay. They are normal WordPress blocks, so they stay in place even if you switch PageCore off.

Yes. You can use the photos that come with the starter sites on your own sites, for personal and commercial projects, as long as the PageCore plugin is active on the site that uses them. Photos already on a site may stay if you later switch PageCore off. See the photo terms.

Always to your site’s own admin address, never to an address the demo set.

Every SVG is rebuilt from an allowlist of safe elements and attributes. Scripts, event handlers, embedded HTML and external references are removed.

PageCore is listed on WordPress.org, where every plugin is reviewed before it is listed. And your pages never depend on it: they are standard WordPress blocks that stay in place even if you switch PageCore off.

PageCore builds on the parts WordPress itself develops: blocks, block themes, theme.json and the Site Editor. That is the most stable ground a WordPress site can stand on.