Pitchfork - Migration Freeze
Plugin to assist with migration of sites from WP to WebSpark
by Steve Ryan · github.com/asuengineering/migration-freeze-webspark · website
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/asuengineering/migration-freeze-webspark/archive/refs/heads/main.zipDeclares an update source (https://github.com/asuengineering/migration-freeze-webspark), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.
From the readme
Pitchfork - Migration Freeze
A WordPress plugin for managing staged site migration workflows across multisite networks.
Overview
Pitchfork - Migration Freeze provides a lightweight operational framework for:
- controlling user access during migrations,
- promoting temporary migration-team access,
- reducing site visibility during decommissioning,
- and tracking migration state directly inside WordPress.
The plugin was designed primarily for large WordPress multisite environments managing high-volume migration and retirement workflows.
Features
Migration States
The plugin supports the following lifecycle states:
| State | Behavior |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Situation Normal | Plugin is active with no migration warning or user changes |
| Migration Pending | No user changes |
| Migration Active | Migration team promoted to administrators; other users demoted to subscriber |
| Migration Complete | No user changes