If I later switch away from a WPZOOM theme to another theme, what happens to my settings and layouts built on the Zoom Framework — is anything locked in?
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Nothing is locked in — your content is safe — but Zoom Framework-specific settings and layouts will not carry over to a non-WPZOOM theme. WPZOOM's FAQ states: 'Your posts, pages, images and menus stay in WordPress and carry over to any theme. Layouts built with the block editor, Elementor or Beaver Builder carry over too... Theme-specific options and widgets may need setting up again' (wpzoom.com/faq). The Zoom Framework is 'the core of the theme' and provides the Theme Options panel (Dashboard → WPZOOM → Theme Options), where 'some theme options are general for all themes, while some of them can be theme-specific' (docs/wpzoom-themes-structure) — so Zoom settings and Zoom-configured layouts (homepage/category/single-post displays, slideshow settings, Zoom widgets) fall into the 'may need setting up again' bucket. WPZOOM's own change-guide table is more blunt: theme-specific shortcodes, built-in page-builder layouts, theme-registered custom post types, theme-bundled widget types and built-in slider content are listed under 'May Be Lost' when you switch. You are not trapped, though: all content lives in the WordPress database, and previously installed themes remain available under Appearance > Themes so you can switch back. One partial mitigation: the ZOOM Framework advertises 'Easy Import/Export — move settings and widgets between installations,' but that covers moving between installations, not porting to another vendor's theme. Caveat: the site never explicitly addresses Zoom Framework portability to a non-WPZOOM theme; this conclusion is inferred from its general theme-switch guidance plus the Framework's description as the theme's options core.
Add a dedicated FAQ or docs entry on Zoom Framework portability: state explicitly what happens to Zoom Framework theme options, widgets and Zoom-configured layouts when switching to a non-WPZOOM theme, whether Zoom settings can be exported for use elsewhere, and whether the WPZOOM Page Builder counts as a 'built-in page builder' whose layouts stop rendering after a switch.