AccessNow Instant Import brings posts and pages written with an AI assistant into WordPress as drafts, with their pictures, categories, tags, excerpt and template already set. No copying and pasting, no uploading pictures one at a time.
It works with whichever assistant you use. The plugin makes a spec for your site: its content types, categories, custom fields, templates, picture sizes, colours and house style. Give it to Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant with what you want written, and it hands back a zip, a content pack, that the plugin turns into proper WordPress blocks. Nothing is sent from your site to any AI service, and nothing is ever published until you say so.
Moving off a page builder? Tools → Page builder content shows how much of each Thrive Architect or Elementor page would carry over into ordinary blocks, without changing anything.
The pictures below are the actual screens: the spec and the upload, the report after importing, the settings that shape the spec, and the page builder scan.
Features
- A spec made for each site, with a starter kit (JSON schema and example pack) for assistants that run code
- Imports posts, pages and your own content types as drafts, with featured images, pictures, galleries and alt text
- Categories, tags and any taxonomy; page templates, parent pages and custom fields registered with WordPress
- Real blocks: headings, lists, quotes, tables, buttons, columns, expandable sections and YouTube or Vimeo videos
- Links between items in the same pack, and shared (synced) blocks
- A report of what to check before publishing: missing excerpts, alt text, narrow featured images, new categories
- Export any item as a content pack, as an example for your assistant
- Page builder scan for Thrive Architect and Elementor
- SEO titles and descriptions for Yoast SEO and Rank Math
- No account, no API key, no external service
Instant Import Pro
- Update existing items from a pack: after a preview, or as staged copies someone approves, with undo
- An export list, export of whole content types, and WP-CLI commands
- Blockshift: convert Thrive Architect and Elementor pages into blocks, as review copies you approve, with undo
How it compares
Most AI plugins write inside WordPress with your API key, or let an assistant change your site directly. Instant Import works the other way round: your assistant writes from a spec made for your site, and you bring back one zip that becomes drafts. No account, no key, nothing published until you say so. Pro adds updates with a preview and undo, and converts Thrive Architect and Elementor pages into blocks, which almost nothing else does. Choose a plugin to compare it with.
AI Puffer
| Feature | Instant Import | Instant Import Pro | AI Puffer free | AI Puffer Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free25 credits a month | US$9.99 a month1 site |
| AI key or account | Noneuse any AI assistant | None | YesPuffer account or API key | YesPuffer account or API key |
| Your content sent out by the plugin | Noyou paste the spec in yourself | No | Yesto the AI provider | Yesto the AI provider |
| Lands as drafts | Always | Always | Your choiceits AI connector publishes | Your choiceits AI connector publishes |
| Images and alt text | Yesfeatured, inline, galleries | Yes | Yesfeatured, inline, AI alt text | Yes |
| Categories, fields and SEO | Yesany taxonomy, fields, Yoast, Rank Math | Yes | Partlycategories, tags, SEO description | Partlyadds SEO checks |
| Real core blocks | Yes | Yes | Blocks or Classic | Blocks or Classic |
| Update existing content | No | Yespreview or staged copy, with undo | Rewrite toolundo not confirmed | Rewrite tool |
WPVibe
| Feature | Instant Import | Instant Import Pro | WPVibe free | WPVibe Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free100 calls a day | US$99 a year500 calls a day |
| AI key or account | None | None | YesWPVibe account | YesWPVibe account |
| Your content sent out by the plugin | Noyou paste the spec in yourself | No | Yesrelayed through WPVibe | Yesrelayed through WPVibe |
| Lands as drafts | Always | Always | By defaultnew posts | By default |
| Images and alt text | Yesfeatured, inline, galleries | Yes | Uploadsalt text not confirmed | Uploads |
| Categories, fields and SEO | Yesany taxonomy, fields, Yoast, Rank Math | Yes | Partlycategories, tags, ACF fields | Partly |
| Real core blocks | Always | Always | Depends on the AI | Depends on the AI |
| Update existing content | No | Yespreview or staged copy, with undo | Yeslive at once, no undo found | Yeslive at once |
AI Engine
| Feature | Instant Import | Instant Import Pro | AI Engine free | AI Engine Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | Free | US$79 a year1 site |
| AI key or account | None | None | Yesyour own API key | Yesyour own API key |
| Your content sent out by the plugin | Noyou paste the spec in yourself | No | Yesto the AI provider | Yesto the AI provider |
| Lands as drafts | Always | Always | YesContent Studio drafts | Yes |
| Images and alt text | Yesfeatured, inline, galleries | Yes | Generates imagesalt text not confirmed | Generates images |
| Categories, fields and SEO | Yesany taxonomy, fields, Yoast, Rank Math | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Real core blocks | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Update existing content | No | Yespreview or staged copy, with undo | Through its AI toolsundo not confirmed | Through its AI tools |
Respira (page builder conversion)
| Feature | Instant Import | Instant Import Pro | Respira Maker (no free plan; 7-day trial) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | US$29.50 a year1 site; launch price until 30 April 2027, normally US$59 | €71 a year1 site; no US$ price listed |
| AI key or account | None | None | YesRespira account and an AI app |
| Your content sent out | Nothe scan runs on your site | Noconversion runs on your site | Yesto your AI app |
| Elementor to blocks | Scan only | Yesreview copy, approve, undo | YesAI skill, draft copies |
| Thrive Architect to blocks | Scan only | Yesreview copy, approve, undo | Partlycommunity skill |
| Real core blocks | Not applicable | Yes | Mostlysome HTML fallbacks |
| Undo | Not applicable | Yesthe builder copy is kept | Yessnapshot rollback |
| Import AI content packs | Yes | Yesand update existing | Noedits through the AI |
Last checked 18 October 2026. Prices as each vendor listed them on 18 October 2026, with no sales on; Respira lists euros only. “No” means we found no such feature in the vendor’s own pages, and “not confirmed” that we couldn’t check it. We found no other plugin that converts Thrive Architect pages to blocks. Check their sites for current offers.
They have strengths of their own. AI Puffer and AI Engine write inside WordPress, in bulk and on a schedule, without leaving the dashboard. WPVibe lets Claude or ChatGPT work on your site directly, with no zip to carry. Respira reaches further into Elementor’s design. If you want your assistant’s work brought in as drafts you check first, fitted to your site, with nothing sent anywhere by the plugin, that is what Instant Import is for.
Requirements
WordPress 6.5 or later and PHP 8.1 or later, with PHP’s zip support (it is on at almost every host).
