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Each article answers one question about EtchWP and Etch Studio, with dated quotes and sources. New here? Follow the path: five steps from "what is Studio" to the ways out. Back for news? Switch to the most recent.
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Start here: the decision
What Studio is, and whether your license covers it · 4 articles
- Etch Studio: a proprietary locked-in app, analyzed by an independentLocked in their app. Pay monthly to edit. Leave with a ZIP of compiled files only.
- Is Etch Studio included in the Etch lifetime deal?No — confirmed on stream. LTD covers the WordPress plugin only.
- If you don't need WordPress, what is Etch Studio actually selling?Geary's pitch reframes the product — and the comparison set that follows.
- EtchWP vs Etch Studio: what's actually different?Same Svelte UI; the split is where data lives and who runs the backend.
Money and entitlement
What it costs, and what backers were promised · 4 articles
- What does Etch Studio really cost to run?On public price lists, hosting one Studio account costs cents to a few dollars a month. Customers pay $49 or $59. Here is the arithmetic, and how the offer is built.
- What does the Etch Studio split cost people who already paid?Public price $59 since Oct 14; existing EtchWP customers keep $49 only if they join by end of November and never cancel. Either way: a locked editor, no export.
- How much does Etch Studio cost?Public price $59/month since Oct 14, 2026; existing EtchWP customers $49 if they subscribe by end of November and stay active. The founder names $99 as the eventual plan.
- What EtchWP backers were actually promisedCollaborative pre-sale, Era 4, investment-in-vision — then a separate Studio subscription.
Ownership and lock-in
What you keep if you stop paying · 1 article
Product status
Is EtchWP still moving, and what reaches it · 3 articles
- Do new Etch Studio features come back to WordPress?Studio features were said to come back to WordPress. As of November 2026 they had not.
- EtchWP release tracker: what has actually shippedEvery EtchWP release from the public changelog, charted: new, improved, fixed. Verify directly.
- Is EtchWP still being actively developed?Yes. New features shipped in July, September and October 2026, none in August; the Studio architecture has not been ported.
Architecture and alternatives
How it's built, and the ways out · 3 articles
- Is Oh My Etch part of EtchWP?No. Oh My Etch is a separate paid plugin. A June 2026 competitor post's departure story is not confirmed here.
- Can you self-host Etch Studio?Not currently — Geary said self-host is possible but unknown; hosted was chosen as controlled.
- The version of Etch Studio that would have kept everyone: one app, three backendsAnalysis: one Svelte canvas with adapter-based backends — the path they skipped.