fix: bypass WP object cache in CLI/cron via raw $wpdb queries for elementor data persistence

includes/Elementor/Data/ElementorData.php

@@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ class ElementorData {
     }
 
     public function get_page_data(int $post_id) {
+        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || (defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON)) {
+            // Read directly from DB — bypasses WP object cache entirely
+            global $wpdb;
+            $raw = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare(
+                "SELECT meta_value FROM {$wpdb->postmeta} WHERE post_id=%d AND meta_key='_elementor_data' LIMIT 1",
+                $post_id
+            ));
+            if (!empty($raw) && is_string($raw)) {
+                $decoded = json_decode($raw, true);
+                if (is_array($decoded)) return $decoded;
+            }
+            return [];
+        }
         $document = $this->get_document($post_id);
         if (is_wp_error($document)) return $document;
         $data = $document->get_elements_data();
@@ -29,6 +42,40 @@ class ElementorData {
     }
 
     public function save_page_data(int $post_id, array $data) {
+        if (PHP_SAPI === 'cli' || (defined('DOING_CRON') && DOING_CRON)) {
+            // Bypass WP meta cache entirely using raw $wpdb queries.
+            // WP object cache causes stale reads in long-running CLI scripts where
+            // multiple add/delete calls within the same process leave the cache inconsistent.
+            global $wpdb;
+            $json  = wp_json_encode($data);
+            $table = $wpdb->postmeta;
+            $exists = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare(
+                "SELECT meta_id FROM {$table} WHERE post_id=%d AND meta_key='_elementor_data' LIMIT 1",
+                $post_id
+            ));
+            if ($exists) {
+                $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare(
+                    "UPDATE {$table} SET meta_value=%s WHERE meta_id=%d",
+                    $json, (int)$exists
+                ));
+            } else {
+                $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare(
+                    "INSERT INTO {$table} (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (%d, '_elementor_data', %s)",
+                    $post_id, $json
+                ));
+            }
+            $modeExists = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare(
+                "SELECT meta_id FROM {$table} WHERE post_id=%d AND meta_key='_elementor_edit_mode' LIMIT 1",
+                $post_id
+            ));
+            if ($modeExists) {
+                $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("UPDATE {$table} SET meta_value='builder' WHERE meta_id=%d", (int)$modeExists));
+            } else {
+                $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("INSERT INTO {$table} (post_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (%d, '_elementor_edit_mode', 'builder')", $post_id));
+            }
+            wp_cache_delete($post_id, 'post_meta');
+            return true;
+        }
         $document = $this->get_document($post_id);
         if (is_wp_error($document)) return $document;
         $document->save(['elements' => $data]);