Availability of Classic Editor

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  woebkesa · Member · Oct 6, 2020 at 4:10 pm

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  I saw this on the website: ‘However, we didn’t want to force an abrupt transition to the Block Editor. You continue to have access to the WordPress Classic Editor experience to allow you more time to adapt your workflows to the WordPress Block Editor.’

  How long will users continue to have access to Classic Editor?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 6, 2020 at 6:04 pm

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  You can still switch to the classic editor when writing/editing posts/pages in your site’s Dashboard, and we don’t have a timeline for when that will be removed: https://wordpress.com/support/dashboard/

  With that said, we do recommend the new editor though, and we have tips for transitioning from the classic editor to blocks https://wordpress.com/support/switching-from-the-classic-to-the-block-editor/ and FAQs: https://wordpress.com/support/replacing-the-older-wordpress-com-editor-with-the-wordpress-block-editor/#frequently-asked-questions

  And, if you really want to use something like the classic editor, we recommend sticking with the classic block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/

  We also have some extensive documentation available at https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/