Bring back the Classic Editor!
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Dear WordPress Team,
I have been a loyal user of WordPress for more than 7 years and have written over 900 articles. I chose WordPress as platform because it was easy and simple to use. Despite some changes, this remained the same all these years. Until the Block Editor came along. I avoided using this strange construct as long as possible.
For you developers it might be the measure of all things and easy to use, for us normal users it is not! In short, this change forced on us is an absolute disaster! What would be so bad about giving us the choice to use the Classic or Block Editor? I sincerely ask you: Give us, give me back the Classic Editor!
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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/
For more details, please see https://wordpress.com/blog/2020/08/13/the-classic-editing-experience-is-moving-not-leaving/
We do recommend the new editor though, and we have some extensive documentation available at https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/
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Thanks for your answer, macmanx. I can understand and also welcome the fact that WordPress is constantly being developed further and further. Would I have stayed 7 years otherwise? I write texts in which I insert a picture from time to time. That’s it. That’s how most of my friends do it. For sure there will be people who like the new editor, but why should I use an editor that is neither intuitive nor well arranged? The Classic Editor was perfectly integrated into the dashboard. It had all the features I needed and was easy to use. Why is it so hard to understand that people like me want to keep it? New things are not always better. Why can’t we be given the choice, Block or Classic? I’ve figured out for myself how to use the Classic Block to create a post, save it and then edit it in the classic way.This is not user-friendly at all.
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