How do I get rid of the new editor?

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  simsing · Member · Oct 4, 2020 at 12:04 am

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  So I got sucked into clicking on a new editor and now I can’t switch back! Please tell me there is a way to switch back without paying for plugins! There is no option to switch back that I can see. Have they taken that away, forcing you to upgrade?

  I just cannot understand how the new editor works. How do I add images? The old editor was so easy to use. I am tearing my hair out here. I have used wordpress for 20 years. Sadly, if there is no solution, I will have to go elsewhere and I’m really angry about that.

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  simsing · Member · Oct 4, 2020 at 12:22 am

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  Seems I can’t edit my post?
  That is not the blog I needed help with actually. (I did not add that.) It’s simqueen.wordpress.com.

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  ryrhino00 · Member · Oct 4, 2020 at 1:35 am

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  Hi,

  Please read the links below about the classic and new editor.

  WordPress.com Classic Editor Deprecation FAQs

  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-com-classic-editor-deprecation-faqs/

  Converting From the Classic to the Block Editor

  https://wordpress.com/support/switching-from-the-classic-to-the-block-editor/

  I am a volunteer who is unpaid and does not work for WordPress.

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  onthenorthriver · Member · Oct 7, 2020 at 12:21 am

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  dump the “new” editor before I dump wordpress.

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  simsing · Member · Oct 10, 2020 at 10:24 pm

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  Thanks for responding with how to find the Classic editor “block”. How intuitive is that? NOT
  BUT how do I add images using the Classic editor? I don’t understand this stupid block system. Why must I use an additional “image” block when I used to so easily just insert an image?! Too many clicks!

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 11, 2020 at 8:33 pm

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  BUT how do I add images using the Classic editor

  This is difficult to explain in words, so I recorded a quick video to show you how to add images while staying within the classic block.

  You can view it at this link: https://d.pr/v/pMZqvc

  Also I did the same using blocks only (no classic block, just the standard ones) and it did not seem to take more clicks for me than using the classic block.

  You can view it at this link: https://d.pr/v/msKmND

  I know the new block editor is unfamiliar, but I’m hoping you will give it a try, it’s quite powerful once you get used to it. Hope this helps!