How do I opt out of the "new and improved user experience"?

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  alethessophia · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:55 pm

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  How do I permanently opt out of the “new and improved user experience”? The posts don’t update/publish correctly with the correct options as I’d like, and some of the admin pages (such as stats page) aren’t as customizable as the “old” version. I like some of the additional new features, but some of the old features are missing from the new version, and the new version doesn’t seem to be working correctly, so I’d rather just skip the confusion.

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:57 pm

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  There is no way to permanently opt out. You have to go to WP-admin, and from there to Posts->Add New or Posts->Edit. There’s no shortcut and no way to permanently force it. You could bookmark the Classic Editor new post page.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 23, 2015 at 10:59 pm

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  The Classic Editor will continue to exist in wp-admin. We know some users prefer to use this editor, so we want you to have access to it, instead of phasing it out with the new version of the Dashboard. However, a link to the Classic Editor will not return to the New Editor. From: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-editing-an-old-post-how-do-i-switch-to-the-classic-editor?replies=5#post-2316097

  Dashboard > Posts > Add New

  Though Staff removed the link in the new editor to the classic editor there are two workarounds that can be used found here:
  https://tpenguinltg.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/a-hack-to-use-the-classic-editor-in-wordpress-com/
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-reinstate-the-option-of-choice-to-use-the-old-publishing-format/page/17?replies=507#post-2322624

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  nikkitytom · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 1:11 am

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  There are quite a few people who would prefer to use the classic version and who are simply asking for the right to choose. And to do so easily with that convenient link which has now been removed. Yes there are indeed “worko-arounds” but it is frustrating to have to jump through hoops when the solution is a simple one. Let us choose,.

  Heres a poll/petition begun five days ago … considering the fact that it’s fueled mostly by word of mouth, it shows a very large number of people unhappy with the new changes. And who simply want to choose … without all the gymnastics.

  Classic or New? Your Preference