How to activate Writing Helper feature with the 'new' WP blogging interface?

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  hhull3 · Member · May 17, 2015 at 9:47 pm

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  I am very dependent on the wonderful Writing Helper>Copy a Post feature of the ‘classic’ WP blogging interface and cannot find how to activate this feature in the new & supposedly improved interface. Is there a way to make the Copy a Post feature available in the new system? If not, I strongly recommend it be added to the new system. In the meantime, I’m frequently taken to the ‘new’ blogging interface and have to do a lot of navigation to bring up the ‘classic’ interface. Is there some way I can always be sure to be using the ‘classic’ interface?

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  siobhyb · Member · May 18, 2015 at 9:37 am

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  Hi there.

  The Writing Helper tools aren’t available in the new editor and the team don’t plan to include them in the future. However, you’ll always be able to access the tools directly from WP Admin. To reach WP Admin more quickly, you could consider adding a browser bookmark for this link:

  https://photomandalas.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  I’ve also made a note of your feedback and sent it on to the team behind the new editor, we’ll let you know if plans to include the Writing Helper tools change.

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  hhull3 · Member · May 18, 2015 at 3:28 pm

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  Thank you for your prompt reply and appreciate your passing on my feedback to the team behind the new editor. Perhaps I’m in a distinct minority of WP.com users, but I love the efficiency of creating “templates” – essentially draft posts – that are always available under Writing Helper. Saves me an awful lot of time. I assume there’s no way in the new editor to “copy” a previous post…

  Thanks, too, for the tip about how to get to the “classic” editor. After submitting my query, I finally figured out that I need to navigate to “WP Admin” to access the “classic” editor, and your advice makes that easy to do reliably!

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  siobhyb · Member · May 18, 2015 at 5:27 pm

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  Hi there.

  There isn’t a built in way to achieve this in the new editor but, outside of adding a bookmark to WP Admin in your browser, you could also consider a text expander to save and quickly get templates. You can find some options for text expanding apps here:

  http://lifehacker.com/5843903/the-best-text-expansion-app-for-mac

  Just something to consider. :)

  Let me know if there’s anything else I can help out with.