I am actually in tears writing this. WordPress is starting to do a Yahoo! on me

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  savehove · Member · May 14, 2015 at 1:41 pm

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  I totally HATE the blue on blue you are imposing. And I want my dashboard back as it was please. I have just learned I have cataracts starting and it is bad enough that I find black looking gray without having to fight to see this awful blue on blue. That wall of junk that is now my dashboard is deeply upsetting.

  HOW DO I GET MY OLD DASHBOARD BACK!!!!!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  romanbon · Member · May 14, 2015 at 2:03 pm

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  Hi, you can use this link to access your old Dashboard:
  https://savehove.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  Please let me know if you have other questions :)

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  savehove · Member · May 19, 2015 at 11:30 pm

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  It didn’t work. My blog is now virtually unuseable. I am devastated.

  ValerieTHE WEBSITE: http://www.savehove.wordpress.com THE TWEETS: http://www.twitter.com/saveHOVE

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 19, 2015 at 11:54 pm

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  Hi there! The link romanbon gave you will take you back to the classic dashboard. From there you can access your posts and pages in the classic editor.

  You said this didn’t work. Can you tell me what happened instead of you landing on the wp-admin dashboard?

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  savehove · Member · May 26, 2015 at 9:05 pm

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  Thanks for the reply.

  I did land on the dashboard after logging in. But it is the new one with the fat blue stats bit on the right side. Not the old dashboard with all the neat and tidy hits information at a glance and the need to click on stats to get the bar charting over time.

  It is like being a fly trying to avoid a spider with webs everywhere to entrap one into landing in these blue fields I actually get an angry reaction when that bip bop nonsense catches me. My flight response is instant. I feel absolutely hounded by those fat blue fields. I’m no longer blogging as I used to. It just wears me out clicking all over Gods half acre to escape the blue maze..

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 26, 2015 at 9:52 pm

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  There are two ways to reach the classic dashboard once you’re logged into WordPress.com.

  First, you can click on “My Sites” in the upper left. Then select “WP-Admin” from the sidebar.

  Or you can visit the link to your classic dashboard directly as romanbon linked previously:

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

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  timethief · Member · May 26, 2015 at 9:57 pm

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  @savehove
  Excuse me for butting in here but I have had so much email on this removal of the link to the classic editor from the new Beep Beep Boop editor that I could scream.

  You cannot deactivate the new Beep Beep Boop editor but you do not have to use it. For locating the ways and means of accessing the legacy or classic pages for creating posts, editing posts, and viewing stats see here > Navigating the Classic WordPress.COM interface http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2015/04/05/navigating-the-classic-wordpress-com-interface/

  Mar 18, 2015, 10:29 AM
  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. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/when-editing-an-old-post-how-do-i-switch-to-the-classic-editor?replies=5

  Features that won’t be included in the new editor
  Post Revisions
  Copy a Post
  Link back to wp-admin
  Read more here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-reinstate-the-option-of-choice-to-use-the-old-publishing-format/page/32?replies=942#post-2338964