I hate block editor

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    alisonwinward · Member ·

    Does anyone know, please, whether wordpress.com has any plans to let users choose whether we want to use block editor or return/stick with classic editor?
    I was perfectly happy with classic editor, it did everything I wanted it to, and I just have better things to do with my time than waste it trying to get to grips with block editor.
    I am so fed up I’m seriously thinking of not renewing my subscription when it runs out. If something ain’t broke, why force us into fixing it?

  • fstat · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    We’re following the direction of what the WordPress open source project is moving towards. The open source project is what works on the actual WordPress software. The Block editor is their first step in modernizing WordPress. Here’s a quote from their FAQ:

    https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/handbook/faq/

    Since the development of the WordPress software is moving in this direction, when new versions of the software are released, we update the software here at WordPress.com.

    We also understand that people still use the Classic Editor, which is why it’s still available here (it’s not in the WordPress software). The navigation unification we’re working on now moved where you access it. But, eventually, newer versions of WordPress won’t be compatible with the legacy Classic Editor and that’s why we’re encouraging you to try the new Block editor which has a “Classic block” that will give you most of the same functionality that the Classic Editor has:

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/

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