New Editor
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I am very unhappy that in order to use the Classic editor I now have to pay $25/ a month. I am a senior citizen and not only is it difficult and time consuming for me to learn new technology; that’s a lot of money for me and I’m sure others. Is there a way to reduce the fee? The old classic was easy to use and adequate for my needs in blogging. I don’t want or need any of the new features. This is very disappointing as I have been blogging for many years and even edited a book of blog posts from bloggers I met through wordpress. Thank you.
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Hi,
Who or what told you that you’d have to page $25/month to use the Classic Editor? That’s the price of a Business Plan, but the classic editor is available on every plan, including the free plan, and two paid plans that are less expensive than the Business Plan.
Staff attention to your support request has been called for. Staff will respond here.
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You still have the Classic Block which is the Classic Editor as a block, https://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/
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Every WordPress.com member has access to the classic editor via the WP-Admin dashboard.
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You can still switch to the classic editor when writing/editing posts/pages in your site’s Dashboard: https://wordpress.com/support/dashboard/
With that said, we do recommend the new editor though, and we have tips for transitioning from the classic editor to blocks https://wordpress.com/support/switching-from-the-classic-to-the-block-editor/ and FAQs: https://wordpress.com/support/replacing-the-older-wordpress-com-editor-with-the-wordpress-block-editor/#frequently-asked-questions
And, if you really want to use something like the classic editor, we recommend sticking with the classic block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/
We also have some extensive documentation available at https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/
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It depends on who the “we” is in the “we do recommend…” A lot of folks haven’t joined that club.
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This is like standing with one foot on the dock and one foot on the boat. Yes, we have the WP Admin Classic Editor option for now, but for how long? We do not have a definitive answer for that.
So if you choose to write in WP Admin’s Classic editor, I encourage you to open up a test post or page and start dabbling in the Classic block https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/ or the full Block Editor https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/ The more you use it, the easier it will become and you’ll be ahead of the game when the Classic Editor is finally retired.
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You can still switch to the classic editor when writing/editing posts/pages in your site’s Dashboard: https://wordpress.com/support/dashboard/
When I go there and select Posts – Add New it forces me to the new editor.
This is horrible. I have been using the system for 15 years while the new editor might be wonderful for some people it involves a large learning curve for me. When I tried to use it when it was introduced I was not able to figure out how to do some things that were very simple with the old editor.
PLEASE let those of us who do not need bells and whistles to use the old editor.
George L Smyth
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Thank you for the explanation. I wonder how long this will be available. It used to be so easy.
George L Smyth
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Thank you for the explanation. I wonder how long this will be available. It used to be so easy.
George L Smyth
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They’ve been threatening to eliminate the WP-Admin editor for years, since at least 2016, though as early as August 2014 with the advent of the infamous Beep Beep Boop editor they began the perennial game of alternately removing and restoring, and sometimes moving (hiding), links to the WP-Admin editor that suggested to some even then that the editor would soon be gone.
Some of the so-called improvements of the 2014-2015 BBB editor:
1. Removal of post revisions! I well remember staff informing us that surveys or usage analysis (I don’t remember which) had shown that post revisions was a low-priority, dispensable feature.
2. No link to WP-Admin meant no more Admin panel beside the editor. The Admin panel is the menu that includes links to the only pages where (before the advent of the Customizer) you could create, edit, and manage menus, header images, categories and tags; add, customize, and manage widgets, and much more.
3. Removal of the vertical scroll-bar from editor windows.
4. Removal of the Copy a Post feature.Among those who loudly voiced their numerous complaints about that buggy and problem-ridden editor in the forums were new users, and it was quickly revealed that these new users were being steered by WP.com directly to the inferior editor and not being made aware that there was another perfectly fine editor available at WP-Admin.
When a more palatable version of the Beep Beep Boop editor of 2014 was introduced in 2016, new users again weren’t even told about the WP-Admin editor, and even some veteran users switched to the new baby blue and soon forgot about the WP-Admin editor, though it didn’t go anywhere, and some of us took a sniff at the new one and went happily back to the tried and true WP-Admin editor.
My prediction: The WP-Admin editor will survive yet again the latest hubbub over a supposedly NEW and IMPROVED editor. The WP-Admin editor was the best editor in 2010, 2014, 2016, and it’s the best editor in 2020.
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You can still switch to the classic editor when writing/editing posts/pages in your site’s Dashboard: https://wordpress.com/support/dashboard/
With that said, we do recommend the new editor though, and we have tips for transitioning from the classic editor to blocks https://wordpress.com/support/switching-from-the-classic-to-the-block-editor/ and FAQs: https://wordpress.com/support/replacing-the-older-wordpress-com-editor-with-the-wordpress-block-editor/#frequently-asked-questions
And, if you really want to use something like the classic editor, we recommend sticking with the classic block: https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/classic-block/
We also have some extensive documentation available at https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/
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Yes, I saw the link and explained the problem with it.
I did get a workaround so I will be using that until WordPress finally forces us all to struggle with the option that works for those who need/enjoy complexity.
George L Smyth
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Hi again – The Block Editor has been the default editor in WP since December 2018. If WPcom hadn’t installed the Classic Editor plugin for us at WP Admin, we’d be using the Block Editor there as well. There’s no evidence going forward that we’ll have access to that plugin indefinitely. It would be a nice surprise if they did maintain it, but it wouldn’t be fair to tell users they can rely on it being there in the long run. Cheers.
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