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  beulah · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 7:57 am

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  I can’t be the only one still struggling with the new layout … eg I wanted to access the media library from the new post page to find a url of an image, but couldn’t find the url anywhere. There are lots more frustrations …

  Support – please expand the menu to include all options again.

  https://stbarnacles.wordpress.com/

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

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  kauilapele · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 10:29 am

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  I used to use the “new post editor” to modify existing posts. No more.

  Although I have done this many times before (is anyone listening?), I will list my own frustrations with this “new editor”.

  1. There is no side menus to access other features of admin (media, settings, etc… all the things that are in the older (classic) post editor.
  2. When I now open the new editor, there is NO “stick post to top” tick box”… even though the WP support says there should be.
  3. When you do open the new post editor for existing post, it opens up at the BOTTOM of the HTML text box. Very inconvenient.
  4. It takes me MUCH longer to complete a post and/or modify post settings using the new editor.

  For user reference, to get to the classic editor, use this link:
  https://YOUR_BLOG_URL/wp-admin/post-new.php

  From what I have seen in the development of this new editor, it keeps getting less and less useful… for me, at least. Unless a major change occurs, I’ll always be using the classic editor. Always.

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  kauilapele · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 10:39 am

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  I wanted to add one more thing.

  5. It appears, in the Sharing dropdown, that you have to tick off each social media you wish to share with. Why? On classic editor they are always ALL ticked off, then you click “Edit” to change options.

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  kauilapele · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 10:42 am

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  Sorry, one more:

  6. In classic editor, you can drag and drop an image into the text box. With the new editor, I tried this, and was not able to. I like this drag and drop feature. Save me a lot of time and mouse clicks.

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  catholicschoolspirit2 · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:30 pm

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  The audio I normally can embed from SoundCloud does not work now and its saying that it is not an url.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 5:33 pm

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  Hello there,
  The thread to post your feedback into is the sticky thread at the top of the support forums. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/editor-feedback/page/13?replies=377#post-2501482

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  beulah · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:31 pm

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  I can’t always seem to access the classic editor – it should be more obvious as an option.

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  kriskarkoski · Staff · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:48 pm

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  @beulah You can always access the classic WP Admin editor by adding /wp-admin/post-new.php to the end of your site address

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  beulah · Member · Nov 19, 2015 at 6:52 pm

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  Many thanks!