Please bring back the Classic editor

  • Unknown's avatar
    pubicstyle · Member ·

    I just can’t get used to the new Block editor . Like today, I put in quote block, but the text format is the same as the surrounding text. And most of the nice image gallery options I liked in the Classic editor are nowhere to be found. This Block editor is simplified to the point of obscurity. It’s horrible. Please bring back the Classic editor.

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    ryrhino00 · Member ·

    Hi

    You can still use the Classic Editor use the link below to learn how

    https://wordpress.com/support/classic-editor-guide/

    The classic editor is being retired in this document WordPress.com Classic Editor Deprecation FAQs gives information about the changes to the editors

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-com-classic-editor-deprecation-faqs/

    Unified Navigation is also useful information to know.

    https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/unified-navigation/

    You can use the Classic block that is similar to the classic editor

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

    WordPress.com Design Update for a More Intuitive Experience

    WordPress.com Design Update for a More Intuitive Experience

    WordPress Editor: Working With Blocks
    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/

    Please read the documents with the links above.

    I am a volunteer who wrote this.

  • Unknown's avatar
    pubicstyle · Member ·

    Thanks for your reply. I appreciate your support efforts as a volunteer, but I would have to strongly disagree that the block editor is a more ‘intuitive experience’. It’s the opposite of intuitive, because so much is hidden. It’s opaque. It’s obscure.

    I’m trying to create a post right now, and my attempt to get a gallery block into the post ended up in a mini-disaster in which I lost the post completely. I’ll have to start that post again from scratch.

    I don’t think ‘classic block’ is a good substitute for the Classic Editor because it lacks the media and gallery features that Classic has (or had).

    Thanks for the link on how to find the Classic Editor. I plan to keep using it as long as I can, so that I don’t destroy my keyboard in frustration as I nearly did today.

    I see you got some strong feedback from other disgruntled users. Are there a lot of other people are in the anti-Block camp?

  • fstat · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    I don’t think ‘classic block’ is a good substitute for the Classic Editor because it lacks the media and gallery features that Classic has (or had).

    All the image and gallery features of the Classic editor have been incorporated into blocks with even more features. You can find more information here:

    https://wordpress.com/support/images/

    I see you got some strong feedback from other disgruntled users. Are there a lot of other people are in the anti-Block camp?

    Please understand that we are WordPress.com a hosting provider that uses the WordPress software to power our sites. We’re following the direction of what the WordPress open source project is moving towards. 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.

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