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  dtrhodes · Member · May 13, 2021 at 2:33 am

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  I have always used Classic editor and am not a programmer with HTML knowledge. I don’t understand why the classic editor is now gone. If I upgrade, it looks like my site name will change…. why is that and does that impact content or pages?

  Is there a way to go back to the classic editor that makes it much more user friendly rather than the user interface that you guys are now forcing upon us?

  Thanks!

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 13, 2021 at 8:21 am

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  Hi there,

  The open source WordPress software is made by a community of volunteers on WordPress.org. The Block editor (also known as “Gutenberg”) is their first step in modernizing WordPress. Here’s a quote from their FAQ: https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/handbook/faq/

  “Gutenberg” is the name of the project to create a new editor experience for WordPress — contributors have been working on it since January 2017 and it’s one of the most significant changes to WordPress in years. It’s built on the idea of using “blocks” to write and design posts and pages. This will serve as the foundation for future improvements to WordPress, including blocks as a way not just to design posts and pages, but also entire sites. The overall goal is to simplify the first-time user experience of WordPress — for those who are writing, editing, publishing, and designing web pages. The editing experience is intended to give users a better visual representation of what their post or page will look like when they hit publish.

  Since the development of the WordPress software is moving in this direction, when new versions of the software is released, we update the software here at WordPress.com. The Classic Editor was removed from that software in favour of the block editor when WordPress 5.0 came out in 2019.

  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 any more). The navigation unification we’re working on now moved where you access it – to access it, add wp-admin/edit.php to the end of your site’s URL to get to the WP-Admin posts page.

  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/