Request for a simple explanation of the editor options available
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One for the WordPress.com suggestion box. As WordPress 5.0 has now hit the streets can I make a request on behalf of WordPress.com users for a clear and simple explanation of the various editor options that will be available to users.
I am not asking for myself. As somebody who has been tinkering with Gutenberg on both WordPress.org and WordPress.com for sometime I have a rough idea of the direction of travel. However, I help various individuals with WordPress.com accounts who currently have little idea.
The explanation should cover the upcoming period .. say 6 months?, i.e. not simply what it does today and include ..
the choice of default editor .. what is it and how to change it .. note that I find the current wording on the dashboard of “try Gutenberg out” confusing / misleading .. also there is no mention anywhere that if a post is saved in Gutenberg and you wish to revert to the Classic Editor that you may lose some formatting.
the options as to the choice of editor per individual post / page.
To repeat .. I am not looking for a reply here. I am hoping for a support topic which will give clear and concise guidance to all users on the editor options.
Thanks
Brian
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi @efpunter, these forums are actually for the sites here at WordPress.com, which is different than individual WordPress.org installations.
On our servers we don’t really allow plugins (unless one has a business plan) so it would be a bit different here.
But I know there’s a lot of info out there right now. Matt went over a bunch of it on his site:
If you want to go further with this, you might try jumping into the conversations over at https://wordpress.org/support (the forums for self-hosted sites), or even at make.wordpress.org.
I hope that helps!
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I know that this is the WordPress.com forum and I am talking about WordPress.com.
I do not know when WordPress V5.0 core will appear on WordPress.com. Perhaps this will be when Gutenberg “becomes the official editor” to quote the phrase on the dashboard?
My request relates to that moment in time. It needs to be clear to users precisely what options there are for moving between Gutenberg and the Classic Editor even though you at Automattic may choose not to use those terms.
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Oh! My apologies for missing that. We’ve been running the newer version for a few weeks now here. But WordPress.com is always a little different — in our case we’ve integrated Gutenberg into our Calypso editor, for example.
On WordPress.com sites, you can switch to the classic editor by using the three dots in the upper right of the post — Classic Editor is an option on that menu.
You *shouldn’t* be losing formatting anymore, so if you are please send a link to an affected post and we’ll check it out.
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It’s really confusing. Has Gutenberg come to WordPress.com or not? I’m not anti-Gutenberg – I expect to be updating my self-hosted sites within the next few days. Recently, I did try out Gutenberg on one of my WordPress.com sites, and it was fine.
I expected WP.com to have switched to the new editor by now, but my WP.com dashboards are still saying “Test the new editor today. Gutenberg will soon be the new WordPress editor. You can try it before the official release by activating it here.”
So, please could you clarify what’s going on?
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Has Gutenberg come to WordPress.com or not?
The Gutenberg/block editor has been available for opt in on WordPress.com for several weeks, yes. You should see a prompt to enable it both in the editor at My Sites, and if you go to the WP-Admin page for your site.
It is not the default yet. It’s opt-in only at this point. That does not mean it’s “not here”, though. It just means we’re giving our users a choice, and implementing it gradually.
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