restore Classic editor

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  brucedesilva · Member · Nov 11, 2020 at 10:47 pm

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  How can i restore classic editor.

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  supernovia · Staff · Nov 12, 2020 at 12:20 am

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  Hi, at this point you would need a plugin, which requires a Business Plan on our servers. It’s just getting trickier trying to maintain two different editors and keep our WordPress.com-specific features working in both.

  If you’ll let us know what issues you’re running into with the current editor, we can get those filed for you.

  Or, you are welcome to use your own free copy of WordPress with another host, install the classic editor there, and use community resources or hired contractors as needed. I understand it will be supported until 2022. http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  brucedesilva · Member · Nov 12, 2020 at 1:27 am

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  All I ever need to do is write text, insert one or several photos into the text, and sometimes add a link. It used to be simple. Now it is not. Today I spent more than an hour trying to figure out how to insert a photo before giving up. I also don’t see how to add tags. What do I do?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 12, 2020 at 6:43 am

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  To insert a photo, type /image on a new line to add an image block, or simply drag-and-drop the image file from your computer into the editor:

  Image Block

  To link text, copy the link you want to add, highlight the text you want to link, and press Ctrl-V to paste the link into the highlighted text.

  To add tags, make sure the sidebar on the right of the editor is set to the Post tab. Tags should be the fourth heading from the top:

  https://d.pr/i/tbBwCO

  Organize Posts with Tags

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  jeritilley · Member · Nov 12, 2020 at 11:41 am

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  The new layout is horrible. The classic layout worked, was understood by people and was easy to use. The new layout is not.

  Such a NEGATIVE move, and I cannot see any benefit in the new layout/system. Why change something that was apparently working well and that people could use?

  I do not understand the thinking of the person who came up with the block system.

  Was it a case of “change for the sake of change” ?? Is it progress? Not in my view, it is a huge step backwards.

  Jerry Tilley

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Nov 12, 2020 at 2:20 pm

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  @jeritilley, we appreciate your feedback and if you have anything else you’d like to add, please use the thread you opened here:

  https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/classic-layout-2/.

  Adding more comments like this one will be considered spamming, which is against our guidelines.
  Thanks!