Switch to Classic Editor

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  bellagrace111 · Member · Mar 22, 2020 at 1:19 pm

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  Hi. I used to have a WordPress act, which used the Classic Editor. How do I switch to Classic on my new account & blog? I absolutely hate the new editor, as it is horribly complicated for non-tech people. Please feel free to go into my act & switch me over. I can’t customize due to complexity. The tutorials DO Not help, as I can’t figure out those either. So miss the old WordPress!

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  pmaparts · Member · Mar 23, 2020 at 1:49 pm

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  I concur. Functionality like the ability to choose a past blog post from a drop-down list for linking purposes does not exist in the new editor.

  The new editor automatically adds formatting that I do not want, as well.

  New blog posts are now defaulting to the new editor and when you try to open them up in the classic editor you get pop-up notices exhorting you to open them in the new editor. This inhibits my ability to post.

  There does not appear to be a way to set the classic editor as a default. Please add such an option, so that users like bellaplakon and I can continue to use the classic editor until the new editor has the same features as the classic one.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Mar 24, 2020 at 3:12 pm

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  Hi Folks –

  We can definitely help you get the site back to using the classic editor. Please let me know which sites are involved. Thanks :)