The Operation Of The Site Has Been Impossible

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    markfisherphoto · Member ·

    If Site Could Return To The Original Platform
    That Worked So Well. It Gets Uncontrollable And Jumps
    From Platform Classic To Block.
    Three Companies Said They Changed…
    My Post Is Incomplete And I Post It Somewhere Else.
    I Google To Remove Your Business Program
    And Showed There Employees Why…
    They Have The Same Problem.
    Suggestion Return To The Better Platform….
    Thank You
    Most People I Have Spoke To Have Left
    Your Site,

    The site I need help with is [visible only to staff] (email visible only to moderators and staff).

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The classic editor was removed from the open source WordPress software when version 5.0 came out in late 2019. That software is made by the community on WordPress.org.

    We use that same software here on WordPress.com, so if the software changes, it also changes how WordPress.com works.

    On WordPress.com we do offer the classic editor plugin pre-installed on all sites, so the editor is still available here. But it cannot be set as the default. To use the classic editor, go to https://wordpress.com/me/account and enable the setting to show WP-Admin pages under Dashboard Appearance.

    Now if you go to My Site ->Posts, you’ll have a choice whether to use the classic or block editor when editing or creating posts.

    That said, the classic editor plugin won’t be supported indefinitely, and once the community on WordPress.org stops supporting that plugin, it will also stop being available on WordPress.com. At that point the block editor will be the only option, so I strongly recommend you give it a try. We have detailed tutorials on how all the different blocks work:

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

    There is also a classic block in the editor that mimics the feel of the classic editor, and that will continue to exist even after the classic editor plugin is retired.

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

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    eduportas · Member ·

    The new block editor is atrocious. No way around it. You’d think it would make writing easier, but it makes it much more complicated.

    Someone clearly did not pay attention to the name of the platform when proposing the “improved” block editor.

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