Am I the only person who hates the new block editor with the passion of ten thousand burning suns? I hate it so much that if WP ever removes access to the classic editor, I will find a new blog host and will abandon WP forever.
A bookish blog (mostly) about women writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Am I the only person who hates the new block editor with the passion of ten thousand burning suns? I hate it so much that if WP ever removes access to the classic editor, I will find a new blog host and will abandon WP forever.
No, you’re not. I found it much more difficult to figure out how to do headings and insert images, and I still haven’t figured out how to change my links to my own site so that they are relative, which it was a little frustrating but relatively easy to do in the old editor. I think it’s interesting that so many software developers seem to believe that hiding functionality makes it “easier.” I am an experienced software user, too, as that was my job for 30 years. I hate that they forced us over to use the new editor.
I absolutely do not understand the point. I have to assume that it makes it much easier for big commercial accounts to use, because it sure as hell doesn’t make it easier for a book blogger who posts maybe 50 times a year, and just wants to be able to add some pictures to my very simple posts.
I’m wondering if drafting my post in a google doc and then cutting and pasting into a new post might work better.
But I really hate it.
I got used to it, but I don’t like it. The things I want to do, which are pretty basic, are harder to do in the block editor. It’s a pain.
By the way, if there is a way to get back to the classic editor, I don’t know what it is. I see an option for it, but clicking on it doesn’t work. I was using the classic editor until about two weeks ago, when suddenly all my pages started showing up in the new one.
So, if I go into WP Admin, it brings up the old WP dashboard for me. If I then click into “all posts” and go to the top for “add post” there is an arrow next to it that allows me to add a post in classic editor. And if I want to edit in classic editor, if I go to the post on the list I want to edit and hover over it, it gives me the option of classic editor. This requires about four extra steps to do anything, but I hate the block editor SO MUCH that it is worth it to me.
I don’t have that arrow off Add Post, so I don’t have the option. And I never chose the new block editor, either.
Well, I don’t know why I still have it but I hope it sticks around.
Good luck!
I went self-hosted so as to be able to continue using the classic editor … Hate the block editor with an unadulterated vengeance.
Does anyone like it? Who is it designed for?
No idea. And I don‘t know anyone who likes it, either. (Though some people seem to have made their peace with it. Won‘t ever happen with me, though.)
Well, I hated it when I tried it the first few times, but (whispering) now quite like it. My site isn’t hosted by WordPress though so the situation may be different. There is a Classic Editor plugin that I used (https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/) and the interface went back to the style I was used to.
I hate it too!!! It’s caused so much frustration!!! Glad to hear I’m not alone….it’s so weird because I’m expecting to be able to edit like in a word doc, but it doesn’t behave like that
The block editor makes me want to SCREAM sometimes. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Honestly, it’s like trying to type with gloves on.