Like many of you, I have just tried the new Gutenberg Editor and like most of you, I hate it.
I Googled how to revert to the old classic editor and because I am old, I printed out the directions. What the instructions fail to mention, is that you need to be at least at the Business Level ($300/year) before you are allowed to install Plug-ins which would include the Classic editor.
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Sorry to hear that.
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Me too. Some person who is more adapt than I am may write that there is another way. Fingers Crossed.
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Yes, I am really sorry. I saw the advertisement for this but luckily I ignored it.
Sending you love ❤️
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Thanks. I made the screen captures to illustrate my point. I have not yet paid to upgrade. I’m hoping that someone smarter than me will tell me there is a way to do it without having to upgrade.
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How odd. I noticed the change but just worked with it and I’m OK with it. I guess it’s a free product at entry level so we don’t have much we can protest about. Frustrating I guess.
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I was able to lumber through it but I wasn’t happy
True what you say.
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You’re more phlegmatic than some of us (like me). I have even used HTML which helped me work around some of the spacing hassles in the classic editor.
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UGH. I haven’t posted anything in a few weeks but I just went into my site and selected Post/New and got this message:
Meet the Classic block: The block editor is now the default editor for all your sites, but you can still use the Classic block, if you prefer.
So I clicked the X to close it and it went to Block editor. Sigh….
Wish I could help. I’ll have to play with this…
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It’s another reason why getting old sucks.
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If misery loved company, we’re in this together.
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Yeah, I liked the old one better too because it was more flexible. Get ya hooked then change things up and . . . hey, it sounds like the same way a lot of social media works!
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Sad but true. What I hate us having to pay for what used to be free.
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I don’t think you have to pay. There’s something in the Block Editor called the Classic Block. Pete Johnson of Beetleypete has taken a lot of interest in this issue. He reblogged a post about how to find and use the Classic Block: https://beetleypete.com/2020/08/26/classic-editor/
I haven’t tried this because I use the block editor all the time now.
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Audrey, this is very helpful. Thanks. I stumbled across the classic editor icon within the Block Editor–Block Editor will take some getting used to. I read in one of Anne Rice’s vampire books that one of the reasons vampires commit suicide is because they long outlive the time they are from. After a while, they get tired of the constant change. I could sympathize since both technology, norms, and politics are changing so fast and not always for the better. At least fashion seems to have remained more constant.
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Do you like it?
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Hi Pat, sorry to hear you are unhappy with the change. Personally as soon as the new Gutenberg block editor arrived, a couple of years ago, I started using it. It required a bit of adaption but I found it pretty intuitive and soon began to like it a lot. I hope you either find the old solution back or can work with the new one.
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Thanks, Denzil. So far, I’ve persevered with a lot of cussing and repetition because I can’t get images inserted the first few times I try.
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I didn’t know you had to pay if you wanted to revert to the old classic editor
Really sad…
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I thought so too.
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I was experiencing a lot of glitches in using the classic editor in the block environment so I finally gave up an switched to block for all new posts. I’m getting used to it and finding things I like about it, but it will never be as simple as the old way
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I am completely in agreement with you. This is my 3rd day using this new monstrosity a–it is becoming more familiar and not less despised.
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When I click on like or comment on this one particular blog, rather than going to either the like or the comment section, it shoots up to the top of the post. That means I have to scroll through the post and all of the advertisements to get to the section of the page I wanted to land on.
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Strange 😳
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