Known compatibility issues, common questions and how to report bugs

Common questions / FAQ

How do I edit my contents permalink
If you click the title of your content, it will show the link, and give you the option to edit it, above the title.

Please note that there is no permalink created for a new post until you have clicked Save draft at least once.

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I’d like better control of my text content in paragraph blocks
WordPress tries to ship with base functionality, and leave more advanced requirements to plugins. There is therefore a plugin to introduce more individual control of paragraph text content called Advanced Rich Text Tools for Gutenberg

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Categories and tags are not showing up
Some security related plugins may have disabled all, or parts of, the REST API. This is used by Gutenberg to fetch all the data used to display content in the editor, so if you are missing fields, check if you have a security plugin enabled, and if it has an option for the REST API.

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The toolbars cover too much content
You are able to move the toolbars to the top of the page, alongside the undo/redo buttons, if you click the ellipsis (three vertical dots) in the very top right corner there is an option for Fix toolbar to top which will move block options up for you.

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The editor area is very small.
Themes/plugins are encouraged to provide editor styles to better represent how the content will appear on the front end. The default width is just that, a default value that works well for readability in the majority of cases.

If your theme does not provide styles, you can add them your self using a plugin, or by adding a simple code snippet to your functions.php file:

function wp436784723890_expand_gutenberg_edit_area() {
	?>
	<style type="text/css">
                .edit-post-visual-editor .editor-post-title__block,
		.edit-post-visual-editor .editor-block-list__block {
			max-width: 1024px;
		}
	</style>
	<?php
}
add_action( 'admin_head', 'wp436784723890_expand_gutenberg_edit_area' );

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Giving end users control of the layout is not always a good idea
This is true, some may get a bit carried away with the wide range of control Gutenberg provides, we acknowledge this, and have already created tools to handle it.

Many users and developers are already familiar with the concept of page templates in the WordPress template hierarchy. We’ve taken that concept, and brought it into the editor with editor templates. This allows theme and plugin developers the possibility of providing a default set of blocks, and to control which blocks (if any) can be added/removed from that post type.

Read more about editor templates in the handbook.

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Why not add an option in WordPress to switch betwee neditors?
Part of what makes WordPress great, is our core philosophies. One of those is the Decisions vs options, where we make an educated decision for what WordPress will do, leaving confusing (and potentially frustrating) options out. We let plugins provide such options.

The Classic Editor plugin adds these choises as options, and is the recommended way of providing such functionality.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Marius L. J..

General notices

If you are receiving a Updating Failed message when trying to save a post or page, check if you are using the services provided by CloudFlare. We are currently working with them to address a problem which blocks the Gutenberg save function. A workaround is available while we find a solution to this.

It’s been reported that some antivirus software may also block REST API requests, so if your antivirus software offers an application firewall, this may prevent you from saving posts, we are looking into this.

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Some users may experience a blank editing screen, a first step to testing this should be to just hit refresh in your browser, as it may a race-condition that we’ve identified and are working on fixing.

Current sticky thread is here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/gutenberg-block-editor-resources/