Keep the Classic Editor as an option. Gutenberg is an abomination.

  • UPDATE, August 5, 2021: My experience of Gutenberg has not changed since my older review below. With each WordPress version update in which Gutenberg gets closer to becoming mandatory, my concern becomes more grave. And so, very sadly, I have begun notifying clients of my resignation from my beloved occupation as website designer (since 2007) – I do not want to be at the helm when the cracks start splitting through WordPress.

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    My original review from a couple years ago, updated in May 2020:

    In its current state (May 2020), Gutenberg is oppressive, maddening and limiting. It is a truly horrible experience for someone used to building sites using CSS and HTML with the Classic Editor. WordPress has BEEN all about giving more choices, more versatility. But by requiring the use of Gutenberg too soon, you will be doing at least some of us designers a dramatic injustice. It is, minimally, unkind to designers who have been working contentedly with the Classic Editor for years to be forced to use this clumsy Page Builder. Please, please, please – I beg, with all due respect, dearest brilliant WordPress developers: allow those of us who wish to continue to use the Classic Editor for a few more years – 2021 is TOO SOON. This seems a democratic solution – this extra time will allow you to polish Gutenberg so that eventually it will not feel like trying to play a sonatina with boxing gloves on. Instead we will be inexorably attracted to it – we won’t be able to resist!! That’s how this should work.
    Otherwise – I can’t continue to use WordPress anymore. I am sinking hours into trying to figure out how to do the simplest things. I have been the biggest fan of WordPress, but this is forcing me out the door.

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  • Use classic editor as a plugin… We love Gutenberg.

    It’s not replacing website builders in anyway just easier and quicker way to write, edit, style your content.

    Garry, how can you not understand the basic things? When Gutenberg becomes part of the engine, many plugins that target the classic editor will simply stop working. This will break many thousands of sites.

    Thread Starter susantau

    (@susantau)

    @segoro I fear you are dead on correct. However, as bad as Gutenberg may be, that may not be the worst issue at hand: Your comment won’t be here long, my friend – all comments in this thread in agreement with my 1-star review are getting deleted. What has happened to our beloved open source, democratic WordPress??

    @segoro You are Correct!

    @susantau that is correct. Many comments of mine were deleted yesterday by WordPress moderators. I am testing other blogging platforms now as I speak. They actually deleted my original review of Gutenberg. I attempted to repost, simply calling it junk. My other post was detailed, but they deleted it.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

    (@sterndata)

    Volunteer Forum Moderator

    Everyone: Comments that were removed were commends on other comments. There is no conspiracy here. Frankly, everything after the initial review should have been removed. In any case, I’m closing this review as it’s not reviewing any more.

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