Guttenberg is a profound devolution of WP into pointless complexity

  • phongmedia

    (@phongmedia)


    2 years ago

    No one step set WordPress back as far as this one plugin and set of features has. Now with the infiltration of Gutenberg modules into the official WP code contributions represents a devolution and corruption of WordPress principles, a rotting of it to the core.

    As an avid long term fan and developer of WordPress for 12+ years, nothing comes close to Gutenberg in how much it’s damaged the functioning and operation of WordPress, adding needless complexities to the user and developer experience, adding no tangible upsides, and breaking the long upheld principle of backwards compatibility.

    This plugin and mostly its integration into the WP core is a disaster and has damaged WordPress as a whole.

    • This topic was modified 2 years ago by phongmedia.
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  • Plugin Author Matias Ventura

    (@matveb)

    I’m sorry to hear you see it that way. What are the complexities you wish didn’t exist?

    GratefulDeb

    (@eventermom)

    I couldn’t agree more. More that 5 million installs of classic editor says it all. I think this was WPs way of pulling people away from themes like Divi. Honestly, if people want a built in drag and drop editor, use a theme like Divi, but don’t destroy what all of my hundreds of clients love – the classic, easy to use editor. If this Gutenburg becomes the only way … I’m retiring or moving to another platform.

    The plugin would have been fine as a standalone plugin like Divi, Elementor etc. I never use Gutenberg so it’s just taking up my server resources for nothing I guess. It’s really disappointing to see this as a inbuilt feature because in my eyes WordPress should be as clean as possible without tons inbuilt features that I am probably never gonna use anyways.

    I even got annoyed writing this message because the review box exactly response as the Gutenberg feature, which isn’t good.

    • This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by nesoor.
    • This reply was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by nesoor.
    Moderator Kathryn Presner

    (@zoonini)

    @nesoor @eventermom Please feel free to post your own reviews, rather than tacking your thoughts onto someone else’s review. Your suggestions for improving the block editor are very welcome, as are any specific things you’re having trouble with in using the block editor – we’d love to help.

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