I have a problem using the new editor

Been trying to simply rework an old post, literally just rying to swap out the images with updated images. No exaggeration, 2 hours on the same post. WTF?

So I found the conflict. The Cloudflare app seems to interfere with the new editor.

I’m having the same issue. The view works fine but as soon as I save or publish, it goes to some funky view where I can’t edit links (and no matter how many times I click “open in a new window” it does not). I also find it difficult to start a topic here, so I’m piggy backing on yours! I srsly cannot run my blog with this issue. What is the Cloudflare app and do I need to delete it? Thank you for your help!

No worries, there’s strength in numbers. Maybe someone will listen if we all chime in together.
The Cloudflare app is a plug-in used in conjunction with the (mostly free) Cloudflare CDN. Among other things, a content Delivery Network caches your content around the globe to allow for faster downloads.
However, I wrote to my web hosting service and after reviewing the error logs it turns out that the Cloudflare app was *not* in fact the culprit. I plan to dig deeper tomorrow, as I’ve lost waaay too much time tonight trying to create a simple post. I downloaded the classic editor.
Even without the media library bugs Gutenberg is tiring. Blocks disappear, new ones appear out of nowhere, posts designed to be identical randomly change only to return to normal later on, and more.
I don’t use a lot of plugins and prefer to keep my site lean, which WordPress stressed for years. Now, if you look at the code in Gutenberg, it looks bloated AF, just another page builder. If I wanted that, I’d have downloaded one years ago.

You can install the Classic Editor Plugin to bring your old editor back if you would rather use that. https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/classic-editor/

Once the Classic Editor plugin is installed, you can then also configure WordPress to allow you to switch between the two editors… the best of both worlds in my opinion!

And you can further configure things to default to which editor you prefer with the ability then to switch to the other.

On the CloudFlare side, you can turn CloudFlare’s proxy service on and off via their plugin (I think that is an option) or from their dashboard leaving the DNS services running there.

The last time I needed that I thought there was a way to temporarily suspend the proxy service for 24 hours or so as needed. Great for troubleshooting and it reverts back automatically.

I did install the classic editor.My problem isnt with Cloudflare, as I said. Ever since I attempted to use the Gutenburg editor my site is f@cked. I have to upload images several times just to get it to show once, my media library stalls out and won’t show each image, plugins are f@cked – they won’t open and/or won’t deactivate… and on. This really needs to be fixed or I’ll be forced to find another CMS. I can’t believe a company with this much experience can so drastically ruin an established platform. I’ve been trting to rework *2* posts for two days!!!! Two posts! I should’ve been finished within minutes yesterday!!!!!!!!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by ShadowmarkPro.

Ok. I feel much better now. Had to vent a bit. With the Classic editor plugin the damage isn’t as bad but there’s still damage. Hopefully the Classic Editor plugin will continue past 2022 or WordPress will as it as an option instead of core.

Praise the Lord! Thank you @jnashhawkins and @shadowmarkpro . That seems to have done the trick. WHEW. It was srsly debilitating not being able to edit my posts. Back on track! Thanks again!

Awesomeness! I felt the same way.