Long page has poor performance in editor

Hello, would you be able to send over your page content so we can try it out? We want to see the scenario for the slowdown. Please click on the 3-dots button on the upper right of the post editor, then click on “Copy all content”, then please upload it to PasteBin, then email the link to us at [email protected] .

Based on experience, it’s possible that when the page is really long, especially if you use a lot of columns and nested blocks, it can be slow even with just the native blocks. Lessening the amount of levels of nested columns can drastically improve the editor performance. Two easy ways you can reduce the need to nest multiple columns inside each other is by utilizing the block’s background setting (under the block tab in the inspcector), or a column block’s container setting (under the style tab).

Also, are you using a lot of Stackable columns in the page? Because if you do and then you disable Stackable, that might make it look like it improves the editor performance, but probably because it also stopped the nesting of a lot of blocks because the columns have also been disabled.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Benjamin Intal.

Thanks Ben,

I’ve sent a copy of the content.

There is a lot of nested blocks. We can look at trying to reduce these and see how we go.

Actually, there aren’t that many nested blocks. Just a lot of column blocks. I can’t really see any way to make it any simpler.

@thrive – Web Design Gold Coast

Hey,

Did you managa to have a solutions for the problem? Seems i have the same problem, also with smaller pages. There is a big delay and freezing while using Stackable.

Using theme Voice and it should be working.

Can’t find a solution for it. Only deactivate stackable and then my Gutenberg builder is fast agian.

Jesse Koomen

No, we didn’t unfortunately. We had to struggle with it to finish the project.

It seems to be mainly moving items that cause the freezing.

Same here. It makes me crazy. Sometimes my browsers juste crash because im move some stuff. Probably the last time i give a try to gutenberg editor…

Same here, it drives me crazy tbh

Mainly moving items/text in columns for me. If I’m working on a bigger page it’s getting really slow, fast!

With a new page, the problem is not there.

Hopefully they fix it soon! Unable to work like this!

Jesse

We are having the same issue. The more elements we have on the page – the slower the browser becomes.

It makes editing long posts just impossible.

As far as I see there is no solution for this as of right now

Any improvements planned?

Hey @illycz @vadikcoma @jessekoomen @igor4wp @youyal @deanoakley, actually, since my last reply there has been 2 speed improvement updates that have been released.

There’s another speed improvement update that is currently undergoing testing, this one should make things faster. We’re aiming for its release in a week or two from now.

My previous suggestions still hold though, try and lessen Block nesting and make use of block backgrounds and containers. Doing those should make thee editor faster.