Poorer and uncomfortable WordPress admin interface ergonomics

  • fbarret

    (@fbarret)


    12 months ago

    Hello,

    I don’t know why it is displayed in the admin, in the list of articles or pages, next to each name, the mention “Classic editor” or “Block editor” (depending…). It’s very disturbing and annoying! : I of course use the Classic Editor extension, because for me Gutenberg is much too long, uncomfortable, tense, annoying, unbearable, and I need to be able to process clear and clean HTML on an entire page .

    If anyone knows how to permanently delete the “Classic editor” mention in the list of articles, I’m interested.

    I don’t understand certain developments (“progress”??) which add visual, functional or ergonomic discomfort.

    Above all, when I see the new customization interface (“Customize” item) of the new 2024 theme, I find it delirious and scary.

    I love WordPress and I think that Automattic is a really top-notch team that does a very high quality work, but I’m getting more and more worried about certain ergonomic or UI/UX choices, when you have to make more effort to concentrate to simply read texts or you have to click tenfold to edit something with a poorer result, and for the first time in many years I’m wondering whether I’ll soon be better off using Joomla or something else, for myself or my clients. It gives me the impression that WordPress is trying to drive out some of its regular users.

    I don’t know if this is the best place to post this post but I couldn’t find anything better…

    Regards,

    Fran?ois

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  • Rough Pixels

    (@roughpixels)

    Hi

    Are you referring to this:

    post-list-editor-type.png

    Adding support to use the Classic editor or the Block editor will display the label for the author(s) to know which editor the post was created with, but also, when hovering, it gives the option to use either editor (if this option is set).

    If you are just using the Classic editor, there is a setting to hide that labelling.

    Go to Plugins > Classic Editor > Settings

    classic-edito-settings1.png

    Set the Classic editor as the default and then check the option to NO on the Allow users to switch editors option.

    classic-edito-settings2.png

    Is this what you were wanting to do?

    I’ve written a few articles on my blog about the editors, but this is something I should write another one about, or add it to an existing article.

    As a side note, you do have options for alternatives to WordPress. You mentioned Joomla–I’ve used Joomla for over 15 years, and still do (in addition to WordPress, of course). It’s more than capable but even though it’s a more robust CMS, it does have a bit of a learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, it gets easier. This will be similar to other alternatives too.

    Best Regards,
    Andre

    Thread Starter fbarret

    (@fbarret)

    Thank you very much Andre for these instructions, I will at least be able to hide this bulky label!
    And thank you very much for your encouraging opinion on Joomla.

    Yours sincerely,
    Fran?ois

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