davejf

It’s great to learn what people find works for them to make WordPress the perfect fit.

Your words Tammie and they get right to the heart of the problem. People start with basic WordPress and add to it to make it the ‘perfect fit’. So Gutenberg might be a great plugin for people to add on, but why give us functionality we don’t need or want, only so we have to take it away?

The joy of WordPress is that it does as little as possible to force you down a particular workflow and allows for flexibility. Gutenberg is the start of the process of narrowing down users’ choices. Don’t go down the route of the big IT corporations that constantly redesign their software to cut down on users choices. It maybe good for the bank balance, but why not dare to be different?Why not think about your users and stop worrying about your competitors. WordPress is by far and away the best blogging platform in my opinion. What have you got to be afraid of?

• This reply was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by davejf.

Hi I use:

Akismet
Catch Web Tools
Jetpack Premium
Next Gen Pro
Tiny MCE Advanced
Vaultpress
Wordpress Editorial Calendar
WP Fastest Cache
WP Sweep
WpDiscuz
Yoast SEO

I’ve spent ages trying out various combinations of these, along with my theme to get exactly the right combination. For the type of things I publish I can’t get a better combination. My focus is on content, with the cleanest layout I can get. I neither want nor need anything more complicated, so editor is the perfect tool for me. When I write more longford pieces I use Scrivener and then paste it into WordPress. I’d be deliriously happy to have Gutenberg there as a plugin if I need it. I love the WordPress concept of having a basic setup that people can use out of the box, but is customisable. Having something that is unneccesarily complex from the start seems like a retrograde step.

i agree with everything people have written here. If you’re largely a content lead blogger than WordPress has always been the perfect tool. Gutenberg, which is more layout orientated means less focus on content. I love the concept that you can choose a theme, create your content in the editor and then just publish. I spent ages getting my theme exactly how I wanted it so I didn’t have to worry about layout too much.

It’s fine ad a plugin, but just not for me. I’ll be downloading the classic editor plug in the minute WordPress 5 kicks in. I bet millions of other people will too.

Wordpress is the most popular blogging platform because it works. I’m not averse to change, but don’t fix what’s broken. Continuous improvement isn’t universally a good thing.