My site has finally been flipped to the horrid new block editor.
So far, I’m not impressed.
And while I don’t rail at change in other areas of my life, not having to think about formatting a blog has always been pleasant…. until now. I switched back to classic, but it still doesn’t let me space the way I want.
So does anyone like this new format?
Sing its praises and regale me with its infinite wonders if you do.
Because right now?
This is me:
River's world..... 
Show me one person who likes the stupid blocks… Blah. I just want to write, not think so much about all the formatting…
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Agreed.
I bypassed the stupid block things, but it still doesn’t format properly.
Grrr.
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I’m that one person, lol. Love the block editor! We were just talking about it at work today. I really dig the versatility and ease of use. Then again, I’ve always been one to embrace change.
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Of course you are… 🙃
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1 to 1,458,632.
Got it.
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I actually don’t hate it now I’ve got used to it but I can’t see any particular advantages either. I probably would have stuck with the ‘classic’ editor if it was actually the same as the old editor but it quite obviously isn’t so it seemed a choice of learning how to use a new editor either way.
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It’s similar at least.
But the whole thing smacks of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Why couldn’t they just have added a few new things to the existing one?
Now please excuse me while I go yell at those kids to get off my lawn.
😉
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I hate it. Just hate it. Why can’t I just write my blog in MSWord, and C/P it into the blog with all the formatting? Why do I need a left handed editor to post?
Why? Because the geeks at WP really don’t care that their editors suck.
Did I mention that I hate the new editor?
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I believe you did, yes.
It was subtle, but I caught it.
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Has there been a change????
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Up until today, there wasn’t on my end.
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I see where they’re going with it. They’ve made it more dynamic and easier to customize each paragraph, aka “block”. But I’m with you, I still prefer the simplicity of the Classic.
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Easier is a relative term.
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Ugh, I posted this morning and was still able to use the classic editor. I dread the day I’m forced to use the block editor. I have heard nothing good about it.
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You do have the option to put in the classic editor, but it’s not exactly the same.
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That’s so strange, I was forced into the new block editor (after months of threats each time I logged on) over a week ago! I pretty much hate it. Yes, you can choose a “classic block” but it’s still not the same experience. Sometimes I can get my picture captions to be below the picture and permanent, which is what I want. Other times it seems to be a pop-up caption that the reader can only see if they hover their mouse over the picture. Ahhhh!!! Why couldn’t they leave well enough alone?!
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I have two weeks of posts scheduled, after that I’ll probably be cursing a blue streak.
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Ah yes, the pre-scheduled post. Way to outwit them, for a little while at least. Wish I’d thought of that.
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I’d like to say I did it to spite them, but I’ve done it ever since I started blogging.
😉
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I haven’t yet had the “joy” of experiencing such, but I’ll keep you posted….
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It makes me wonder why they rolled it out so slowly. Afraid of all our pitchforks at once I suppose.
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I’ve been using block this whole time! It’s my default setting I think.
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I post so many pictures… I know it’s going to give me trouble.
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What’s done is done, but I don’t like it.
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I haven’t tried to post multiple pictures yet, but when I do you’ll probably hear me scream from there.
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“That was either RiverGirl’s table crashing into the fridge, or she’s working in the block editor.”
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Yes.
Although I might be banging my head against the fridge as well….
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Cupcake hates it, I could not give a crud. My blog is too simple to worry about all those buttons and features.
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I need to spend some time playing with it.
Which doesn’t mean I will….
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The new editor wouldn’t let me publish until I converted everything to “classic”…
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Which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Well done WordPress.
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On the extremely rare occasions when I do blog, I use the app on my phone, so I have no idea what you’re on about. You have my sympathy, though.
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I’ve been doing that a lot lately….. and might be doing more.
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So I’m wondering if all these references to the “classic editor” mean the most recent default editor, which was “forced” on everyone beginning in 2015, or the editor that I know as THE Classic Editor, which was the default when I started blogging in 2011? I bookmarked that original Classic Editor when the first change was made five years ago, and it still works fine for me through two editor changes now. I haven’t even looked at this “block editor” before, and don’t think I want to…
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I didn’t want to either…but didn’t have a choice. One day it just switched. And I’m not sure which classic it was. I’m a relative newbie to this site.
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Probably the 2015 editor, and I can’t even remember what that piece of garbage was called. I think they refined it from the cesspool it was when it debuted, but I wouldn’t know since I never used it either…
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I suppose we’re all just creatures of habit. I’m so used to the classic I didn’t have to think. Now I do, and it’s annoying.
😉
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HATE IT.
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I don’t love it, but I’m getting used to it.
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