I used block editor briefly and changed it back to the classic. Now WP switched automatically to WP classic and I couldn’t find something I used before such as quotation marks for quote, italic. I don’t want to switch to block editor yet. I don’t have 4 hours to do what you did!!
I didn’t want to switch either. I had played with it enough to know I hated it. But then they took away the classic option and I was stuck with the block editor. Apparently they are rolling it out in waves, and not to everyone at the same time. I guess they are trying to spread the pain? Who knows. But I’ve been using it for 2 or 3 weeks now and as much as I’d like to say I’m slowly starting to like it … I’m not. I still think it is a horrible editor for writers.
I know, it takes extra steps to do even just simple things. They switched mine to classic editor but not block editor yet. It still is not as convenient as the old one.
They forced me to the new block editor and I didn’t have the option of going back. I’m sure I’ll muddle through, but I probably won’t ever get to where I like it.
It happened to me tonight. I tried to schedule a post and something went wrong. It kept saying I wasn’t allowed to do this and that. The post went live. I finally stopped it and scheduled it, but it went on for a few seconds and I got a comment asked what happened to the post.
Brilliant.. at least the programmers have justified their existence with this dreadful so called advancement in blogging. Commercial customers will love it for their adverts… and if .org customers want it fine.. but give us .com users the continued option to not opt for it. I am not a luddite and I could get the hang of it but I don’t have the time to spend playing with it when what I have is perfectly adequate and I have all my formats already sorted. Now I sound like a grumpy old woman so will leave…thanks for sharing Sally.
Yes, I think you are absolutely right about the origins of the new editor. It was a bunch of bored programmers thinking, “Hey, why don’t we take something that works perfectly well and that everyone seems happy with, and screw it up beyond all comprehension!” And so they did.
And you’re absolutely right about what’s wrong with the editor. It makes us LESS efficient, not more. I spend more time trying to figure out how to do the most simple, rudimentary things. It is ridiculous. And even once I figure them out, something that used to be a single mouse click, is not 6 or 8 mouse clicks. How is that better?
It isn’t and perhaps they are looking for ways to dump bloggers who are not commercially viable and hoping most of us will drift away creating space on their servers for the moneymakers.
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This came to my attention courtesy of a reblog by Pete Johnson at https://beetleypete.com/2020/09/06/my-first-post-using-the-new-block-editor and I am sharing this from Biff Sock Pow as today saw us getting a closer to the moment we will have to accept Classic block as the only option to the new block editor… At least there is still most of the Classic editor left… this is brilliant..
Hi, Amanda! I feel your pain. Everything I try to do now seems like it is at least TWICE as hard as it used to be. And I end up with all of these empty blocks everywhere that I have to then delete. And the block panel will appear on the left of the screen and I can’t seem to get rid of it except by exiting the draft and going back into it. It’s crazy!
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Auch andere Menschen sind vom neuen Editor angenervt. Siehe unten rechts. Zum Glück habe ich herausgefunden, dass und wie ich die Möglichkeit habe, den alten Editor im neuen weiter zu nutzen.
Hi, Tempest! Thank you for the reblog. I have figured out how to use the “classic editor” block, but it still seems like extra steps that are unnecessary. But I will just have to learn to adapt, I’m afraid.
I’ve just been told by several “Happiness Engineers” that you must never cut and paste from MS Word or WPS writer into a WP blog post. And you have never been able to. Gosh, so what was I doing since 2015…….it must have all been a dream.
I have on occasion, though for some strange reason I find that I am (was) more creative using the WP classic editor than I am in MS Word. I guess I shall have to go back to writing primarily in Word, though.
And I agree. I think they should have added the block editor as an option to those who wanted to use it, but still allowed for people to use the classic editor if they preferred that. I don’t know why it had to be an either-or situation.
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Oh, this is how I currently feel about the block Editor. As an retired It professional I’m continuing to persevere , but GOD its a struggle if you want to put up poetry……
excellent post..and so indicative of the lengths that WP happiness-killers will go to make life enormously trouble-free for their bloggers. Kudos to you!
Thank you, Suze! It was a momentary inspiration. I am a little upset that that is my real handwriting, but I was never known for my penmanship. That’s why I learned to type at my earliest convenience.
As far as I can tell, yes, this is how you use it. I am slowly making my peace with the new editor, but not because I want to. It’s only because I have no choice. If “1984” taught us anything, it’s that we can become accustomed to anything given enough repetition, and the possibility of a rat chewing our face off.
You haven’t lived until you’ve been worked over by a squad of Happiness Engineers. Or is it “died”? Oh well … happiness is all relative, anyway. It is probably a result of eating too much soylent green.
It took me long enough to do that in 2D Paint! I can’t imagine having to do it in another dimension, too! Did I mention that I failed finger-painting in kindergarten?
Biff Sock Pow 
Bwahaha! I feel your pain!
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Thank you! Pain shared is pain halved … thought I’m not entirely sure that applies to the new editor. 🙂
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Thank you for the re-blog!
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I used block editor briefly and changed it back to the classic. Now WP switched automatically to WP classic and I couldn’t find something I used before such as quotation marks for quote, italic. I don’t want to switch to block editor yet. I don’t have 4 hours to do what you did!!
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I didn’t want to switch either. I had played with it enough to know I hated it. But then they took away the classic option and I was stuck with the block editor. Apparently they are rolling it out in waves, and not to everyone at the same time. I guess they are trying to spread the pain? Who knows. But I’ve been using it for 2 or 3 weeks now and as much as I’d like to say I’m slowly starting to like it … I’m not. I still think it is a horrible editor for writers.
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I know, it takes extra steps to do even just simple things. They switched mine to classic editor but not block editor yet. It still is not as convenient as the old one.
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They forced me to the new block editor and I didn’t have the option of going back. I’m sure I’ll muddle through, but I probably won’t ever get to where I like it.
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It happened to me tonight. I tried to schedule a post and something went wrong. It kept saying I wasn’t allowed to do this and that. The post went live. I finally stopped it and scheduled it, but it went on for a few seconds and I got a comment asked what happened to the post.
I’ll be very mad at WP.
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This seems to be a common reaction. I hope things have gotten better, though!
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I am reblogging this in my site. The block editor, to put it mildly, is a block of dead wood taking one back to the prehistoric days.
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Hi! Thank you for the reblog! And you are quite right about the block editor. It is a giant step backwards in editors … not forwards.
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Brilliant.. at least the programmers have justified their existence with this dreadful so called advancement in blogging. Commercial customers will love it for their adverts… and if .org customers want it fine.. but give us .com users the continued option to not opt for it. I am not a luddite and I could get the hang of it but I don’t have the time to spend playing with it when what I have is perfectly adequate and I have all my formats already sorted. Now I sound like a grumpy old woman so will leave…thanks for sharing Sally.
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Yes, I think you are absolutely right about the origins of the new editor. It was a bunch of bored programmers thinking, “Hey, why don’t we take something that works perfectly well and that everyone seems happy with, and screw it up beyond all comprehension!” And so they did.
And you’re absolutely right about what’s wrong with the editor. It makes us LESS efficient, not more. I spend more time trying to figure out how to do the most simple, rudimentary things. It is ridiculous. And even once I figure them out, something that used to be a single mouse click, is not 6 or 8 mouse clicks. How is that better?
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It isn’t and perhaps they are looking for ways to dump bloggers who are not commercially viable and hoping most of us will drift away creating space on their servers for the moneymakers.
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I had that same thought. We don’t put money in their pockets, so we’re kind of a nuisance to them. So, at least the feeling is mutual.
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Lol.. I am still using the classic editor and hoping they have forgotten me.
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I hope you’ve been spared, too!
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I have the work arounds and hanging on for grim death….
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord Blog Magazine and commented:
This came to my attention courtesy of a reblog by Pete Johnson at https://beetleypete.com/2020/09/06/my-first-post-using-the-new-block-editor and I am sharing this from Biff Sock Pow as today saw us getting a closer to the moment we will have to accept Classic block as the only option to the new block editor… At least there is still most of the Classic editor left… this is brilliant..
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Thank you for the reblog!
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Pleasure.. great funny and a conversation starter..have a good week.
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Thank you for the reblog!
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Have you tried the new block editor? This picture is worth a thousand words…
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Thank you for the re-blog!
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Lol. That was the best post I’ve read all week. I couldn’t stop laughing.
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Thank you, D.Wallace! I’m glad I was able to provide a good laugh for your week. 🙂 I was just trying to make lemonade out of lemons.
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You did. It was awesome.
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Thank you for the re-blog!
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Perfect!!
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Thank you, Sadje! I’m so glad you liked it. I hope the new editor isn’t causing you too many problems.
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You’re welcome! I am using my phone app to blog and it’s working till now. Can’t say what will happen if the update the app.
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I am not adept enough to use my phone for blogging. I get too frustrated trying to type on that tiny keyboard. 🙂
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It does take practice to get it right. Many times I have to retype it.
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I may have to give it a try one of these days. 🙂
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Thank you for the re-blog, Penny!
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Just had to!! 🙂
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That’s exactly how I feel! This morning I ended up posting late AND with my formatting all out of whack. *sigh*
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Hi, Amanda! I feel your pain. Everything I try to do now seems like it is at least TWICE as hard as it used to be. And I end up with all of these empty blocks everywhere that I have to then delete. And the block panel will appear on the left of the screen and I can’t seem to get rid of it except by exiting the draft and going back into it. It’s crazy!
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Still laughing!
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Hi GP! I hope it’s the good kind of laughter and not hysteria. 😉
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😉
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Auch andere Menschen sind vom neuen Editor angenervt. Siehe unten rechts. Zum Glück habe ich herausgefunden, dass und wie ich die Möglichkeit habe, den alten Editor im neuen weiter zu nutzen.
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Hi, Tempest! Thank you for the reblog. I have figured out how to use the “classic editor” block, but it still seems like extra steps that are unnecessary. But I will just have to learn to adapt, I’m afraid.
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This says it all!
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Thank you for the re-blog!
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I’ve just been told by several “Happiness Engineers” that you must never cut and paste from MS Word or WPS writer into a WP blog post. And you have never been able to. Gosh, so what was I doing since 2015…….it must have all been a dream.
I’ve re-blogged your post!
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I don’t understand. I cut and paste all the time!
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I have on occasion, though for some strange reason I find that I am (was) more creative using the WP classic editor than I am in MS Word. I guess I shall have to go back to writing primarily in Word, though.
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Best way to keep a copy for your records, too…
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Very true!
I am now writing my blog posts in Word and copying them over. A lot less efficient … but must safer.
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Handy for those posts you have ready too!
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True!
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Thank you! I really appreciate that. And I’m very happy you dropped by my blog. I will definitely be visiting yours as well.
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What’s wrong with ‘if it ain’t broke don’t fix it’? Was the previous editor broke? I don’t think so.
Life is complicated enough without adding any more.
But you made a good showing! I love it.
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Thank you, V.M!
And I agree. I think they should have added the block editor as an option to those who wanted to use it, but still allowed for people to use the classic editor if they preferred that. I don’t know why it had to be an either-or situation.
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Oh, this is how I currently feel about the block Editor. As an retired It professional I’m continuing to persevere , but GOD its a struggle if you want to put up poetry……
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Almost impossible, once you figure out how to fix the gaps between the lines!
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It’s a struggle no matter what you want to do. 🙂
Thank you for the reblog!
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You’re welcome!
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From Biff Sock Pow (visual only) 😂
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Thank you so much for the reblog! I hope it gave you a good laugh. 🙂
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It certainly summed up the issue, Biff 😂
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L0L This is ‘so awesome’ haha 🙂
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Thank you, Barbara! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Hilarious, Biff! 😂
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Hi Candice! I’m glad you liked it. 🙂
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I’m not a dry cleaner, but I agree with the previous comment 😁
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Ha ha! A spammer I can’t seem to block.
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excellent post..and so indicative of the lengths that WP happiness-killers will go to make life enormously trouble-free for their bloggers. Kudos to you!
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Thank you, Suze! It was a momentary inspiration. I am a little upset that that is my real handwriting, but I was never known for my penmanship. That’s why I learned to type at my earliest convenience.
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Yikes!
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Exactly!
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[…] via My First Post Using the New Block Editor — Biff Sock Pow […]
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Thank you for the reblog!
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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
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I hope you’re laughing WITH me! 😉
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OH! So THIS is how you use it!!! Thanks for the tip. Looks like I will need to set aside a few days for my next blog! LOL!!
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As far as I can tell, yes, this is how you use it. I am slowly making my peace with the new editor, but not because I want to. It’s only because I have no choice. If “1984” taught us anything, it’s that we can become accustomed to anything given enough repetition, and the possibility of a rat chewing our face off.
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It’s clear to me you need re-education. In a camp. Staffed by WP’s Happiness Engineers (sic)
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You haven’t lived until you’ve been worked over by a squad of Happiness Engineers. Or is it “died”? Oh well … happiness is all relative, anyway. It is probably a result of eating too much soylent green.
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So wonderfully done! I love it!
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Thank you, Christine! And now you know why I’m not an artist. 🙂
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Ha!
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Ah ha, I’m obviously not using the blocks properly.
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It’s all in the wrist.
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Ha Hah Hah point taken! I wonder if they’re listening.
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If they were listening, they wouldn’t have released this block editor in the first place. 🙂
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Wow! Very good. I don’t know how you did that, but maybe next time you could use Paint 3D for the writing. 😉
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It took me long enough to do that in 2D Paint! I can’t imagine having to do it in another dimension, too! Did I mention that I failed finger-painting in kindergarten?
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