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The crappy update forced on WordPress 5; “Gutenberg”, has a HORRIBLE and useless post editing interface. Very contentious in the WordPress user community. And pretty pompous that WordPress:<\/p>\n
1. Forced it.<\/p>\n
2. Named it after the most important pre-Internet publishing innovation (The Gutenberg Press).<\/p>\n
HOWEVER: If you don’t like it, there’s a good “Gutenberg killer” plugin that makes everything go back to how it was.<\/p>\n
It’s called<\/p>\n
DISABLE GUTENBERG
\nby Jeff Star, and it’s on the WordPress store, for free.<\/p>\n
No settings to adjust on my end, I just installed the DISABLE GUTENBERG plugin, activated it, and now WordPress is back like it was before the WordPress goons who “know that’s good for you” (hint: they’re in San Francisco, lol) “Fixed” it.<\/p>\n
RULE #1 OF GOOD SOFTWARE DESIGN:
\nIF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT!<\/p>\n
Someone said to me “The thing I haven’t seen in here anywhere is what exactly is wrong with Gutenberg.<\/span><\/span>”<\/p>\n Here is my answer:<\/p>\n Gutenberg breaks the very good work flow that has been the same for years, and has not changed for good reason.<\/p>\n It doesn’t offer gains for most people that make it worthwhile to re-learn what is almost a new program.<\/p>\n It was forced, there isn’t an option to just “turn it off.” They claim there is one, but it doesn’t really go back to how it was.<\/p>\n They ignored immensely overwhelming complaints for a year of many thousands of people begging and demanding “don’t force this as part of core.”<\/p>\n Telling people what they’re GOING to like, and making it mandatory, is antithetical to the guiding principles that used to run WordPress.<\/p>\n My theory is it’s an intentional crippling to increase paid WordPress support.<\/p>\n It’s tearing up the company too: WordPress Accessibility Team Lead Resigns, Cites Political Complications Related to Gutenberg<\/a><\/p>\n