“Blocks are something many casual WordPress users may still be trying to wrap their heads around, not to mention how they impact the ecosystem of plugins and themes. The Classic Editor plugin, which insulates users from the world of blocks, remains one of the most popular plugins with more than 5 million users. Its continued support is not guaranteed forever, especially as WordPress looks to revamp the admin design to be more similar to the block editor.”
Sarah Gooding
Yeah, I would say the writing may be on the wall for the eventual end of the Classic Editor, maybe sooner than later. Just today, I tried the Classic Editor on WP.com; it’s been a long time since I’ve used it. I like how simple it is. And it’s familiar because most writing environments are similar: formatting bar on top, WYSIWYG editor below, displaying a large blank page to write on. The surrounding feature widgets also felt less fiddly.
I readily admit that blocks provide more features and capabilities (some I use regularly). But I’m finding as a writer (not a web page builder), that all I really need is one giant “block” where all I do is dump text into it. Simple. I think the big picture idea about blocks makes sense, but the implementation still feels kind of clunky.
Then again, I’m a bit of an oddball since I’m more okay with writing HTML and CSS code, along with blogging posts, than with using the WordPress Site Editor. I feel in more direct control over my web pages and posts with the code. Speaking of blocks, isn’t HTML the building blocks of the web?
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