Please don’t make this part of core!

  • I’ve briefly tried to use Gutenberg and honestly didn’t enjoy it at all. I know it’s Beta at the moment, but it certainly didn’t make things easier for me. I’ve worked really hard to get my blog to work for me and have selected the plug ins that work best for me. I’m really happy with the system I have now and can honestly see no advantage with Gutenberg. I can forsee lots of issues with incompatibility with other plugins and it feels as though you’re forcing us down a particular path. Make it a plug in and yes, I’d probably give it a try. I’d like the choice to default into using Gutenberg, not the necessity of having to default out.

    This isn’t me being cautious: I like doing things in innovative ways and finding answers to problems. But Gutenberg seems like an answer to a problem that doesn’t exist. I’ve always love the wordpress ethos, which is user driven. Please learn from other technology companies that have alienated their loyal users and issue this as a plug in and not part of core!

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  • Correct! The editor as is, with TinyMCE, may not be perfect, even a bit dated, but at least it gives scope, as you say, to innovate the the way you want to build a site. Whether that is with pure HTML or with a page builder it is flexible to handle all this.

    Gutenberg just narrows things down unnecessarily.

    Plugin Author Tammie Lister

    (@karmatosed)

    Thanks for testing Gutenberg and leaving a review. Could I ask what plugin combination you use? It’s great to learn what people find works for them to make WordPress the perfect fit.

    Thread Starter davejf

    (@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.

    Thread Starter davejf

    (@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.

    I totally agree with this. I love the blank canvas approach of WordPress and really don’t think adding Gutenberg to core is the way to go.

    I really agree with you.

    Did @matt read this?

    Please learn from other technology companies that have alienated their loyal users and issue this as a plug in and not part of core!

    I have read this, and thank you for your feedback.

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