still to this day it is NOT that great.

What would you say is the problem for older sites?

Have you ever managed one? ?? it’s 2021 and i write this down with due respect… but question like this

What would you say is the problem for older sites?

At this point it is not what would I say…it’s more like did anybody from the Team BOTHERED to read and listen for the past few years.
and that is not a question

Discussions about Gutenberg is like speaking about Voldemort… it always in fear of danger. People get banned from this

I will try my best to name a few one. Converting Thousands of Posts is not as as it looks. Not all posts are just simple blog posts.
Converting Hundreds that contains custom field will never be an easy convertion that being said would a medium size bussiness would even actually bother to hire someone do that for them given that we have pandemic now?
Shortcodes has been a problem with this. one always ask the question should make this just a block now or just let it be. and to change it finding each one is not easy task there is alway risks involve. that is just For Content adaptation to the block model of Gutenburg. Theme convertion though is full discussion on it’s own . Questions like should I use page template on this or just make a blank full width one and let user decide which often than not is a good idea. ?

Again it is easy to convert a site like portfolio site with less than 100post and less than 20 pages to gutenburg but for older and more content driven site that has thousand of posts and pages it is a very different story.

There is a reason why the classic editor pluign is sitting at a whopping 5+ Million active installs in wordpress Despite and In Spite of large amount of content produced in favor or Gutenberg. you better best believe that simply extending the support for it on 2022 indicates a lack of foresight.

I understand the need of making wp more viable and to be competative to Wix or SquareSpace but i also think that in order for WP to be there simply changing the editor is not a magic bullet. as Miss deborah highlight below in the comments section

Preliminary Road to 5.9

Lastly the success of Wix or Squarespace is more driven by their endorsers rather than it’s content editor. endorsers of Squarespace are so creative while also under standing the demographic they cater on to. and that is the KEY undertanding the demographic they cater.. and I dont think that 5 Million users of the classic editor had been heard … even when they have been screaming in silence for the past few years.

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