Workflow, What Workflow?

Thought I’d point out what a lot of people have no doubt noticed: that of Workflow.

I could see this happening ever since this disaster was introduced, which is why I always install the Classic Editor on any new websites, but with every update, the problem remains and goes unresolved.

I was playing around with a visual contact card plugin earlier, which when using the Classic Editor just needs one click on the icon above the editor, details added in a modal pop-up, and finally, one click on the ‘publish’ or ‘save to draft’ button.

That’s TWO clicks (apart from the filling in of details).

Going over to Gutenberg, first of all, we need to create a block, and then find the widget. No modal in this version, the settings are all on the sidebar, so the details get filled in and then another click to confirm.

Finally (usually) TWO clicks on ‘publish’ or ‘save to draft’ and the post is published.

So that’s at least FOUR clicks (possibly five) to publish the same object.

This might well be an extreme situation, as most objects within Gutenberg might only require THREE clicks, but even so, TWO clicks in an extreme situation is far better for workflow than needing to do FIVE, and in the majority of situations it will be ONE click using the Classic Editor.

As soon as WordPress realise that they’re flogging a dead horse with this shambles of a ‘page builder’ (lol) and return it to the bloggers and website builders rather than developers who are probably having the same problems with workflow, the better it will be for everybody!