Before Gutenberg becomes a default WordPress editor, we are using the classic one for our post creation and we are quite satisfied with most of its options. I’m Melany – a regular WordPress user and writer. I’ve been blogging for a couple of years and I’ve got some precious experience to share with you.
As I’ve been using WordPress for a long period, I’ve managed to admit some of the most impactful changes made to the classic visual editor in every WP update.
Today I’d like to remember and review a few shifts in WP visual editor that influenced my own blogging experience and made me create new habits while adding posts into the dashboard. Let this be a nostalgic post and a kind of “summing-up” before I start using only Gutenberg for writing my new posts. So, let’s see.
I think there is no need to unveil pallid statistics or name WP versions which made one or another shift appear – all details are possible to find at WordPress.org. That being said, I’d like to revise the following things:
The unlink button was removed from the main editor’s toolbar more than a year ago. Oh my, it was unexpected for me to find out it was absent, however, it took a few seconds to find out it is now available as an option when you click any hyperlink.
Another vexatious change personally for me was that inserting a link now requires some additional steps.
Earlier it was possible to:
So after that I could insert the link and manage its options at once.
Now I should:
But if I want a link to be open in a new tab I should:
Only now I can edit the link, click the ‘Open link in a new tab” checkbox, link a piece of text to existing content, and manage other options.
I guess editing a link now requires more steps than it was earlier… Is it convenient for you? For me, the older variant was better.
No, I won’t mention the underline button because I’ve never used it, actually. However, sometimes a Justify text button, which is missing in the current version, is really required. Of course, it is possible to add it with a plugin, but a newbie will need some time to learn this fact.
So I use a plugin and here is the button appeared.
Well, so far I have nothing more to say because I am quite satisfied with WordPress functionality and a visual editor in particular. Please write in comments what else do you or don’t you like in the classic visual editor. Let’s discuss!
Hi! I’m an experienced writer exploring WordPress for more than 6 years. I’m happy to share my knowledge and ideas with you and I hope you join me.
Cheers,
Melany H.