After all the posts, all the grief, the debates, headaches, and everything and anything to do with the cursed Block Editor, you will be pleased to know that I will no longer be posting about this scourge of the WordPress Blogger.
I have found what seem to be two effective ways to create posts still using the Old Editor, and very soon I will be back to normal blogging, without a Block in sight.
At least until the end of 2022, when they are supposedly stopping all access to anything but Mister Blocky.
Sorry to return to Gutenberg BE again, but it would appear that Google’s Blogger is being changed for ‘the better’ by Millennials:
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Thanks for the link, David.
Just read it. Seems as if Blogger and WP are hand in hand to ruin the enjoyment of blogging.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I don’t know what’s wrong with WordPress. I will be complaining to happiness engineers too. Please never leave us alone🙏🙏😢
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They are fiddling around behind the scenes, Suzan. I am back for now, and doing my best to stay here.
Best wishes, Pete. xx
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Perhaps WP will wise up before the end go 2022.
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I don’t trust them to do that, Jennie. If anything, I believe they may do it sooner.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very sad and nasty.
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Think so too, Jennie! Till now i had not heard anything about amazed users of the new editor. Michael
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I have heard nothing but justified complaints.
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I’m glad to see you still here! And understand the frustration!
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Thanks, KL. I will be around for as long as I can manage to use the tips. 🙂
Meanwhile, I am trying to get to grips with the BE on my other blog.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Be blessed Mr. Pete! 💚
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Take a deep breath and hope all is well LOL chuq
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Managing to stil use the old system, so that has made me feel a lot better for now.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great news, so now we have two years to move you away from your paid subscription so you can own your domain, find a hosting package, transfer your blog and take back control 🙂
I’m sure I will be in the UK in the next few years to help out 🙂
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Who knows what might have changed in that time mate?
Cheers, Pete.
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great news! 😊
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Thanks, Wilma.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great to have you back Pete 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
P.S. even though October just began, I managed to finish my annual watching of producer Val Lewton’s 9 (to be precise) horror films of the 1940’s during two weeks ago when it was still September 🙂 Lewton’s horror films were masterful weren’t they? 🙂
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He made some classics, John. That’s undeniable.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Ahhhhhh peace raineth then….Jolly good! 🙂 x
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It does for now, Carol. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Best news ever! Welcome back Pete, C
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Thanks, Cheryl. I will be around as long as I can still manage to post without becoming enraged! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good to see you will be around, Pete!
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Thanks, Sue. I managed a BE post on my other blog, but it wasn’t much fun.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Persevere
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I was very sad to think you left. I feel much better. You have until 2022 to adapt, dinosaur!
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I will be a Triceratops, I think. I always liked those best.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Hooray! 🙂 🙂
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Thanks, Susanne.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Good idea to practice on your other blog. I actually managed my post tonight without having to swear or scream for help 🙂
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I could not see how to add an image on my other blog. I looked it up on WP Help, and it is a huge tutorial! They could have at least left that alone. I still really hate the BE, Mary.
Best wishes, Pete.
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If you click on the cross which appears it opens a box and you click on media library, after which it’s the same as the old way.
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I’m so glad you’re back Pete. I didn’t know that all access to classic was being shut down in 2022. Wow. WP is really doubling down huh? I’d better start practicing as well.
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I did a Block post on my other blog today. I just kept typing, and it came out okay. But I couldn’t see how to add an image this time, so will have to keep fiddling. I still hate it!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I didn’t answer the earlier posts about you signing off. I admit I was actually quite upset. You were one of the first blogs I followed and you always gave timely advice. Then I was delighted that I ended up on your Reader page. So I am very very glad you hung in there.
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You and me both, Elizabeth!
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Thanks, Elizabeth. If it hadn’t been for finally understanding those tips, I was definitely on my way out. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Knew you could do it 👍😁
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It’s working for now. 🙂
Thanks for the email, Bobby.
Cheers, Pete.
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Good to hear you are practicing on the other blog, you’ll be flying with it by the time the old editor finally disappears.
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I stumbled at adding an image. I need to watch your video again. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You do. It’s very easy. 😁
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It worked okay on my film review post the other day. But this time it wasn’t there. I looked at WP Help, and it was screens of ‘how to’. None of it made much sense. I will try again one day.
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Look at Fraggle’s videos, she shows you how to insert a picture.
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I’ve gotten used to the new Block Editor now, and since I’m writing everything on my Ipad with my keyboard attached to it, I’m luckily not having much trouble at the moment with it. But yeah, the old editor is and was much better. I’m glad that you are back though Pete, I would miss your posts very much😔😊
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Thanks, Michel. I am using my other blog to try to learn the BE. Unable to insert an image there today, but I will keep trying. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great News! I am glad you’re back.
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Thanks, Mona. I feel a lot happier today.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Didja notice I FINALLY figured out how to get my name back? Good omen.
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I did. It’s much better than ‘Editor’. 🙂
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I completely agree. Block editor annoys me and I always use the old one. I really can’t see the advantages of using it.
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Me neither. I am using my other blog to try to learn it though, as Classic will be gone in 2022.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s very easy to use the classic editor, Pete, just one klick:
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Yes, that’s what I am doing now, Dina.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Doesn’t help with copying a post though as that forces you into the BE. I have to save the draft with a new title and then open it with the classic editor option under the post. What a pain!
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Good news, Pete. Equilibrium is restored! [pro tem 😉 ] Cheers, Jon.
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And my headache has gone.
Best wishes, Pete.
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… get by with a little help from my friends…
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It is a wonderful community, Patricia.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Block Editor has become a road block for old bloggers. But old bloggers who do not suffer from writer’s block have found a way around it. Young bloggers who have been around the block when it comes to coping with upgrades do not have a mental block when it comes to using Block Editor.
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I will reply after I have finished counting how many Blocks you managed to get in, David.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Well, here’s to 16 months of freedom!
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Thanks, John. I am going to attempt to learn the block editor on my other blog in the meantime!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I completely and totally agreed about this block editor stuff…
It really annoys me sometimes too
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Thanks, Nita. I am now having a break from my long-running ‘campaign’ aaginst the horrible thing!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Maan that was definitely needed
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Whoever came up with this idea….
Didn’t think it through…
And foresee all the complications it entails….
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