Methinks this new system of blocks
Is packed with the most awful shocks;
Who ‘fixed’ it, pray tell,
What worked really well?
He really deserves some hard knocks.
For when you just want to revert,
The system will then do you dirt;
You try and you try,
Till you want to cry,
But blocks it still wants to insert.
© October 2019 Colonialist
Colonialist's Blog 
I share your dislike of anything that is not the Classic Editor.
Don’t know if you have tried this fix… it has worked for me:
https://diaryofdennis.com/2015/03/24/how-to-force-a-redirect-to-the-classic-wordpress-com-editor-interface/
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Gutenberg is yet another example of WordPress having a fit of the ‘Unnecessaries’.
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I have one post that is a permanent draft. (it has things I include in each post) It’s scheduled to publish in December of some years from now. It’s my seed post for all my posts (meaning, that’s the post I copy to create new posts).
My process for editing in Classic:
1) I go to the Dashboard.
2) I click on Posts; the system will show all my posts (or I click “All Posts” if I’m in a hurry). The draft that’s scheduled for a few years from now is always listed first.
3) I hover the pointer on the title of that post and the submenu appears. Click “Copy” on that submenu.
3a) a copy of that post will open in the block editor.
3b) I change the title to whatever I want and save the new post.
4) go back to the Dashboard and click on Posts again. The system will show all your posts; the one you just copied should be the second (if you don’t have other scheduled).
5) I then hover the pointer over the title of the post I just created and when the submenu appears, I click on “Edit”. For me, that opens up the classic editor.
6) I compose my post without worries about blocks and stuff.
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I read this until smoke started emerging from my ears and I thought it might be prudent to stop.
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It’s actually quite simple . . . I’ll do a post with screen captures. The whole process takes maybe 10-15 seconds. 30 seconds if the internet is slow. Forever, if the internet is down.
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I did the same as Sue – gave it a really good try and gave up. I wonder whether any actual person at WP reads what has been written on posts like yours.
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I seriously doubt it.
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Quite
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I tried Gutenberg, in fact, I gave it a good go. In the end I decided there were no advantages for me, and it came with Blips I didn’t need so I reverted back to Classic.
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Hi Sue and Leslie,
To block or not to block, that is the question.
Or is the question to blog or not to blog?
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The answer is to block the block!
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But what if the block blocks the blog?!
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We use the blocks to build another!
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Do you think that my blog needs the block?
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No one needs the block!
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How did you do that? I reverted a few times, but now it doesn’t want to let me.
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Try this – Settings, Editor. Uncheck Use block editor.
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Hello, again Les, If the previous instruction doesn’t work, have a look at this link. I created it for our Weekly Prompts ‘How To’ Page.
Apologies for the simple format.
Click to access how-to-switch-from-the-block-editor-to-classic.pdf
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Der new Gutenberg publishing system on der WordPress ist not goot, ja? I liked the old system, it worked for me, and it infuriates me that the option of reverting to ‘classic’ seems to have been withdrawn without adding a plug-in I can’t get to plug in.
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?? not sure how to reconcile the title with the narrative . . . or what either means. Again, dense be I.
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