Not happy with the way this was deployed. Been really busy with installing the "Classic Editor" - definitely should have come with the installation instead of "Add Plugin". Forcing users to use something dramatically different is never a good idea!
Now many not-so-tech-savvy users will look at their editor and scratch their head or even panic.
Saying this - we haven't even had the time to look at improvements.
Tread Carefully! Unless you have a staging environment (a must if you have a good, smart developer working with you or in-house) and ideally also a dev environment, wait on 5.0 until you've fully deployed on a non-production environment. Keep in mind that PHP version matters as well then there are the plugins, etc. WordPress "whole" versions typically are buggy so don't rush to get to 5.x "just because" -- take your time, fully test and rely on your devs and hosting company on top of community to assist your team. Here's a quick reference post related to 5.x:
Be cautious! I had a client's site break with the update. It was not compatible with their page builder. We had to install the Classic Editor plugin to remove the Gutenberg editor.
Haven't given it a fair chance yet, but I do tons of edits via code rather than overloading my sites with plugins. I have deactivated it for the sites I do all the edits myself. For "non-techy" clients, 5.0 may seem more intuitive, but again, haven't "played" with it enough, though in general I am NOT a fan of drag-n-drop editors.
No problem with updates at all. It is a good direction and update for the old editor. There are still great builder options out there that I hope are able to adjust and continue providing great alternatives because in many ways they are better than the core editor. However, overall the general quality of sites built should improve because most people still use the core editor to build and manage sites.
I haven't had any problems with sites I have updated to 5.0. I believe it's a step in the right direction for WordPress to stay competitive with other drag and drop website builders.
I love the WP5 update, it makes the user experience much easier for my clients. People are acting surprised, but WP has been preparing people for this update for almost a year.
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Not happy with the way this was deployed. Been really busy with installing the "Classic Editor" - definitely should have come with the installation instead of "Add Plugin". Forcing users to use something dramatically different is never a good idea!
Now many not-so-tech-savvy users will look at their editor and scratch their head or even panic.
Saying this - we haven't even had the time to look at improvements.
Tread Carefully! Unless you have a staging environment (a must if you have a good, smart developer working with you or in-house) and ideally also a dev environment, wait on 5.0 until you've fully deployed on a non-production environment. Keep in mind that PHP version matters as well then there are the plugins, etc. WordPress "whole" versions typically are buggy so don't rush to get to 5.x "just because" -- take your time, fully test and rely on your devs and hosting company on top of community to assist your team. Here's a quick reference post related to 5.x:
https://wordpress.org/support/...
Be cautious! I had a client's site break with the update. It was not compatible with their page builder. We had to install the Classic Editor plugin to remove the Gutenberg editor.
Haven't given it a fair chance yet, but I do tons of edits via code rather than overloading my sites with plugins. I have deactivated it for the sites I do all the edits myself. For "non-techy" clients, 5.0 may seem more intuitive, but again, haven't "played" with it enough, though in general I am NOT a fan of drag-n-drop editors.
I like update, you will get use to it :). Less inline css to play with, it makes page light weighted and you can use Bakery Visual Composer plugin.
Proceed with caution!!! The new version is not playing nice with everything so test first (you should be doing that anyway).
No problem with updates at all. It is a good direction and update for the old editor. There are still great builder options out there that I hope are able to adjust and continue providing great alternatives because in many ways they are better than the core editor. However, overall the general quality of sites built should improve because most people still use the core editor to build and manage sites.
It's a good thing. :)
I haven't had any problems with sites I have updated to 5.0. I believe it's a step in the right direction for WordPress to stay competitive with other drag and drop website builders.
I love the WP5 update, it makes the user experience much easier for my clients. People are acting surprised, but WP has been preparing people for this update for almost a year.
Do not like new the new editor.