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ClassicPress - a Wordpress fork without Gutenberg

Scott Bowler on August 21, 2018

TLDR; Visit ClassicPress to learn about this fork I love WordPress - it has made my life better. I’ve been building websites for the ...
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The Mainframe

Eventually the dislike of Gutenberg is going to fade - I disagree with the change, but with the introduction of Ghost.org we all knew the change was going to come at some point. This is what happens when developers get too comfortable and get scared of change...

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Scott Bowler

Your reply prompted me to respond with an article, please see: dev.to/scottybo/the-scared-of-chan...

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The Mainframe

Thanks for sharing - I do agree with the article somewhat; I myself am a bit divided. Still makes me laugh when I see articles like this on the internet haha torquemag.io/2018/01/whats-next-wo...

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Scott Bowler

This is fine for the short term, but long term Gutenberg is going to be spreading to the rest of Wordpress.

As quoted from the Gutenberg plugin page "Gutenberg is more than an editor. While the editor is the focus right now, the project will ultimately impact the entire publishing experience including customization (the next focus area)."

There is more to come...

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SabrinaKiper

I'm now starting to work with this editor and I liked it very much! What popular plugins do you use? I found big list here masterbundles.com/wordpress-gutenb... maybe you can recommend some more?

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Jason Plant

Good luck, I am totally behind you with this.

I also hope that this will not be necessary, but they seemed determined to proceed with Gutenberg.

Signed the petition and will continue to follow news on this

 
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Scott Bowler • Edited

And you're very welcome to your opinion :)

This is going to cause controversy, no doubt about it.

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DaX

It's an amazing idea but you are going to have a hard time maintaining everything.

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searchboy-sudo

This article seems totally ridiculous now