Gutenberg

They don’t even try to create html/css. Instead of using classes and clean style/semantic differentiation, they put lots of html-comment-crap inside your code. Instead of a simple ‹hr/› you get: <!– wp:separator –> <hr class=”wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity”/> <!– /wp:separator –> They don’t use data-attributes, they don’t use custom-elements for things that you can’t do in vanilla html5, they give you tons of comment-spam for even the simplest paragraphs. This bad review is not about the idea behind it, it is abut the absolute worst and buggy implementation possible.A good editor should strive to output pure html, relying on inline-styles only if absolutely necessary and *never* *ever* rely on comments. Those are purely for developers clarifying things or commenting out sections temporarily.This. Is. Absolute. Crap.

I never write reviews because you have to prioritize in life – but I can’t just ignore all these bad reviews.Point 1: Gutenberg is free and simply unbeatable. It occurs to me, could it be that the competitor (which you have to pay for) is deliberately stirring things up here?Point 2: A customer who takes over a website will have to learn whichever menu and will need help.Point 3: Well, I’m not a great professional and even I understand how to set up pages with Gutenberg.Point 4: The team here offers help to people who complain here and people are not even willing to respond.Point 5: I can only applaud the philosophy and have to say thank you to a team that puts so much work into it. Please keep up the good work.

I like the flexibility of the Classic Editor. I have tried this editor and it just isn’t good enough. Maybe I will give it another try in a few years. (Heck, I even once swore of WordPress long ago, but now I use it for every website I build.)

Gutenberg is a great way of developing websites. I definitely believe this is the future of web development.

Hi guys, you’ve done a lot of homework in the last WP5.5 version of Gutenberg. It’s much less fiddly, it’s easier to navigate and move stuff around. UPDATE July 2024 – it’s ridiculous that I can’t add attributes like “sponsored” to a hyperlink in the standard paragraph editor, when creating a hyperlink. I could do that with the very old basic editor, it’s a very useful and frequently used functionality by bloggers, yet you decided to remove it? Why do I get the feeling you are stripping down every functionality from Gutenberg, just to make it slim? Slim, yes, useful, definitely not. UPDATE April 2024 – the gallery block doesn’t have any lightbox at this day and age? It makes it useless. Who would ever want a gallery that doesn’t show a lightbox and the users have to click the browser back button each time? Oh, yes, the WordPress team on their websites, then no one else in the world.I like the technology, it’s super fast.I don’t understand the lackluster implementation, lack of basic features or settings, or hiding simple settings into tabs, making us click more than it’s needed. Like the paragraph block – there’s plenty of room to show all the settings in the sidebar, why hiding them into another tab, then leaving a note saying where to look for them? That’s why everyone hates Gutenberg, but loves Gutenberg-based third party plugins – because they actually do what we need them to do, using your technology.

The Gutenberg plugin is fantastic! Its block-based editor transforms content creation on WordPress, making it intuitive and code-free. The variety of blocks and customization options allow for unique layouts, significantly improving my workflow. Highly recommend for an enhanced WordPress experience!