Bates College

Block Editor and Classic Editor. The Transition Continues.

Wrapped into the launch of WordPress 5.0 in December 2018 was a decision made by the folks at WordPress to make the new Block Editor the default editor, replacing the Classic Editor. To help site ...
Bates College

How to switch to Block Editor

If you started using WordPress before December 2018, then you’ll recognize the Classic Editor. For years, the Classic Editor was the default content editor in WordPress. It’s similar in appearance and ...
VentureBeat

WordPress 5.0 arrives with block-based editor, new default theme, and developer features

WordPress.org today launched WordPress 5.0, which brings “big upgrades to the editor” in the blog management tool. You can download the new release, available in ...
TechSpot

Wordpress 5.0 launches with new, block-based editor

What just happened? WordPress, maker of the web's most popular Content Management System (CMS), has just released version 5.0 of its platform. The latest update is one of the biggest in years, adding ...
The Next Web

WordPress 5.0 introduces a flexible block-based content editor

Automattic and its public developer community have just released version 5.0 of the immensely popular WordPress CMS, with a bunch of new features centered around customizable content blocks – catching ...