WordPress 5.0 brought with it a lot of change and controversy. Most of the buzz surrounded the switch to a new block-based editor named Gutenberg. It seemed to have left a lot of people both frustrated and uncertain about the direction of their websites and even their careers. And for some, it prompted action. Among those who opted to act was developer Scott Bowler. In August 2018, he took it upon himself to create a fork of WordPress – one with the “classic” editor left in place and with a more community driven process for adding core features. Its name: ClassicPress.
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It’s a big step, for sure. So, what drove such a large undertaking? The reason, according to the project’s marketing co-lead Michelle Coe, “We believe that WordPress wasn’t broken and didn’t need to be fixed by mandating a block editor. We also believe the pre-5.0 WordPress publishing experience was (and still is) a tried and tested solution complimented by a wide array of plugins that extend its functionality.”
Coe says that “By
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