WordPress Disaster

Posted on October 5, 2020 by alisbooks

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend!

I have been fighting a migraine for the last several days, and it’s not been fun. It’s a little better today than it was yesterday, so I thought I would try to put up a quick post. That’s not to be the case, though. WordPress just changed my stuff over to a new editor, and I don’t have a fat clue how to use any of it. I’m sure when my eyes aren’t killing me, and I can spend some time doing some research, that I’ll figure it out. In the meanwhile, all I can manage is a simple post like this. Bummer!

Hope to be back soon!!
Happy Reading,
Alison

36 thoughts on “WordPress Disaster”

bookscoffeeandpassion on October 14, 2020 at 1:37 pm said:

I hate the new editor too! 😦

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- alisbooks on October 14, 2020 at 1:40 pm said:
  
  I am slowly getting the hang of it. That initial flip was rough!
  
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Yvonne (It's All About Books) on October 11, 2020 at 8:24 am said:

The same happened to me too with WP! I found a back way in to still create new posts with the classic editor, although I’m not sure how long that will still work… I can tell you how if you want? I’m not ready myself to start dealing with the new block editor at all. xD

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- alisbooks on October 13, 2020 at 3:32 pm said:
  
  I was able to use the classic editor for a while after the initial change, but now mine has been converted to where I have to use blocks. They do have a classic block editor, though. However, I have now found it simpler to stay away from that specific block. I’m slowly learning, but I have a ways to go. I would definitely suggest that you start playing with the block editor so it doesn’t completely overwhelm you later when you have to.
  
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  - Yvonne (It's All About Books) on October 14, 2020 at 6:57 am said:
    
    Oh yes you are absolutely right about that! I feel a bit slumpy with all things blogging right now, but once I’ve found my blogging mojo again I will definitely be looking up block editor tutorials just in case. xx
    
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  - alisbooks on October 14, 2020 at 9:13 am said:
    
    I feel like I’m getting the hang of it quickly. It was just so overwhelming at first. I hope you get your blogging mojo back quickly!!
    
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Nehal Jain on October 9, 2020 at 12:15 pm said:

Oh 😣 get well soon, it must be so bad, right

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- alisbooks on October 9, 2020 at 12:27 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally starting to feel better!
  
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  - Nehal Jain on October 9, 2020 at 12:28 pm said:
    
    That’s honestly good to know 😌
    
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Asha - A Cat, A Book, And A Cup Of Tea on October 9, 2020 at 9:42 am said:

This new editor is awful! The only reason I haven’t quit is the ‘classic’ block, which at least gives you back those font options!

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- alisbooks on October 9, 2020 at 11:27 am said:
  
  It is for sure frustrating!! I spent a good portion of the morning trying to learn how to use it. I made some progress, but I still have loads to learn for sure.
  
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Jenna Rideout | Westveil Publishing on October 6, 2020 at 7:20 pm said:

The new editor hit mine a little while ago and I HATE it! The option to pick font sizes for headers in the right-hand menu is gone and the pop-up tools bar for one element gets in my way trying to click the bottom of the previous element ALL the time. Plus the symbols for some of the elements changed and I don’t understand why that was necessary, but it took a minute to stop looking for the thing that was right in front of my face because it wasn’t the icon I was expecting.

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:38 pm said:
  
  UGH! Hate to hear that you’ve been using it a while and hate it. I know I want my old wordpress back! LOL! Hopefully it won’t take me long to figure it out.
  
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Sam@WLABB on October 6, 2020 at 3:08 pm said:

I hope you are able to get some relief and good luck with the new editor.

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:33 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally starting to feel better, so hopefully I can start figuring out the new editor in the next day or two.
  
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dinipandareads on October 6, 2020 at 5:08 am said:

Oh no, migraines are absolutely the worst! I hope you feel better soon, Ali ❤️ I’m guessing you’ve just been switched over to the new editor? I’ve been using it since I started blogging so if you have a question about anything maybe I can help 🙂 Take care!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:32 pm said:
  
  Migraines suck for sure! And yes, I was just switched over. Thanks so much! I’ll for sure hit you up if I can’t figure it out.
  
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urlphantomhive on October 5, 2020 at 11:25 pm said:

I hope you will feel better soon!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:31 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally beginning to feel like myself.
  
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  - urlphantomhive on October 9, 2020 at 10:46 pm said:
    
    That’s great!
    
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thebrowneyedbookworm on October 5, 2020 at 7:51 pm said:

hope you feel better soon!!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:29 pm said:
  
  Thanks!! I’m finally on the upswing!
  
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Tanya @ Girl Plus Books on October 5, 2020 at 6:55 pm said:

Oh no, how miserable. I hope you’re feeling better!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:27 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally able to tolerate a screen for more than 10 minutes at a time.
  
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One Book More on October 5, 2020 at 6:01 pm said:

I hope you feel better soon! Migraines are the worst!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:23 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally on the other side of it! This is the worst one I’ve had as an adult. I had horrific ones in my teen years, but they have been milder in the last 10 years or so, but this was a whopper!
  
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followinggoodbooks on October 5, 2020 at 3:47 pm said:

Oh no! Hope you feel better soon and get some good rest!

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:22 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I’m finally able to start replying to comments and doing a little blog hopping.
  
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  - followinggoodbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:26 pm said:
    
    Glad you’re back. 🙂
    
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  - alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:43 pm said:
    
    Thanks!!
    
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anovelglimpse on October 5, 2020 at 3:25 pm said:

Sorry about the headache. That’s horrible!
Don’t freak about the block editor. I have been using it for a long time. I would recommend using the WP-Admin and switching the block to “classic”. That should make things easier and almost like normal.

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:18 pm said:
  
  Thanks! It has been horrible! Today is the first day in a while that I’ve felt well enough to look at the screen long enough to respond to comments and blog hop. I’ll definitely have to check for the “classic” block!! Thanks for that!!
  
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  - anovelglimpse on October 9, 2020 at 1:50 pm said:
    
    Do you happen to have blue light glasses? I know you can get them pretty cheap on Amazon. I wonder if they would help your eyes at all and maybe help keep headaches away?
    
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  - alisbooks on October 9, 2020 at 3:11 pm said:
    
    I have been thinking about that this week! I’ll definitely be ordering some soon since the blue light is a definite trigger for my migraines.
    
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bookshelflife on October 5, 2020 at 3:11 pm said:

Hope you feel better soon!!!! A

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- alisbooks on October 8, 2020 at 7:04 pm said:
  
  Thanks!! This is the first day I’ve been able to stand looking at a screen long enough to respond to blog comments. So glad I’m finally getting over it!!!
  
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