| Will Gutenberg actually help Wordpress? I don't think so. Why? Most site owners aren't designers and don't do layout or content building well at all. Maybe I am short sighted on this though. Much of my business has been replacing sites that run on Wordpress with my own CMS Archetype. Even though it lacks a lot of the power of mass of WP plugins, it makes up for it with simplicity of production and ease of use. Some site owners want more control/power over layout building, and others would be overwhelmed by the extra features of Gutenberg. Will Gutenberg become a core complaint of WP in the future? Maybe. The biggest complaints I've gotten about Wordpress are these: 1. Can't hand it off to clients to edit their own content, because it's too hard to learn. Or if you do train someone, it turns into a cycle of retraining. (though this seems to be Gutenberg's real target goal) 2. Updating is painful. Plugins break on a regular basis. 3. Security, WP sites get hacked alot. Think this is primarily because most WP sites aren't run by professionals, but individuals. But also, #2 applies here, there's motivation to _not_ upgrade because of the possibility of breaking the site. There are others, but Gutenberg would not solve these 3 largest problems with WP that I have run into. |
I agree! I use wordpress.com because I DON'T WANT TO DESIGN MY SİTE. Nor do I want to design each individual post. I want my blog to have a uniform look. I may make some tweaks to CSS and that's all. I don't want to think about design.
WP is arrogantly pushing the new editor but I tried it and I see no use for it. I think it should only be an option for people who want to design their own site.
It's true that there is no other place I can take my blog to. WP knows this and they know they can get away with it.