What is a Gutenberg Editor?
Gutenberg editors is the new default WordPress editor introduced in the year 2018 when WordPress 5.0 was launched publicly. WordPress revealed that the main reason to replace the TinyMCE editor with a Gutenberg editor is to ensure that users are able to build rich posts and attractive layouts within a few clicks.
It became possible with the launch of blocks. As mentioned earlier Gutenberg’s editor is also known as “Block Editor”. Blocks are nothing but simple elements like text, images, widgets, shortcodes, and more. Using blocks users are able to create attractive layouts, beautiful pages, and posts without taking the help of page builder plugins.
Small Description About How Gutenberg Replaced TinyMCE
From the beginning i.e. from 2003 WordPress has been using TinyMCE (Tiny Moxiecode Content Editor) as the main editor which came with a simple interface to create new posts and pages for the WordPress website. The editor was used by millions of people and offered all the based functionality needed to run a website.
However, with the increase in the number of users and businesses shifting to WordPress, Matt Mullenweg said that to power a new generation of content developers and to grab more users and businesses’ attention WordPress needs a new version.
During the development phase, the editor got the name “Gutenberg”. Before making it the default WordPress editor, it was introduced as the stand-alone plugin so that developers and site owners can test its effectiveness.
After getting a good response from site owners and a successful trial by developers, Gutenberg block editors were introduced as WordPress default editors in 2018. Compared to the previous classic editor, the WordPress block editor is more advanced but offers a simple and user-friendly interface to site owners.
What is the difference between Gutenberg editor and Classic editor?
By now you might have a clear idea about what is a Gutenberg editor and a brief idea about how it came into the picture, what was the goal and motive behind the launch of the Gutenberg Block editor. Before we move ahead to learn more about how you can use Gutenberg editor in WordPress let’s understand the basic difference between Gutenberg Editor or Block Editor and Classic Editor.
First, let’s take a look at how the classic editor appears in WordPress:
If you have already upgraded your site to WordPress 5.0, then you might able to see the new block editor in this format:
As you can see now WordPress has two different editors that you can use to create content, post, and pages for your website. WordPress supports both classic editors and the newly launched WordPress Block Editor.
Depending on your requirement and compatibility you can use any of them. But your selection process can be more optimized if you know the basic difference between the classic editor and Gutenberg block editor.
Classic Editor is a text editor that comes with various formatting options or buttons (very much similar to online and offline document editors). Using the classic editor you can easily add shortcodes, images, videos, and more.
On the other hand, Gutenberg Block Editor is considered more advanced than the classic editor where each element is represented as a block. For example, if you wish to add a CTA or an image, or a video you need to add it in the form of a block. (if you have used the page builder plugin in WordPress then the blocks or drag and drop feature may sound familiar to you).
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