@kriskornlab installing a plugin to fix the core doesn't seem right to me

@kriskornlab That's a great question. My simplest answer is that the Classic Editor plugin will only work for the short term. It has been stated numerous times that this plugin is for transition and late adopters who aren't yet ready to switch to Gutenberg. My other big concern is that this is just the first major change in a long line of future updates. As quoted from the Gutenberg plugin page "Gutenberg is more than an editor. While the editor is the focus right now, the project will ultimately impact the entire publishing experience including customization (the next focus area)."

@wilcoverhaar I think people have here different opinions about this. I would say that core is not broken but goes into a different direction. If we say it is broken, then we could make a fork out of each release and say it is broken. It is evolving and change is something that humans usually do not like. However, if you already know that things are going a certain way, then I think it is smarter to see how you can adapt to the change and try to make it wonderful for yourself.

@kriskornlab I typically agree with your line of thinking. Change is good, and change is hard, but it needs to take place. However, Gutenberg is such a compromise. It's frustrating because it doesn't solve any problems just introduces new ones. The visual editing is nice but it doesn't dictate what the front-end looks like, as it would on other platforms. It's not a website building tool like Squarespace and it can't be Medium because it's a CMS and not just a blogging platform. And technically speaking it breaks metaboxes, which has become the foundation of WP customization. It's fine if you have a WP website on your own, upgrading is not so hard. But when you manage hundreds of sites which make full use of metaboxes, this becomes a much bigger issue. Not only a time issue, but a money issue. What's worse is the way they are approaching the upgrade by enabling it by default. That's insane!

@kriskornlab I think if you are not going to use the block editor, why have the extra code in your site? Why add a plugin to override the block editor code and when you still have the unused code in your website files? With ClassicPress, the block editor code is not there. You can add Gutenberg if you want, but you have a choice. Sadly WordPress took that choice away from its users.