Why does my WordPress dashboard look different?

Surprise! Your WordPress Dashboard looks different.
Maybe you weren’t ready for this dramatic change in the WordPress editor. Welcome to the club! Instead of the normal post and page editor, you’re seeing a dramatically different editor called the Block editor.

Why does my WordPress dashboard look different?

The change you’re seeing is a result of the dramatic WordPress update in version 5.0 which rolled out in December 2018. It’s not a change that is of much use for websites that have already been built using the Classic editor or another type of page editing plugin.

So, basically, most people are updating to WordPress 5.0 or higher and then taking a couple of steps to basically avoid or turn off the new Block Editor and return life back to normal with the WordPress Classic Editor.

Change WordPress dashboard back to the old version

Fortunately, there’s no need to revert your website back to a pre-5.0 version. Here’s the solution . . . install the plugin called “Classic Editor” and that should do it.
Here is my short video walk-through of the process:

Get the old post editor back

Once you follow these instructions, then your WordPress editor will return to the previous version.
Taking these steps is especially important when your website uses a builder of any type (think Avada, Divi, Elementor, WP Bakery, etc). These steps will allow you to return to using the builder on your page and post editors.

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