{"id":34965,"date":"2018-12-16T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T01:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34965"},"modified":"2018-12-16T18:04:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T02:04:44","slug":"my-tutorial-wrt-the-updated-wordpress-posting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/16\/my-tutorial-wrt-the-updated-wordpress-posting\/","title":{"rendered":"My Tutorial WRT the Updated WordPress Posting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As I suspect for you guys, having done a few posts you get a feel for how long it will take you to get it done.  But I was in for a surprise with the newWordPress posting format.  Added at least an hour!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looks like you guys are getting up to speed, and I hope I am, too.  But the biggest change is everythingis done in \u201cBlocks\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Probably like you do, I write my article’s draft as a Word document, and when I want to insert a photo, GIF, video, etc. I just put the title of it on the next line.  And I learned that every new paragraph or “Enter” is like adding a “Block”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So in a new “Block” I click the “+” sign off to the left,  and then select from the options what kind of Block I want to add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And where the graphic is to come from.  (I should note I’ve not had good luck on directly uploading it from my hard drive, so I select “Media Library” and that process is like the old way.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Then when I\u2019m done with the draft, I just copy\/paste it into WordPress.  Easy-Peasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first thing I learned with the new WordPress 5.0 (Gutenberg) edition is that it automatically puts each paragraph in a \u201cBlock\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took me forever to figure out how to enter graphics \u2013 and you know how I love to use graphics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The good news is that it does provide an Option to use the old format, called \u201cClassic Editor\u201d.  But it requires that a plugin (amazingly enough, called \u201cClassic Editor\u201d) be added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Classic Editor<\/a><\/blockquote>