Budgeting 2021 Tip for WordPress Website Owners
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The document provides guidance for WordPress website owners using the Classic Editor to plan their budget and conversion to the Block Editor before support ends on December 31, 2021. Key points include: 1. Include a line item in the 2021 budget for converting to the Block Editor, with sub line items depending on how it has already been adopted. 2. Websites may continue working for a while after support ends but will eventually start misbehaving for unknown reasons. 3. Owners should plan page conversions, training, theme/framework/page builder evaluations, and website cleanup to avoid downtime and ensure a smooth transition. The amount of work required will depend on the individual website.
Budgeting 2021 Tip for WordPress Website Owners
- 1. WordPress Website Owners who use the Classic Editor 2021 Budgeting tip
- 2. 1 Include a line item for converting to the Block Editor
- 3. 2 Sub line items will change depending upon how Block Editor has been adopted in your website
- 4. 3 The Block Editor debuted Dec. 6, 2018
- 5. 4 The Block Editor is popularly referred to as Gutenberg
- 6. 5 Gutenberg was the name of the project under which the editor was created.
- 7. 6 WordPress calls it “the editor” or “the block editor”
- 8. 7 Since Dec. 6, 2018 a plugin has been required in order to continue using the Classic Editor
- 9. 8 Support for the Classic Editor ends Dec. 31, 2021
- 10. 9 Your website probably will not fall apart nor stop working right away…
- 11. 10 But…eventually, it will start misbehaving for unapparent reasons.
- 12. 11 What that “bad behavior” will look like will be different for each WordPress Website.
- 13. 12 You can avoid downtime and distress by planning
- 14. 13 What should you include in your plan?
- 15. 14 PAGE CONVERSIONS How many existing posts/pages need to be converted to the block editor?
- 16. 15 TRAINING Who needs to learn how to use the block editor?
- 17. 16 THEME EVALUATION Will your current theme function with the block editor?
- 18. 17 FRAMEWORK EVALUATION Will your current framework function with the block editor?
- 19. 18 PAGE BUILDER EVALUATION Will your current page builder function with the block editor?
- 20. 19 WEBSITE CLEAN UP Which plugins and widgets need to be removed?
- 21. 20 WHAT YOU NEED? May be a little amount of work, or, may be a ton of work. Only your webmaster knows for sure.