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 [$] ClassicPress: WordPress without the block editor

The <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/991906/" rel="nofollow">recent WordPress
controversy</a> is not the first time there's been tension between the
https://wordpress.org/
 as a business, and Matt
Mullenweg's leadership as WordPress's benevolent dictator for
life (BDFL). In particular, Mullenweg's focus on pushing WordPress to use a new
"editing experience" called https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
 caused significant
friction—and led to the https://www.classicpress.net/
 fork. Users who
want to preserve the "classic" WordPress experience without straying
too far from the WordPress fold may want to look into ClassicPress.

https://lwn.net/Articles/992219/