By default, your website is using the Gutenberg block editor. The block editor allows you to create separate blocks for text, images etc. You can place them in columns and drag them around. Some people find that this is an intuitive way to edit a website.
If you find the block editor difficult, WordPress also has a classic editor, which is more like Microsoft Word. To access that, you will need to activate the Classic Editor plugin. The Classic Editor is already installed in Webhive’s managed WordPress hosting. To activate it:
- Click ‘Plugins’ on the WordPress dashboard
- Find the Classic Editor plugin, and click ‘Activate’.
- Then, go to https://<your domain name>/wp-admin/options-writing.php#classic-editor-options.
- For ‘Allow users to switch editors’ select ‘Yes’ and click ‘Save’.
Please note that your pages will not always display as they do in your editing screen, regardless of which editor you use, because they’re “responsive”. In other words, your layout reformats for different screen sizes. For example, a three-column layout will rejig on a mobile phone so that the columns display one below the other, rather than side by side.
Some people use page builders like Elementor or WPBaker Page Builder instead of the native WordPress editors. These came into being when WordPress only had the classic editor and website editors wanted more control over layout. These page builders provide some options that the native editors do not (although, you can also install WordPress plugins to augment the native editors). Increasingly, as the Gutenberg editor improves over time, these page builders are becoming less and less useful. Page builders are slower and more resource-hungry than the native editors. Consequently, Webhive recommends using the Gutenberg block editor in preference to page builders.