I went to the list of plugins. There’s no classic plugin listed.
I Googled “wordpress classic editor.” It said go to Settings. Go to Writing. Choose go back to classic editor. Nope. There’s no box there to check.
If you want the Classic Editor, then it’s described in detail, and linked to, on the WordPress about page. The one you got when you updated to 5.0.
On your own site, in the wp-admin, click on the W icon in the upper left corner. That will take you to the about page on your site. Scroll to the bottom for the description of the Classic Editor plugin, and a link to install it.
In some versions, on the same about page, there’s a link at the very top that says “Learn how to keep using the old editor.” Click that if you see it.
I can’t get the toolbar to show.
Click on the block you are wanting to edit, and the toolbar shows up just above the block. Alternatively, you can set the toolbar to always be at the top of the screen, if you prefer that.
The video doesn’t show how to choose the typeface I want (I use Georgia.)
WordPress does not have font selection. It didn’t have that in the old editor either. If you used a plugin to add that, then you will need to find a new plugin to add it to the new interface.
The toolbar I get has only a few choices (show codes, left, center, right justify, etc.)
Correct, it only shows the icons that are relevant for the current block you’re in. Different blocks will have different toolbars. A paragraph doesn’t need things like header selection, an image doesn’t need things like font choices. That sort of thing. There’s about 90-ish blocks, they’re all different and suited for purpose.
Did anyone test this interface with some real people before they issued it?
The new editor is the most tested piece of WordPress, of all time. Millions of posts made using it, over many months, and several hundred thousand users.
