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Published — 1 July 2026 ⏭ Dave on WP

I Just Made WORDPRESS Editing SIMPLE (Try It in 1 Click)

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I've turned my WordPress Site Editor simplification concept into a real Gutenberg pull request - and you can test it yourself in WordPress Playground with one click.

A few months back I showed this as a concept. You wanted a real PR, not just a demo. So that's what I built.

I take you through the whole thing - a stripped-back sidebar, smarter page creation, a unified editing canvas, better navigation menus, a content types browser, and a first look at the Workspaces concept. Mockups create opinions. Working prototypes create evidence.

👇 Check the PINNED COMMENT for the Playground link and the PR.

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📋 Site Editor Complexity playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrseGPEoB8wM8rlu_J8qTtEW_B7bDK8ja

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction
00:54 Demo Start
01:54 Orientation
02:37 Homepage Discoverability
03:31 Configuring Homepage
04:21 Simplified Editor Sidebar Menu
05:27 New Pages screen
06:50 Adding Pages Flow
08:50 Universal Canvas
11:33 Swapping Page Templates
12:21 Managing Posts and Layouts
15:28 Custom Post Types
17:04 Navigation Menus Upgraded!
18:21 Auto Menus (Simplified)
20:46 Adding Menu Items
23:46 Bulk Add Menu Creation
26:12 Design & Identity
27:05 Workspaces
29:24 Customising Editor Sidebar
30:23 Test the Prototype Yourself
32:17 How to provide feedback
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