I run a start-up media operation, with a Wordpress site as our core offering. I am publisher, editor, sometime writer (we have a set of contributors), and technical resource. Eliminating friction from my work is critical.

I have installed various plugins to increase efficiency and make the editing/posting process both easier and more effective. Gutenberg (which I've tried twice now) breaks all of those, and essentially reduces the value of my site.

If I wanted to be on Medium, I would be. If I wanted to be on Squarespace, I would be.

I have left detailed (very detailed) feedback to the Gutenberg team. The first feedback got a response. The second did not.

And, FWIW, I am not a Luddite nor a noob. I retired from a 25-year career in IT to start this company, and my problem with Gutenberg is not technical. (Other than the fact that it slows my site down.) My problem is what I said above – it is an unnecessary and in some cases fatal interruption into my work flow.

If the 5.0 release does not include some way to work in the Classic Editor, with my plugins working, I will have to seriously consider moving to another platform, simply to keep producing what I am producing now.