Title: 6.8 squishes post plugins into bottom scroll box
Last modified: April 16, 2025

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# 6.8 squishes post plugins into bottom scroll box

 *  [LilGames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilgames/)
 * (@lilgames)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/)
 * The 6.8 update changes the block site editor such that additional page/post features,
   fields, etc added by plugins (eg: SEO fields, custom fields, .. ) this all gets
   squished into a rectangle scroll box at the bottom of the page, while the main
   post/page content takes up the majority of the editing page. 
   In order to see
   and edit those fields, one must grab a window handle and drag it up to expand
   the lower area. Needless to say, this is extremely annoying and hinders workflow
   where previously one just needed to scroll the entire web page.
 * Changes like this should always come with a setting/preference to toggle on or
   off. Please add the choice to have it back like it used to be.
    -  This topic was modified 1 year ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18420702)
 * I see that you’ve already opened a ticket about this in Core Trac: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63298](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63298)
 * I would recommend raising this question with the Gutenberg team, who are responsible
   for this component: [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues)
 *  [traxus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traxus/)
 * (@traxus)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18423060)
 * Welp, they already closed this persons ticket… logged in to also voice my annoyance
   with this ‘feature’.
 * This is infuriating and needs to be toggleable as OP requested in the ticket.
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18423228)
 * [@traxus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/traxus/): then I would recommend
   the same as jorbin wrote in the ticket:
 * > If you would like to provide feedback, you are welcome to comment on closed
   > issues
 * This way, your voice can also be heard by the developers who take care of this
   component.
 *  Thread Starter [LilGames](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lilgames/)
 * (@lilgames)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18423257)
 * I can’t edit my initial post but wanted to clarify the issue and one thing I 
   stated that is incorrect:
 * I said the content is all squished into the bottom, which is true by default,
   but the window can be expanded manually by grabbing and dragging the divider 
   up and down.
 * However even though this area can be expanded to be more “workable” it would 
   still be better for some sites if it was reverted to one big scrollable frame
   with content stacked on meta, rather than two frames.
 *  [ulicgn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulicgn/)
 * (@ulicgn)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18434082)
 * I ended off here being affected (and annoyed) by this design decision. It is 
   surprising that “commenting on a closed issue” is a recommended thing to to –
   feels like beating a dead horse. So I will add a suggestion there to make this
   change hackable with a filter hook for people who are not willing to adopt it,
   or if there are plugins involved that create their metaboxes in an incompatible
   way.
 *  Quite lot of css hacks can already be found in the wild, and creating an official
   one might do the trick.
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18434552)
 * Since last week, the open issue at the Gutenberg team has evolved into this: 
   [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/69923](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/69923)

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 * Last reply from: [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * Last activity: [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/6-8-squishes-post-plugins-into-bottom-scroll-box/#post-18434552)
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