Title: Gutenberg – HTML Comments
Last modified: November 16, 2018
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# Gutenberg – HTML Comments
* Resolved [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/)
* Gutenberg inserts around HTML comments or inserts after HTML comments.
This changes page formatting. That is not acceptable. PLEASE DO NOT make Gutenberg
mandatory. It causes problems for existing pages.
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* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10884752)
* If you do not want to use the block editor, install the “Classic Editor” plugin.
- This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
* Thread Starter [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10884881)
* I actually had to do two things: install the “Classic Editor” plugin AND delete
the “Gutenberg” plugin. With those changes everything went back to normal.
* How am I to handle this if Gutenberg becomes mandatory on WordPress Release 5.0?
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10884978)
* When 5.0 comes out, go to the settings for Classic Editor and make it the default
editor.
* Gutenberg (the “block editor”) will be the default editor on WordPress 5.
* Thread Starter [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10884995)
* As I said above, I could not fix the layout problem until I deleted the Gutenberg
plugin. When Gutenberg becomes mandatory, will I be able to delete it?
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10885009)
* Stop using the word “mandatory”.
* In WordPress 5.0, the Gutenberg plugin will deactivate itself because the what*
was* Gutenberg is part of WordPress core. If you don’t want to use that editor,
use the “classic editor” plugin.
* Thread Starter [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10885104)
* But it wasn’t enough to deactivate it here. Even when it was deactivated and
the “Classic Editor” was installed, pages were improperly formatted. I had to
actually delete the Gutenberg plugin. So my question is: When Gutenberg is part
of the WordPress core in 5.0, will it disrupt formatting even when deactivated?
* Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
* (@sterndata)
* Volunteer Forum Moderator
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10885144)
* If you’re not using it, no.
* Thread Starter [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10885152)
* Good answer. Thanks for taking the time.
* Thread Starter [JMarlatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jmarlatt/)
* (@jmarlatt)
* [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gutenberg-html-comments/#post-10893040)
* It turns out that the solution is to wrap the entire page (or portion) with the
tags . This will prevent the insertion
of any extra tags in wrapped code.
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