Title: Will posts written with old editor get mangled?
Last modified: August 3, 2018

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# Will posts written with old editor get mangled?

 *  Resolved [lucio7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucio7/)
 * (@lucio7)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-posts-written-with-old-editor-get-mangled/)
 * Hi,
 * I have installed page builders before, and the switch between WordPress editors
   and page builders always messed everything up.
 * As an average user, I’m worried that Gutenberg might mangle the formatting of
   previous posts.
 * Can you tell us more about it, or reassure it won’t happen?

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 *  Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/)
 * (@clorith)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-posts-written-with-old-editor-get-mangled/#post-10554736)
 * Hiya,
 * I most certainly can reassure you!
 * When you open old content in Gutenberg, it will be shown in a Classic block, 
   that is essentially the classic (old) editor inside of Gutenberg. You may then
   continue to edit your content like you normally would inside of that, or you 
   can choose to convert the content into the new block format.
 * Please do note that we can’t guarantee that your new block formatted content 
   will work in the classic editor, should you wish to disable Gutenberg, so it’s
   advisable to keep a backup during testing if possible.
 *  [nelsonbase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nelsonbase/)
 * (@nelsonbase)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/will-posts-written-with-old-editor-get-mangled/#post-10577041)
 * The only problem that i’ve found is if you’re using the code editor Gutenberg
   removes some whitespace, making it harder to read. The visual editor seems fine.
   But this little inconvenience does not in any way destroy your pre-existing content,
   as long as you don’t convert it to blocks (my experience with that was not very
   good).

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