WordPress App
WordPress app review. It is now much better for blogging and site management.
I have been working a lot lately, so I have been getting home late. As a result, I have been using my phone more. So I tried to edit the WordPress post with my phone, but it’s so much better than I thought. I even thought it might be the best writing app for WordPress users if the WordPress app received feedback and fixed a few of its shortcomings. I only thought at first that ‘the performance is a little disappointing right now, but the future is bright. But now, it has become a somewhat useful friend for site management. There are also Android links, iOS links, and desktop versions, but I can’t log in well. hmm…
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The WordPress app has a much better editor performance than expected.
It linked the WordPress app with WordPress.com and provides various functions. When I first wrote this article, It was in the process of gradually integrating the block editor into the app. So, at that time, the classic editor was also available, but now the block editor has become the default editor. At first, I doubted how the mobile app could integrate the block editor, which could be seen as somewhat inconvenient. In reality, it is very well-designed and user-friendly even on smartphones.
While writing, I found a very unexpected advantage of this WordPress app. I asked for line break feature in the Gutenberg GitHub for days, but it might not get approved.. Korean text breaks off when a sentence ends and the following paragraph is long, but English moves the whole paragraph smoothly.. Of course, the same would apply to Korean, but with English being written horizontally without complex consonants and no line breaks, if a word extends to the next line, it could lead to significant misunderstandings. This WordPress app also moves the entire next word to the next line in Korean. That pleasantly surprised me.
Another advantage of the WordPress app is that it has widgets. It’s a statistics widget, but it’s an advantage that you can see site statistics right away without having to enter the app. However, the Android version widget doesn’t seem to synchronize the figures well. I’m not sure why that is… The iOS version widget updates the figures quickly and frequently.
The WordPress app has improved a lot, but there are still some disappointing parts
Of course, the WordPress app also has its downsides. The WordPress app cannot load blocks from individually installed plug-ins.. In simple terms, only basic blocks may be used. Of course, WordPress core is gradually improving its performance, and with the basic blocks alone, you can handle most blogging needs. However, some popular block plugins have tens of thousands of users, but the truth is, those users can’t fully unleash the blogging performance in the app.
Of course, not only block plug-ins but also plug-ins that can be used within the WordPress editor, such as Rank Math, are not available, so this part is quite disappointing. In the past, Jetpack included SEO for free, but personally, I wasn’t quite satisfied with its performance, so…
The second drawback is that it lacks a bit of stability. As you can see in the screenshot, I wrote this post on May 9th, and they dated the latest post on April 15th. Also, the Korean history article I wrote a few days ago doesn’t seem to be reflected, or perhaps it is based on the date of the first post. Moreover, the upload speed is quite slow, and the synchronization speed is also somewhat sluggish. In fact, this part has improved significantly compared to before. Previously, it was so slow that it felt like there was some kind of overload, to the point where I had to reboot my phone.
The stability issue is better in the iPad app, but at least the old PC version was really problematic. The quality of the text is at a level where it doesn’t even appear… This company is the one that created Simplenote, and while the app’s performance itself is quite decent, the Windows version was really subpar. I even wondered if it was a limitation of their capabilities. I’m not sure if it has improved now.
In the past, some essential features that should have been present in writing apps were missing. One of the main examples is the lack of features like document statistics. These essential functionalities for blogging were missing, which made me think that the app was somewhat lacking in basic capabilities. Of course, even now, there are many features that are lacking for blogging purposes, which is quite disappointing. One of the major drawbacks is the lack of features for categorizing posts based on different categories. Although it’s nice to have a smooth view of the articles, not having functions for sorting them by categories is quite disappointing. Therefore, in writing or editing content related to statistics and thoughts like “This is how my blog is,” there are no major inconveniences.
Even during the Evernote beta in the past, people pointed out that writing an appropriate amount of content is necessary to rank well in Google searches.. That’s why, when you check the document statistics and find that the content is insufficient, you need to write more or make necessary additions. If you write on your phone, it’s usually less than it actually is. If the line goes straight, I feel like I wrote something a lot. Although they have nicely categorized the posts as published, drafts, or temporary, they could have created features that make document classification much easier based on categories or tags.. It seems like they believed that managing a blog 100% using a smartphone would not be possible. On the other hand, looking at the app update notes, it appears that the editor itself is steadily receiving added features, showing that the development direction is somewhat established.
WordPress apps are getting better fast
As explained in the previous paragraph, the WordPress app’s editor performance is continuously improving over time. So now I think I can use enough of it to replace writing apps to some extent. The basic performance is not bad at all, but in reality, writing with this app is like streamlining one step in the blogging process. I use the writing app for drafting my initial content, but after transferring it to WordPress, I make small adjustments to the text on my smartphone until the final version is ready.
WordPress App Summary
Good point
- Editor performance steadily improves (suitable for blogging).
- Basic features like stats are good
Disappointing point
- Blogging is possible, but ‘blog management’ is a bit disappointing
- Synchronization is a bit slow
- Performance varies by platform.
