Title: Extracting text Last modified: August 16, 2018 --- # Extracting text * Resolved [billbennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billbennett/) * (@billbennett) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/) * When I post stories to my WordPress site I also syndicate them to a couple of other publishers. In the past, I would simply open the code view then cut and paste the content into the other CMSs. This no longer works. * Is there a workaround or is my best bet to stick with the older editor? * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fextracting-text%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/) * (@clorith) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10595012) * Hiya, * What about it doesn’t work, could you go a bit more into detail of what happens? You should be able to do this just like before (if anything it should even end up with a better result now) * Thread Starter [billbennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billbennett/) * (@billbennett) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10595044) * In the past I would go to the text view, copy the HTML and paste directly into the other site’s custom CMS. There was never much HTML there, just the words, images., a few links, H2 or H3 headings and maybe a block quote or two. The site would then publishing this without a problem. * Now, with Gutenberg, the HTML is full of extra codes. Most look like comments with <– –> wrapped around them, although there is a little more code in some places. This plays havoc when I paste it into the CMS… in most cases it inserts extra line blocks like


between paragraphs, this sometimes renders in the CMS as six or more blank lines. * Earlier today I took one post and manually edited out all the crud. It took nearly an hour. I can’t do that every time I post. * Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/) * (@clorith) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10595238) * That’s odd, and honestly sounds like it may be an issue with the other editor. * The HTML comments are what we use to denote the different blocks, and as they are comments, they should not render (and if put into a code view, and not text view, should not cause lines to show up either). * That being said, when I’m copying content between sites, I like to either preview, or look at the published post, and mark the content there for copying, this way I am certain to also get any elements that are affected by shortcodes or other things that require server side processing first, would that be an approach that works for you? (When I do this, I do not paste it into the receiving editors text mode, but in visual mode, so it retains headings and all those things). * If not, what kind of editor does the other side use, as I’d be happy to take a look at what might be happening if nothing more? * Thread Starter [billbennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billbennett/) * (@billbennett) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10597614) * It’s a custom CMS that only accepts what used to be called text view. If I paste the finished story all links, headings and other markup is lost. * At this stage I’m left wondering if it’s possible to go back to a pre Gutenberg WordPress or if I should look at an alternative. * Moderator [Marius L. J.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clorith/) * (@clorith) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10601644) * Is the text editor of the custom CSS literally just a text box, or does it use some form of editor library to give you formatting controls etc? * [bjbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bjbb/) * (@bjbb) * [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10709346) * I am using the Twentyseventeen theme, and have the same scary issue. I used to cut and paste my blogpost from Word into the WP blog of my website but with Gutenberg this is a disaster and does not work at all. When I paste it in, it turns to gobbledy gook and is not decipherable any more. It simply does not cut and paste text but makes some kind of machine-language change and does NOT result in blog text when checked in the preview. This looks like a serious bug and I certainly hope Gutenberg is not implemented before this is fixed. Yikes. - This reply was modified 7 years, 7 months ago by [bjbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bjbb/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Extracting text’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/gutenberg/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1776042) * [Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/reviews/) * 6 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [bjbb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bjbb/) * Last activity: [7 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/extracting-text/#post-10709346) * Status: resolved