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# Blog: WordPress on iPad – a nightmare
- URL: https://www.livain.com/blog/blog-wordpress-on-ipad-a-nightmare/
- Published: 2018-12-11T09:20:52.000Z
- Updated: 2018-12-11T09:23:20.000Z
- Author: Remco Livain

I have a bit of a love, hate relationship with WordPress on mobile devices. My main concern is that the interfaces are not aligned. The mobile WordPress experience is so much different from that on a desktop browser/computer.

When it comes to usability, the app works just fine. But I never really know what my posts are going to look like, before publishing. Hence, I end up writing my text on the WordPress-App and then switch over to a browser version of WordPress to see what my articles will look like online.

With >30% of all users, using WordPress on phones and tablets, something needs to change. I urge the community to step up and help out.

## WordPress workflow painstaking

This is of course not the most ideal workflow. It is highly frustrating, that the desktop browser versions support beautiful “block-based” (Gutenberg-Style) writing options, whereas the iPad-application is a mere text editor. On the iPad app, the mark-up options are limited and harder to find.

I love my iPad, though. I would not want to trade it in for a regular PC. As I am on the go a lot, I want to take the most versatile device with me as possible. The iPad hits many of the marks that I look for in a device. I can take notes on it, a quick snapshot to scan documents and contracts, the screen has a decent size when traveling and it is fairly light.

On my daily commutes, I use an iPad 12.9 inch (latest 2018 edition with FaceID). It is by far the best iPad experience I have had so far, and I love it. However, blogging/writing is something I really enjoy and the WordPress experience is far from ideal.

## Settings are hidden

The screen on an iPad is large enough for a side bar navigation. However, the iPad app does not support this feature.

Before publishing a post, I need to go into the settings (click on the “…” in the right top hand corner) and fiddle about to select the right category, url and focus keywords (that I use to segment my posts).

This workflow causes me to make mistakes. I have published numerous posts without having gone into the settings first, because I simply forgot. Yes, I know it is a user-mistake and I should know how to do it, but as a heavy user it should be easier to get things done.

## Add-ons are not supported

The beauty of WordPress to me, is the abundance of tools and add-ons. Apps such as Yoast (SEO-Plugin) are a great help and keep my posts focused, and clean. However, these plugins (though installed) are not supported on the mobile app-version of WordPress.

If only we could find a way to get around that and add plugin functionality to the iPad application… And ideally, the mobile version, too. I do not believe that screen real-estate should be an issue. Good and solid UX-design are the things we should look at together.

## Automattic, please help us out

I really love WordPress, the platform is amazing and the community stellar. But we need to step up our game when it comes to the mobile ecosystem. I believe that the future of computing is mobile, as do many others out there. My mobile devices are the only ones I want to truly work with and drag around with me.

Could you please help us out here?