Why Webflow CMS editor still outdated in 2025?

I have to ask—how is it possible that in 2025, Webflow’s CMS editor is still this outdated? For a platform that serves thousands of customers and generates millions in revenue, the editor feels basic, clunky, and frustrating.

  • The usability is poor—tiny text, poor formatting, and limited options.
  • The editor introduces bugs rather than streamlining content creation.
  • Formatting is a nightmare—it often gets messed up unexpectedly.
  • And now, with the latest “feature,” clicking Save Changes on an already published post automatically moves it to Draft. Who thought this was a good idea? I’ve accidentally unpublished live articles multiple times, just because I saved my work.

At this point, we need a serious upgrade. A Notion-style editor with a modern interface, flexibility, and proper formatting would be a game-changer. Otherwise, what’s the point? Even WordPress’ editor—which Webflow aims to surpass—is miles ahead in terms of functionality.

Webflow, it’s time to take content management seriously. Are there any plans to improve this, or should we just accept that CMS editing will remain a frustrating experience?

Hi there,

Webflow is transitioning from the legacy Editor to a new edit mode experience that’s integrated directly into the core platform. This new edit mode offers several improvements:

  • Direct content editing on the canvas for both static and dynamic content
  • Enhanced asset management for uploading and organizing
  • Staged site editing capabilities
  • Integration with advanced features like Localization, Analyze, and Optimize

The transition will be complete by the end of 2025, giving you time to familiarize yourself with the new edit mode while still having access to the legacy Editor.

Hopefully this helps! If you still need assistance, please reply here so somebody from the community can help.

AI is so useful when it clearly misses what the original post is talking about :joy:

I’d have to agree with you. While some of the changes being made are welcome, I’ve always found the CMS clunky and prone to crashing. The new saving method has also caught me out a few times where I’d thought things were set to publish, but actually were draft. Admittedly that’s something that’s muscle memory so will work out over time, but still an odd choice.

On page editing is indeed helpful, but the back end CMS could do with some serious work to make it more efficient and less prone to issues.

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Are we talking about the CMS panel in the designer or the legacy editor?
Federico seems to be talking mostly about the legacy editor which is going away.

So I think the AI guessed correctly :laughing:

Super curious to see some specific issues. I’ve never seen crashes while in that part of the designer, but yeah I find the new default-to-draft awkward in most of my publishing workflows.

The on-page editing, and the CMS pop-up were brilliant additions, I used to have to do all of my article writing in external systems and now it’s all in Webflow directly.

I like some of the new navigation features also.

Hi Michael, thanks for your message :)

I’m referring to the textual editor for content creation, the one used for writing and formatting content inside the CMS.

Ah that’s much clearer- but that view is limted and unstyled.
It’s much easier to edit directly on the canvas- rich text especially.

There are a lot of features I wish rich text supported, but they’re not here yet. You should consider writing up your wishlist items to Webflow and put them in the wishlist so the team can see them.