The Admin UX Study - What do Content Editors Want?
summary
A year of surveys, a card sort and moderated tests comparing Drupal, WordPress (Gutenberg), Contentful and Squarespace yield concrete fixes: editors want a more modern look, clearer field labels (confusion between description and body), reliable autosave, easier image insertion and a single place to change status and publish. Block-style editors score for clarity but users assume the editor equals the final theme. Card sorting mostly confirms existing information architecture, so improvements focus on page-level UI and a dedicated content editor role.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 6:58Drupal admin UI initiative
- 15:52Surveying content editors
- 20:32Card sorting results
- 22:44Testing competitor UIs
- 36:43Publication workflow insights
- 42:07Short-term improvements
- 44:36Modernizing admin UI
- 46:01Future directions and debates
- 51:05Q&A session
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