Enable Classic Editor & Widgets

Description

This is the lightest Classic Editor plugin available, taking up just 3 KBs. Despite the introduction of Gutenberg, a brand new block editor with WordPress 5.x, many users still prefer the Classic Editor due to its compatibility and ease of use. This plugin simply disables Gutenberg and enables the classic editor on your WordPress website.

New Update – Fixes white blank screen issue on WordPress 6.5+

What does this plugin do?

• Disables the Gutenberg Block Editor
• Reverts back to the Classic WordPress Editor
• Reverts to Classic Widgets section

How to use this plugin?
It’s easy. Just enable and activate it and you’re good to go!

Screenshots

FAQ

How can I get back the Gutenberg Editor?

Simply disable this plugin and you’ll be back to the brand new Gutenberg Editor.

The plugin doesn’t seem to be working?

Make sure you have at least PHP version 5.6. For the plugin to work, it requires WordPress 4.9 or greater with the Gutenberg installed.

Reviews

Thank you, this plugin rocks!

Honey Bramble December 10, 2022

So thankful for this plugin, as I’m not a huge fan of the modern, updated and latest Wordpress editor. It’s just not simple enough; too complex. The classic editor is the greatest of all times and this plugin is so simple and works so wonderfully well. I tried a few other classic editor plugins, but this one has seemed to work the best, even with the updates.

working great

hifi2007 October 21, 2021

Have been using the most popular downloaded version of the classic editor but was not 100% working for me I tried this and it’s as simple as installing and nothing else to touch and will instantly show classic editor thankyou very much for this lite weight version

Wouldn’t recommend any other

kylemx920 February 3, 2021

I have used this plugin for sometime and it has proved to be just what it says. It’s lightweight and just does the job.

Thank you

hi17 April 21, 2020

Allowed me to continue using the UI which I was familiar and comfortable with !! Thank you.

Simple and does the job!

jacksinclair November 20, 2019

Simple and does the job!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

2.7

• Compatibility Update
• Fixes blank page when editing

2.6

• Compatibility Update

2.5

• General maintenance & upgrades

2.4

• General maintenance & upgrades

2.3

• General maintenance & upgrades

2.2

• General maintenance & upgrades

2.1

• General maintenance & upgrades

2.0

• General maintenance & upgrades

1.96

• General maintenance

1.95

• Compatibility update

1.94

• General maintenance

1.91

• General maintenance

1.90

• Restores classic Widgets from block widgets brought from 5.8

1.85

• General maintenance

1.80

• Latest WordPress version compatibility

1.75

• General maintenance

1.7

• Latest WordPress version compatibility

1.6

• Version & Support updates

1.5

• Version update

1.4

• Updated to support WordPress 5.4

1.3

• Improved plugin security

1.2

• Minor code changes

1.1

• Minor security patch to prevent direct access.

1.0

• The first release.