Classic Editor and Classic Widgets
Disables Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.
5(5 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, Classic Editor and Classic Widgets is a WordPress block-editor plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 291K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.9+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 67% this week. Top alternative: Classic Editor.
5/55 reviews
20K+active installs
291K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
The free Classic Editor & Classic Widgets plugin helps you to easily disable Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.
Classic Editor and Classic Widgets plugin enables old-style WordPress Classic Editor for “Edit Post” with TinyMCE (WYSIWYG), Meta Boxes (Custom Fields), and others. Once activated, this plugin hides all functionality available in the new Gutenberg block editor.
What does this plugin do?
- Disables the Gutenberg Editor
- Enables WordPress Classic Editor
- Enables Classic Widgets
Features
- Disable Gutenberg totally
- Disable Gutenberg for any post type
- Editor Switcher
- Choose Editor for each Post
- Choose Default Editor
- Choose Widgets Editor
- Full Support Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)
- Hide plugin menu item
- Enable/Disable fronte…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Works well!
by byzgl·7 months ago
Good job. Thanks.
Good plugin
by GoodVine·3 years ago
It works.
Advanced Editor Tools works with this plugin
Perfect.
by SomniumLucidus·4 years ago
Just what I needed, a plugin that would take care of both nuisances. Well done!
Works perfectly
by TigerByte·4 years ago
Does exactly what is says it will do. Better than having 2 plugins. I recommend this to anyone who wants or needs the old editor and widgets back.
Works great!
by kolibri18·4 years ago
Thank you for this plugin, it works great!
Download Trends
Today: 152Yesterday: 223This week: 2KPeriod total: 91K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.9+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.5
54.6%
v1.4
38.8%
Other
6.6%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.5.1 – 2026-03-23
- WordPress 6.9.4 compatible
Contributors
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