MRW Simplified Editor
Focus editors on making great content and letting their themes make it beautiful by removing block editor features.
5(4 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, MRW Simplified Editor is a WordPress blocks plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 20K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.5+ and PHP 5.6.20+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Top alternative: Spectra Gutenberg Blocks – Website….
5/54 reviews
100active installs
20K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Help your site’s editors create semantic content and style it with the theme for consistent formatting and portable content. This plugin removes blocks and other styling options to help editors focus.
I built this plugin for use on client sites. I hope you’ll find it useful! This is an opinionated plugin. Read an in-depth reasoning behind the decisions made by this plugin in the post “A WordPress Formatting Manifesto.” If you find it compelling, then you’ll probably like this plugin!
Block Editor Features
This plugin greatly simplifies the block editor by hiding all of the following features. Filters are provided for developers to adjust what is hidden (including making it easier to hide additional blocks).
- Infrequently Used Core Bloc…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6.20+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
= 2.14.0 (November 18, 2025)
- New minimum supported version: WordPress 6.5
- [WordPress 6.9] Hide new blocks: Accordion, Math, Term Query, Time to Read, Word Count. Use
mrw_hidden_blocksto show. - [WordPress 6.9] Hide “Fit Text” block variations in WordPres 6.9: Use
mrw_hidden_block_editor_settingsfilter to show. - Hide lesser-used social links like 500px, Amazon, last.fm, Pocket (RIP), etc. Use
mrw_hidden_social_linksto show hidden links or hide additional ones. - Hide Template Part embeds in the post editor context since they literally can’t be embedded. Hopefully this gets solved in WordPress eventually.
…and 12 more changes
Contributors
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