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!
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FAQ-e
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How can I get back the Gutenberg Editor?
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Simply disable this plugin and you’ll be back to the brand new Gutenberg Editor.
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The plugin doesn’t seem to be working?
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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.
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Contributors & Developers
“Enable Classic Editor & Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors“Enable Classic Editor & Widgets” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
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.