Alternatives to Classic Widgets
Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.9/5 (260 reviews)
Downloads: 6,988,030
Active installs: 2,000,000
Maintenance score: 27/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.9
Tested up to: 6.7.4
Requires PHP: 5.6
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Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets(1,514)•Updated 70d ago
Widget Options gives you advanced visibility control over your sidebar widgets and Gutenberg blocks on pages, posts, and custom post types.
100,000 installs3,968,968 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager(1,027)•Updated 27d ago
Flexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
100,000 installs5,173,383 downloads92/100 • Actively maintained
Classic Editor +(31)•Updated 246d ago
The "Classic Editor +" plugin disables the block editor, removes enqueued scripts/styles and brings back classic Widgets.
50,000 installs629,054 downloads44/100 • Stale
Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin(724)•Updated 183d ago
Display new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!
30,000 installs1,615,584 downloads39/100 • Stale
Classic Editor and Classic Widgets(5)•Updated 79d ago
Disables Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.
10,000 installs247,742 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Restore and Enable Classic Widgets No Expiration(19)•Updated 28d ago
Miss the old widgets? Activate this plugin to restore and enable the previous classic widgets settings screens. No expiration date.
10,000 installs368,707 downloads72/100 • Actively maintained
Classic Widgets for WP(4)•Updated 1618d ago
Classic Widgets for WP will will restore classic mode of widgets under Appearance -> Widgets and under Customizer -> Widgets.
2,000 installs4,502 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
Classic Widgets with Block-based Widgets(0)•Updated 254d ago
Restore the classic widgets screen as a new menu item without replacing new block-based widgets.
1,000 installs8,735 downloads38/100 • Stale
Disable Blocks Widget Sidebar.(0)•Updated 1617d ago
Description: Disables Gutenberg Block widgets Sidebar and restores the Classic widgets Sidebar .
100 installs4,641 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets(1)•Updated 952d ago
WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets enables the traditional WordPress classic editor, classic widgets, and the previous version of the Edit Post scree …
30 installs860 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Disable Block(0)•Updated 1483d ago
Disable Block disables Gutenberg editor and Gutenberg Block Library CSS totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor & Classic Widgets.
10 installs1,003 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Restore Classic Editor & Widgets – Clean & Lightweight Dashboard(1)•Updated 271d ago
Restore classic editor & widgets, block admin ads, and speed up WordPress with one clean, lightweight, multilingual plugin.
0 installs689 downloads40/100 • Stale