Tom McFarlin

Excerpt Check prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a post. When no excerpt is present, a modal appears giving the author the choice to add one or proceed without it. This works seamlessly in both the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg).
Features:
<ul>
<li>Intercepts publish and schedule actions when no excerpt is present</li>
<li>Full support for the Classic Editor and the Block Editor (Gutenberg)</li>
<li>Modal prompt that surfaces before the post is saved</li>
<li>Two configurable modes: Remind (allow publishing anyway) or Require (must add an excerpt)</li>
<li>Settings integrated into the existing Settings > Writing page</li>
<li>Works with any post type that has excerpt support enabled</li>
<li>Lightweight with zero impact on front-end performance</li>
</ul>
Why use excerpts?
WordPress can auto-generate excerpts by truncating post content, but the results are often incomplete sentences, leftover shortcodes, or broken HTML. Custom excerpts give you full control over how your posts appear in archive pages, search results, RSS feeds, and SEO meta descriptions.
Use Cases:
<ul>
<li>Content teams that enforce editorial standards requiring excerpts on all posts</li>
<li>SEO-focused publishers who rely on custom excerpts for meta descriptions</li>
<li>Multi-author blogs where editors want to ensure consistent content quality</li>
<li>Any site where auto-generated excerpts are not desirable</li>
</ul>

Excerpt Check

Prompts authors to add an excerpt before publishing or scheduling a WordPress post. Plugin Homepage

WP Grim

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.
<h3>What does this plugin do?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Disables the Gutenberg Editor</li>
<li>Enables WordPress Classic Editor</li>
<li>Enables Classic Widgets</li>
</ul>
Features
<ul>
<li>Disable Gutenberg totally</li>
<li>Disable Gutenberg for any post type</li>
<li>Editor Switcher</li>
<li>Choose Editor for each Post</li>
<li>Choose Default Editor</li>
<li>Choose Widgets Editor</li>
<li>Full Support Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)</li>
<li>Hide plugin menu item</li>
<li>Enable/Disable frontend Gutenberg styles</li>
<li>WooCommerce compatible</li>
<li>WPML Compatible</li>
<li>Polylang compatible</li>
</ul>
Also, you will be able to use old-style Classic Widgets under Appearance > Widgets and Appearance > Customize > Widgets. There is no need to setup any configuration.
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By default, this plugin hides all functionality available in the new Gutenberg block editor without setting up any extra options.
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<h3>Upgrade to Pro Version</h3>
<a href="https://wpgrim.com/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets-pro/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=cew" rel="nofollow ugc">Classic Editor and Classic Widgets PRO</a> plugin provides more additional features. Go to the Next Level with <a href="https://wpgrim.com/classic-editor-and-classic-widgets-pro/?utm_source=wordpressorg&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=cew" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Version</a>. Pro plugin works together with this Free Plugin and does not need any re-installation or deactivation of Free version.
Premium Features
<ul>
<li>Choose Editor for User Roles</li>
<li>Choose Editor for Custom Post Types</li>
<li>Remember Last used Editor</li>
<li>Displaying Post States</li>
<li>Exclude Posts/Pages by Autocomplete</li>
<li>Premium Support</li>
</ul>
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Classic Editor and Classic Widgets

Disables Gutenberg editor totally everywhere and enables Classic Editor and Classic Widgets.

Excerpt Check vs Classic Editor and Classic Widgets