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Restore the previous WordPress classic widgets and post editor settings screens and disables the Gutenberg block editor from managing widgets or post editor.
There are cases where the our plugin will be necessary: 
* Users simply preferring the old system.
Our plugin can restore the classic widget also post edit screen with just one click. 
Turn the classic widget or post editor on or off from the settings page.

Restore Classic Widgets and Classic Post Editor

Restore the previous WordPress classic widgets and post editor settings screens and disables the Gutenberg block editor from managing widgets or post  …

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Andrew Ozz

Tonya Mork

Brian Alexander

Classic Widgets is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets settings screens. It will be supported and maintained to 2024, or as long as is necessary.
Once activated and when using a classic (non-block) theme, this plugin restores the previous widgets settings screens and disables the block editor from managing widgets. There is no other configuration, the classic widgets settings screens are enabled or disabled by either enabling or disabling this plugin.

Classic Widgets

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This has saved a lot of websites from having to be rebuilt, thank you!


Saved websites life

So far so good. But should be continued the development 

Helpful Widget Library


We love this plugin. Please maintain it for years and years beyond 2024!


What will we do without this?


This is one of the first plugins I install on any WordPress website and I am immensely pleased it exists. The block based widget editor is dreadful to use in comparison, I've tried to use it several times over the past couple of years since it was introduced and found it to be unintuitive, prone to errors, and easy to make mistakes with. I've tried so many times, I've completely given up on it and regardless of any updates, bug fixes, etc, I won't be using it until it comes to a point where Classic Widgets is deprecated.


Blocks: I've tried, I really have, but you're not worth the time/headache

Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.

Restore Classic Widgets and Classic Post Editor vs Classic Widgets