#4 by installs
Classic Editor
Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend this screen.
- Installs
- 8+ million
- Rating
- 4.9 (1.3K)
- Updated
- 5 months ago
Classic Widgets
Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
- Active installs
- 2+ million
- #25 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 7.7M
- 7,653,998
- Downloads, 30 days
- 65K
- 17.7K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5
- 272 reviews
- Last updated
- 11 months ago
- Dec 8, 2025
- Version
- 0.3
- 4 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | December 8, 2025Updated in the last year |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 6.9.11Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 4.9 or newer |
| Needs PHP | 5.6 or newer |
| First published | May 5, 2021 |
| Support, last two months | 0 of 1 threads resolved (0%) |
Reviews
4.9 / 5 from 272 reviews
| 5 stars | 258 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 5 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 0 |
| 1 star | 5 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
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.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Are there any settings?
No, there are no settings. Once activated, this plugin restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets screen and disables the block editor from managing widgets.
Does this work with full site editing and block themes?
No, as block themes rely on blocks. See Block themes article for more information.
Latest changelog entry
Update for 5.9.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin.