Disable Gutenberg vs Classic Editor

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Disable Gutenberg

by Jeff Starr

Health A92

Classic Editor

by WordPress.org

Health A92

Active-install trajectory

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Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Disable Gutenberg	Classic Editor
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K	9M–10M ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-17%	0% ✓
Overall health	A · 92	A · 92
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	99/100 ✓	98/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.95★ ✓	4.89★
Reviews	733	1,246 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	98/100 ✓	83/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago ✓	3mo ago
Downloads · 30d	114.0K	851.5K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

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7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.