Classic Editor +

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ 1waytoheaven

   12mo ago

   Thank you for this plugin that I’ve used for years without a glitch. However, the latest WP update stops this plugin from offering to change the font colour. No colour palatte appears in Visual view, so you have to laboriously type in the css tags in code view. Any chance you can get it back for us Pieter?

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2. ★★★★★ landapro

   1.6y ago

   Does it’s thing and does it well. Kicks butt!

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3. ★★★★★ remedia222

   1.6y ago

   Everything that kill Gutenberg is my friend.

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4. ★★★★★ deralict

   1.9y ago

   Gutenberg sucks.

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5. ★★★★★ d4niwp

   2.1y ago

   This plugin is excellent, lightweight and allows you to restore the awesome Classic Editor. Kudos to Developer. WordPress (Automattic) why push so hard for the Block Editor, even here?

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6. ★★★★★ Dario Devcic

   3.3y ago

   I appreciate innovations in general, but I’m not a fan of the block editor. So, it’s great that the Classic editor is still an option. Thanks for keeping it available and continuing to develop it!

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7. ★★★★★ Adesignpro

   3.7y ago

   I had serious issues editing a few pages. Somehow the Gutenberg block editor got stuck on and you couldn’t switch it back to classic. I added plugins to fix it such as “Enable Classic Editor” by Ayon GK, “Disable Gutenberg” by WebDevStudios and a few others. I had so many plugins deactivated and nothing was working even with this “Classic Editor Plus”. Those didn’t fix anything. “Classic Editor Plus” must be used solo to work or so it seems. After all plugins were deactivated. I only activated “Classic Editor Plus” and Wa-La, it was fixed and that damn nasty block was gone. How to remove the block option is another issue but I won’t touch it. Call me old fashioned but I know my way around classic. Thanks guys.

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8. ★★★★★ Yuusuke Wada

   4.3y ago

   Just fantastic for those who hate the new Gutenberg UI.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 4.4.1 date: April 27, 2025 edit maximum amount tags readme file tested up to WP 6.8 4.4.1
2. — Version 4.4.0 August 22, 2024 Removes WP Patterns 4.4.0
3. — Version 4.3.0 November 10, 2023 Removes further blocks related CSS from Woocommerce (if active) – thanks to @Florian for PR #18 4.3.0
4. — Version 4.2.0 March 29, 2023 Remove blocks stylesheet loaded by WPML (if WPML is active) 4.2.0
5. — Version 4.1.1 February 8, 2023 Remove global styles and enqueueing of classic-themes.min.css 4.1.1
6. — Version 4.1.0 February 8, 2023 Make things work again by replacing wp_enqueue_scripts with enqueue_block_assets 4.1.0

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 Classic Editor Addon < 2.6.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2022-01-24 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 2.6.3 Patched in 2.6.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8

Translated into 13 languages, 3 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-04-30 50K+ → 40K+ down after 180 days in tier
2. 2025-11-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 15 days in tier
3. 2025-10-17 50K+ → 40K+ down after 4 days in tier
4. 2025-10-13 40K+ → 50K+ up after 34 days in tier
5. 2025-09-09 30K+ → 40K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Classic Editor and Classic Widgets 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• WPDevs Classic Editor & Widgets 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• C Classic Widgets 2M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B
• Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag B
• Disable Gutenberg 500K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Classic Editor +: 40K+ active installs, 4.9★ (31 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/classic-editor-addon