Classic Editor on off
by Irish_Cathal · Blocks
Description: Classic Editor on off is a plugin that gives the ability to turn off all or some of Gutenberg, reverting to classic editor - where needed …
46 health vs 72 average across 679 Blocks plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1261 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
80
now · peak 483
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-17 80+ → 70+ down after 187 days in band
- 2025-12-12 90+ → 80+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-10 80+ → 90+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-12-08 90+ → 80+ down after 10 days in band
- 2025-11-28 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-27 90+ → 80+ down after 53 days in band
- 2025-10-05 100+ → 90+ down after 1060 days in band
- 2022-11-10 90+ → 100+ up after 16 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Classic Editor 9M+ installs · 4.9★ · 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 -
Classic Editor + 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Classic Editor and Classic Widgets 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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