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Default Classic Editor

by p4wparamjeet · Blocks

Also makes 2 other plugins · 150+ installs across the portfolio →

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Enables the previous "classic" editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports all plugins that extend thi …

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 67 average across 1,683 Blocks plugins

50+

Active installs

≈57 estimated

3.4K

Total downloads

since 2019

4.06★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 2 reviews

-9%

105

Downloads · 30d

category median +15%

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.26, well behind 6.8.

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.

40 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 1/100
WP compatibility 15/100
Rating quality 52/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 2561 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-9% vs prior 30d
10Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

105

now · peak 200

12230d downloads · Aug 26

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

Default Classic Edit · #21834 you Classic Widgets · #24 Classic Editor · #4 Advanced Editor Tool · #30

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

2.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v0.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
50–60 ≈57

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

At the current install trend, crossing 60+ in roughly 106 days.

Install history · since 2020-02-22 · 1,388 observations

50Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 2 reviews

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5★
2 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
0.0.1
Last updated
7.0y ago
Added
2019-08-22 · 7 yrs old
Requires WP
4.9
Tested up to
5.2.26
Requires PHP
5.2.4
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 2 reviews to 2019-08-26
Positive Praise

Reviewers here are happy, calling it the best editor for WordPress and thanking the author for keeping the classic editing experience available.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ pawan99saini
    7.0y ago

    This is the best Editor for WordPress. This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by pawan99saini.

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  2. ★★★★★ ankurnama007
    7.0y ago

    Living in terror of the release of the new Gutenberg monster. Thank the gods for this plugin author who has the insight to make this plugin. I can see I’ll be using this plugin all the time. Thank you 🙂

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-08-13 40+ → 50+ up after 60 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-14 30+ → 40+ up after 25 days in tier
  3. 2026-05-20 40+ → 30+ down after 9 days in tier
  4. 2026-05-11 30+ → 40+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-05-10 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-05-09 30+ → 40+ up after 93 days in tier
  7. 2026-02-05 40+ → 30+ down after 5 days in tier
  8. 2026-01-31 30+ → 40+ up after 14 days in tier

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