Disable Widgets Block

Disable Gutenberg widget blocks and restore the classic widget interface for a simple, fast, and familiar WordPress widget management experience.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews

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58 Health · C

Maintenance 45/100

Rating quality 65/100

Support 70/100

58 health vs 68 average across 1,112 Blocks plugins

10+

Active installs

≈19 estimated

1.4K

Total downloads

since 2024

3.60★

Rating (adjusted)

0.0★ raw · 0 reviews

-40%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

Directory ranking optimization

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How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

74 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 53/100

WP compatibility 100/100

Rating quality 49/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 508 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2024-02-09 · 889 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-40% vs prior 30d

Feb 24

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 152

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

Disable Widgets Bloc · #35376 Classic Widgets · #25 Classic Editor · #4 Advanced Editor Tool · #30

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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate

10–20 ≈19

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

Install history · since 2024-02-08 · 872 observations

Ratings · 0 reviews

Details

Version: 1.4.3
Last updated: 1.4y ago
Added: 2024-02-06 · 2 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.7.5
Requires PHP: 7.4

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Growth timeline

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

2024-06-20 — → 10+ up

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