Description
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Classic Editor is an official WordPress plugin, and will be fully supported and maintained until 2024, or as long as is necessary.
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By default, this plugin hides all functionality available in the new block editor (“Gutenberg”).
Screenshots
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[Link to switch to the block editor while editing a post in the classic editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors.]
Link to switch to the block editor while editing a post in the classic editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors.
[Link to switch to the classic editor while editing a post in the block editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors.]
Link to switch to the classic editor while editing a post in the block editor. Visible when the users are allowed to switch editors.
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The “Switch to classic editor” link.
FAQ
When activated and when using a classic (non-block) theme, this plugin will restore the previous (“classic”) WordPress editor and hide the new block editor (“Gutenberg”). These settings can be changed at the Settings => Writing screen.
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- When network-activated and when using a classic (non-block) theme, this plugin will set the classic editor as default and prevent site administrators and users from changing editors. The settings can be changed and default network-wide editor can be selected on the Network Settings screen.
Cannot find the “Switch to classic editor” link
It is in the main block editor menu, see this screenshot.
Does this work with full site editing and block themes?
No, as block themes rely on blocks. See Block themes article for more information.
Reviews
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Contributors & Developers
“Classic Editor” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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[178f40079143ff7464125e4fbc88e62024a16442920a6a3d6dfa3d7e626be20d] WordPress.org
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[73c1045212929211deda7262005831319397c68d340a8c41d53633b3f7e7f129] Andrew Ozz
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[5437f5b6124c08e8d9ab5f8a4b6a97cf3f6966aee694ef98417db8bdcc13b937] Mel Choyce-Dwan
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[b98cc60e2f12d4573ab0dca7442b45137144bac0ffb28dac83fe6a72bd6ba007] Josepha
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[775894c99a8fbeea86f893222b51abf0fe6da4a938b20eb1e608d4d0958fe816] Alexis Lloyd
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[e522019adbe7cb4145f9e01c344c036baaa8bf76cd5d76e6b737b60be9af88cc] Gary Pendergast
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[4358d28c1e85f9015cb3363e024e2b238bccb44d05c4b84e9a38aafef0d83ac9] Riad Benguella
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[18f4f7ebdcd48383951a52a88f401bd6460ae74b626016010b1f0604cac90826] Jonathan Desrosiers
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[eb8304a2f2a2560b6e404cd343dbcd73ec3ebd3ec44d8538bbedf6cc5a8f8572] luciano-croce
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[24b68e30c5aca1c18ea836405ba1d723ab26ee96ef0ebf83a0c2d212d8cd58d9] Brian Alexander
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
1.7.0
- Added a hotfix for crowded elements in the publishing actions area in WordPress 7.0. See Core-65286 for more information.
1.6.7
- Fixed loading of script translations when post.js is replaced in WordPress 6.7.1.
1.6.6
- Added fix for selecting/deselecting multiple unwanted categories in WordPress 6.7.1 when clicking on a category checkbox on the old Edit Post screen.
1.6.5
- Added fix for Safari 18 negative horizontal margin on floats.
1.6.4
- Added support for administrators to choose the default editor for other users.
1.6.3
- Added some WPCS fixes, props NicktheGeek on GitHub.
- Updated “Tested up to” in the readme and removed it from classic-editor.php. This should fix false positive errors in security plugins in the future.
1.6.2
- Fixed bug that was preventing saving of the last used editor.
1.6.1
- Fixed a warning on the block editor based widgets screen.
- Fixed use of a deprecated filter.
1.6
- Updated for WordPress 5.5.
- Fixed minor issues with calling deprecated functions, needlessly registering uninstall hook, and capitalization of some strings.
1.5
- Updated for WordPress 5.2 and Gutenberg 5.3.
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1.4
- Properly added the “Switch to classic editor” menu item to the block editor menu.
1.3
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- Fixed condition for displaying of the after upgrade notice on the “What’s New” screen. Shown when the classic editor is selected and users cannot switch editors.
1.2
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1.1
Fixed a bug where it may attempt to load the block editor for post types that do not support editor when users are allowed to switch editors.
1.0
- WordPress 5.0
- Changed all “Gutenberg” names/references to “block editor”.
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0.5
- 4.1 WordPress 5.0-beta1
- Fixed redirecting back to the classic editor after looking at post revisions.
0.4
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0.3
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0.2
- 1.9