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Classic Widgets
v0.3
Enables the previous "classic" widgets settings screens in Appearance - Widgets and the Customizer. Disables the block editor from managing widgets.
by Tonya Mork · Website
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- Rank
- #25 24h 0 · 7d 0
- Est. installs
- 2,601,470 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 7.6M all time
- Rating
- 4.9 ★ 272 reviews
- Official installs
- 2,000,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 1 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 0% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.9.10 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
11 months ago
Last release
- Version
- 0.3
- Requires WP
- 4.9
- Requires PHP
- 5.6
- On WP.org since
- 2021
About Classic Widgets
Classic Widgets is a WordPress plugin by Tonya Mork, first published on WordPress.org in 2021. It has 2,000,000+ active installations and 7,633,574 downloads in total, and ranks #25 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Its directory rank held steady over the past week. Users rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 272 reviews. Version 0.3 was released 11 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 6.9.10 and requires WordPress 4.9 and PHP 5.6 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 1 support thread was marked resolved (0%). It is listed under classic widgets, disable, disable gutenberg, editor and gutenberg. Plugins with a similar focus include Advanced Editor Tools, Spectra Legacy and Kadence Blocks.
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